Visual metaphors

I think this overall is a clever idea for an ad. The big picture of the teeth as dice really caught my attention. It has a serious tone with the choice of color and reflect the seriousness of the situation that its trying to convey. The crest tube and box outline and lead you eye to the smaller text. The hierarchy of text works well too, having the slogan first intrigues the reader to keep reading.

How can you use visual metaphor to evoke emotion? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways to find a visual metaphor that's right for your data! Featured data viz by Valentina D'Efilippo models how to use visual metaphor to create a beautiful, meaningful, and memorable data viz. #dataviz #datavisualization

The art of the flash mob is a familiar trend in the advertising industry, can agencies and brands reinvent them again? Amazing buzz marketing example!!

1. Closure (Taken from Pinterest) 2. Common Fate (Taken from zmescience.com) 3. Figure-Ground Relationship (Taken from tippytoesballetblog.blogspot.com) 4. Good Continuation (Taken from www.allpost…

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Discover the power of visual metaphors in advertising. Explore compelling examples, and learn how to create effective visual metaphors to enhance your messaging and ads.

Barcelona-based creative Javier Jaén spends his days illustrating the world around him. Working hand in hand with _The New Yorker_, _The Washington Post_, _Time_, Harvard University, _National Geographic_, Greenpeace, Penguin Random House, Vueling Airlines and UNESCO, for the past three years, Javier has been building a steady reputation via weekly collaborations with _The New York Times Magazine_.

EXHIBIT: Minimalistic lines race through punchy colors to direct motorists to their nearest McDonald’s. #exhibit #minimalism #france

awarencess campaign on traffic rules

Madison Kovac: this is an “analogy/visual metaphor” advertisement because the lid is placed to look like a moon because it is an ad for a night cream.

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Exercise: Imagine creative metaphors for these concepts. Metaphors are potent shortcuts to instant and memorable understanding through comparison. A metaphor states that something is something else without using the word "like" or "as." They say this "is" that, "was" that or "are" that. It lets you transfer the qualities of one thing directly to another.