vintage General Dynamics ad designed by Erik Nitsche

designs by Manual Arranz
(discovered via notcot)

Creepy Creative: halloween advertisements
(discovered via ALAN VALEK)

funny missing bike poster, but I hope the thief doesn’t “get hit by a monster truck.”
(discovered via buzzfeed via ליפא שנילצער)

just discovered the amazing collections of ephemera in pillpat’s flickr sets. some images are gorgeous, unique, others are cute, and the above is borderline funny/odd.

Girl w/ Puppy c. 1978 (via pilllpat (agence eureka) via meet me at mikes)

Alachua County Humane Society by Leo Burnett (Toronto, Canada)

via pdl2h via:  jhulyjohns: Cuteness

might be one of the prettiest cigarette ads I’ve seen

Pall Mall ad from 1917 issue of Vogue (via christine592 on flickr)

Just discovered the work of Italian designer Franco Grignani for the first time.

above is an ad for Alfieri & Lacroix c. 1964
(via laura@popdesign on flickr)

a small round-up of vintage science and technology ads
(discovered via The Ministry of Type)

“100 Essential Tips for Cutting Copy” X-ACTO advertisement

c. 1980s

(found this and had a laugh while flipping through the March/April 1987 issue of Step-by-Step Graphics. Sadly, many of the tools and processes for graphic design professionals discussed in the issue are a bit foreign to me)

piquant:

Westinghouse advertisement by Paul Rand

(via Design Observer)

Vintage Mexican Advertisements

Some are funny, but most are very elegant with clean typography and illustrations.

(via well medicated via sr. mexicant)