Wednesday, March 14, 2012

The Art Within the Marketing


As a marketing major, I have always recognized the importance of creativity when approaching potential customers.  In this class, I have come to realize that marketing involves a lot more art than I originally realized.  Human beings are visual people.  They are drawn to things by their visual appeal, not only a slogan.  In order to get people to listen to or read what you have to say, you must first get them to look!  Art helps us do this.  Creativity is as important as I always imagined, but it must always be accompanied by great art.

This video gives a great description of what graphic design is and why it is so essential to any marketing campaign.  The video itself is a great example of art used as an ad.  The message is compelling, but the visual aspect of it draws people in and gets them to pay attention.  This is true in mostly all advertising and marketing situations.

Art is involved in every step of a company’s communication with a consumer.  The ads distributed the packaging and even the font on each of these items effects the consumer’s perception of the brand.  Typography is one of my personal interests.  I’m certainly not an expert, but it is something that I like to look into.  I especially love seeing posters that utilize type such as this one
It is also interesting to me how a particular font can become synonymous with a company, like Coca-Cola.
This class has given me a new appreciation for the art behind the AdveRTising.  


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