Examples of great (and bad) design from the interwebs
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Let Your Haters Sell For You
The smartest ads don’t just brag, they weaponize their enemies. This subway ad for a Bible app looks like a...
Ads/Copywriting/Design
Jun 29, 2026
Jason Cohen
@asmartbear
At WP Engine, we once invested in fixing our 'poor web design' weakness and got zero return. Why?
Because our words and product/market fit were 100x more important.
Lesson: Double down on strengths.
Your product is 100x more important than “good web design”
Jason Cohen from WP Engine dropped a truth bomb: they spent time and money fixing what they thought was “poor...
Business Ideas/Wisdom/Copywriting
Apr 13, 2025
Position Your Product As Essential, Not Optional
Look at this ad: two sneakers posed like lungs, plugged into an invisible body. The line underneath says, “THEY KEEP...
Ads/Copywriting/Design
Jul 11, 2026
Ikea Severance Ad
Ikea took a scene from Apple TV’s Severance and rebuilt it entirely with their own products. Same eerie cubicles. Same...
Ads/Design/Images
Apr 2, 2025
Big numbers on a pitch deck are helpful
Nothing grabs attention faster than large, bold numbers. Designer Anthony Miller nails this idea by making numbers like “$100M” and...
Copywriting/Design/Data
Mar 7, 2025
Jony Ive’s Worksheet for Products People Actually Love
This worksheet distills Jony Ive’s thinking into 17 sharp questions that can guide any marketer, designer, or founder to create...
Business Ideas/Wisdom/Design
Nov 3, 2025
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Million Dollar Homepage style selling pixels
Zoom in on that grid and your brain instantly cheats: it jumps to the biggest, boldest, weirdest tiles. Everything else...
Design/Data/Images
Sep 22, 2026
Build Stuff. Talk To Users. Ship Faster.
On a wooden desk sit two brass nameplates: BUILD STUFF and TALK TO USERS. That’s the whole playbook. No funnel...
Motivation/Design/Images
Sep 22, 2026
Packaging Beats Models: Where AI Value Lives
In the AI gold rush, everyone’s obsessing over bigger, smarter models… while the real money quietly slides into the hands...
Business Ideas/Design/Advice
Sep 21, 2026
Codie Sanchez: Have a Big Vision. Just Start
The image shows three simple pyramids that secretly contain an entire productivity system. At the top: a completed brick pyramid...
Business Ideas/Motivation/Design
Sep 21, 2026
Volkswagen: Seatbelts That Put Themselves On Ad
This old Volkswagen ad is a masterclass in feature-first selling. No jargon. No safety stats. Just a single idea: the...
Ads/Copywriting/Design
Sep 20, 2026
Map Your Offerings Like Persian Rug Regions
That rug map of Iran is exactly how your offer stack should look. Every region has its own pattern, name,...
Design/Images/Advice
Sep 19, 2026
Baby Rave: Morning Beats, Coffee, & Storytime Ad
This Baby Rave poster nails the holy grail of parenting events: caffeine for adults, chaos for kids, and zero friction...
Ads/Design/Social Proof
Sep 18, 2026
How Apps Solve Drudgery and Create Novelty
Most winning products do one of two things: they murder a boring chore or they light up someone’s curiosity. The...
Business Ideas/Wisdom/Design
Sep 17, 2026
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John Morgan: Stage Billboard Vandalism To Score Free PR
Most billboard ads are just expensive wallpaper. But in this clip, a seasoned advertiser casually drops a guerrilla trick: make...
Instagram/Outdoor Advertising/Videos
Sep 15, 2026
X this page is down landing page
Most error pages feel like a brick wall: cold, silent, and annoying. This ice-cream-splat page flips that. Instead of hiding...
Copywriting/Websites/Design
Sep 14, 2026
Vintage Mustard Club Ad
This old “Rules of the Mustard Club” poster is one of the smartest membership plays you’ll ever see. It turns...
Ads/Design/Social Proof
Sep 13, 2026
Why Deadlines Turn Goals Into Success
Most people treat goals like wishes: nice to think about, easy to ignore. The image on the screen breaks that...
Motivation/Design/Advice
Sep 12, 2026
What the U.S. Government Sells for at Auction
GovAuctions crunched 116,471 confirmed U.S. surplus sales and found something wonderfully weird: the dead‑center, median auction isn’t a tank, a...
Design/Data/Images
Sep 11, 2026
Tech Hiring Trends: Experience Matters More Than Skills in 2026
That chart up top is your wake‑up call. Tech job posts are quietly dropping long skill lists while cranking up...
Copywriting/Design/Images
Sep 11, 2026
Find States With 0% Personal Income Tax
Want to legally give yourself a raise? The map in this post makes it stupid‑simple to spot where your paycheck...
Design/Data/Images
Sep 10, 2026
Use Price Anchor: $6,499 Semi Pools Deal
This semi inground pool ad is a price anchor masterclass. One photo, one big number, and suddenly a backyard upgrade...
Ads/Pricing/Design
Sep 9, 2026
Homepage vs Product Page With Callouts
Most homepages and product pages look like cousins who barely talk to each other. This visual from Subash Chandra shows...
Copywriting/Home Pages/Design
Sep 8, 2026
Reddit Ads for High Intent Customers
The best part of Reddit Ads isn’t the cute mascot or neon background in the graphic—it’s what those stats really...
Ads/Copywriting/Design
Sep 8, 2026
1965 GMC Truck Affordable Pricing Ad
Want to make a premium product feel like a no‑brainer bargain? Steal a page from this old GMC pickup ad....
Ads/Copywriting/Pricing
Sep 8, 2026
ATM Framework: Attention, Trust, Money
Most creators try to skip straight to the Money bubble and wonder why nothing sells. The ATM framework in the...
Ads/Copywriting/Design
Sep 7, 2026
Limousines For Your Feet Converse Shoe Ad
This Converse ad turns a blue high-top into a giant limo pulling up to a fancy hotel. No tech specs,...
Ads/Copywriting/Design
Sep 4, 2026
Earn Extra Cash Without Owning A Car Uber Ad
The ad for “Earn Uber Cash Without Owning A Car” is a perfect little money-making story told in one snapshot....
Ads/Copywriting/Before & After
Sep 4, 2026
Where Every Dollar Of A $428,000 House Goes Infographic
Buying a $428,000 house feels like writing one giant check into a black hole. This breakdown rips the roof off...
Pricing/Design/Data
Sep 4, 2026
We Make Ads That Scale and Look Good Doing It Ad
If you sell online, you’re not short on ad tools—you’re short on ad time. This “Done For You Ad Creative...
