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50 Times Designers Proved That Less Is More

There’s nothing better than a simple minimalist design that brings you a clean, free feeling. But attaining this minimalist aesthetic is not as easy, sometimes designers need to put a lot of effort and thinking into their designs to make the result look as simple as they do. This list compiled by Bored Panda proves just that, and it’s an inspiration to all of us what a good product looks like. From a genius minimalist business cards to creative book covers, this list proves that you don’t need anything extra to create a good design!

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#1 This Business Card Shows All Contact Info Using Only An Email Address

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#2 Awesome Beer Cans Show The Pantone Color Of The Brew That’s Inside

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#3 The Cover Of 1984

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#4 This LED Clock

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#5 Really Smart And Also Minimalist Design

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#6 Simple And Clever Milk Branding Concept That Features A UFO Space Ship Lid

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#7 Pop-Outlet

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#8 Cover Illustrations For Each Harry Potter Book

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#9 Oddly Satisfying Knife Set From Delgon

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#10 A Silly Light

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#11 Triangle Notebook

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#12 My Minimal Watch. It Only Shows What You Need To Know

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#13 Fold-Out Minimalist BBQ For Space Saving

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#14 You Are Gonna Love This Minimal Set Of Chess

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#15 The New Norwegian Passport Design

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#16 This Lamp Makes Antlers When Switched On

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#17 These Minimalist Playing Cards

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#18 Wife Bought This Simplistic Moon Light. Felt Very Powerful Holding It

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#19 Tesla Model 3 Interior

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#20 This Minimalist Gravestone

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#21 Ray Bradbury’s ‘Fahrenheit 451’ Bound With Striking Paper And A Match

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#22 These Rainbowless Skittles

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#23 The Simpsons Inspired Minimalist Wine Bottles

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#24 This Dressing Room Has Their Clothing Hooks Labeled In A Very Minimalist Way

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#25 Tolkien Minimalist Book Covers I Created

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#26 Help Remedies

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#27 Kub – A Sink By Architect Victor Vasilev

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#28 Objects That Seem Like Half-Finished Sketches Of Candle Holders, Vases, Bowls And Bottles

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#29 Lamp That Projects Its Own Shade

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#30 Brilliant Travel Hanger Design

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#31 This Journal Made To Look Like A Silver Block When Closed

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#32 This Hotel Shampoo Which Assumes Your Theft Also Has A Very Simplistic Package

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#33 Dominos Pizza Box From The 60s

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#34 Very Strong Coffee

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#35 Minimalist Packaging For A Series Of Flours

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#36 A Minimalist’s iPhone

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#37 Minimalist Coffee Shop

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#38 Minimalistic Steel Pen

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#39 Minimalist Packaging Design For A Matchbox Decorated Only With The Red Phosphorus Ink That’s Used For Striking Matches

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#40 Conceptual Packaging Design For Well-Known Supermarket Products Created By Stripping Back The Existing Graphics In Stages

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#41 I Scraped The Labels Off Some Voss Water Bottles To Re-Use. The Result Looked Pretty Nice

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#42 This Natural Black Water With Its Smart Packaging

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#43 A Beer I Found In Berlin, Germany

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#44 Square’s New Minimal Cash Card

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#45 The Packaging For This Juice Company

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#46 Minimalist McDonald’s Ad From Sweden Shows New Large Coffee Size

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#47 Evolvia By Evolve Olive Oil Presented In A Minimal Bottle

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#48 It’s Been Proven Time And Time Again That Simple Packaging Designs Always Seem To Be The Most Successful. I Don’t Even Like Almond Milk, But These Bottles Would Make Me Want To Pour It On Everything

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#49 Beautiful Minimalist Set Of Lava Plates

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#50 So Simple, Yet Still Eye-Catching

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Rugile Matuseviciute

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30 Clever Minimalist Print Ads

Leonardo da Vinci once said: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” , and even after 500 years Leonardo’s words are still true, and this rule is widely used in design and advertising. It may sound a bit contradictory, but simple things often require much more brain power to create than the most complicated stuff. And it always strikes you when something completely simple is capable of conveying so much more than you expect.

Now let’s jump to some of the best minimalist print advertising examples, and afterwards tell us which one you find the most powerful.

1. Durex: Cheaper

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Advertising Agency: Espiral DP , Guayaquil, Ecuado

2. Hut Weber: Hitler vs. Chaplin

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“It’s the hat“ . Print ad from a German hat company Hut-Weber. (Advertising Agency: Serviceplan Hamburg / München, Germany)

3. Orbit: Remote Car Starters

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Advertising Agency: Bleublancrouge, Montreal, Canada

4. Playboy: 31 Anniversary Brasil

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Agency: Neogama , Brasil

5. MTV Networks: Black Ribbon Michael Jackson

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Advertising Agency: BBDO Düsseldorf, Germany

6. Tzomet Sfarim Bookstore: Faceabook

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“Disconnect for a while. Read a book.” (Advertising Agency: Brickman, Ramat Gan, Israel)

7. BMW: Spare Parts

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” BWM. Use original parts. BMW. The ultimate driving machine.” (Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett, Oslo, Norway)

8. Venezia Cafe: Add Some Wi-Fi

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“Add some Wifi to your morning. Free wireless internet hotspot.” (Advertising Agency: Utopium, Oradea, Romania)

9. Oral -B Dental Floss

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“Food, it’s no use hiding” ( Advertising Agency: Publicis Brasil Sao Paulo, Brazil)

10.  WWF: It’s Your Turn

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Advertising Agency: JWT Singapore

11. Coca-Cola Light: Lemon Peel

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Advertising Agency: Publicis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

12. Haribo: Bears

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Advertising Agency: mlkconcept, Inca, Spain

13. Jeep: Husky&Camel

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Advertising Agency: BBDO Proximity, Malaysia

14. Jeternel Beauty Clinic

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“Fast wrinkle removal” (Advertising Agency: Voskhod, Yekaterinburg, Russia)

15. Lego: Imagine…

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Advertising Agency: FCB, Johannesburg, South Africa

16. Lego

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Agency: Blattner Brunner, USA

17. BBDO Central Asia: Numbers

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Advertising Agency: BBDO Central Asia, Almaty, Kazakhstan

18. Office Depot: Good Ad vs. Bad Ad

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Advertising Agency: Gitam BBDO, Tel Aviv, Israel

19. Strongermarriage.com: Me

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“If you want a stronger marriage, work on it together.” (Advertising Agency: Richter7, Salt Lake City, USA)

20. Oogmerk Optician

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“ Get the respect you deserve” (Advertising Agency: LG&F, Brussels, Belgium)

21. Restaurant Mirador del Alto: Piano

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“Music & Gastronomy” (Advertising Agency: Unitas/RNL, Santiago, Chile)

22. McDonald’s : Wi-Fries

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Advertising Agency: DDB Sydney, Australia

23. VejaSaoPaulo.com.br: Weekend

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“ Your free time goes by fast. Make good use of it.” (Advertising Agency: AlmapBBDO, Sao Paulo, Brazil)

24. Veet: Soap

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“No hair is better” (Advertising Agency: EURO RSCG Spain)

25. Hospital Aleman

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“The best health plan for children.” (Advertising Agency: Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

26. Adelaide Casino: Ladies Poker

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”Thursday Nights in October at the Adelaide Casino. Ladies Poker” (Advertising Agency: Jamshop, Adelaide, Australia)

27. SanDisc

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“Micro 16 GB USB Flash Drive” (Advertising Agency: Nolin BBDO, Canada)

28. Olay Wrinkle Smoothing Cream : Undo

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Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, Dubai, UAE

29. Bosch Electric Screwdriver: The fly

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“It´s faster than you think: the PSR 14,4 LI-2 cordless screwdriver.” (Advertising Agency: Jung von Matt/Elbe Werbeagentur GmbH, Hamburg, Germany)

6. Durex: XXL Man

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Art Director: Moe Awsem

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