The Incredible Print Advertisement of Nike
| Nike is one of the biggest brands in the world, instantly recognisable with the iconic Swoosh logo and ‘Just Do It’ slogan. For over 45 years the company has been producing quality sportswear, and has forged its identity with advertising in all forms of media, using cutting edge graphic design to develop its brand image. This post pulls together thirty examples of Nike’s incredible print ads. |
Nike Air Jordan |
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| Sneaker News – Air Jordan is one of Nike’s most successful lines of sneakers. This ad campaign from the 1990s brought legendary basketball player Michael Jordan together with film director and self-proclaimed Air Jordan addict Spike Lee. |
NIKEiD |
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| Tuts Plus – NIKEiD offers customers the chance to customise their clothing, choosing the materials, colours and combinations to ideally suit their sport and style. |
Lightweight Apparel |
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| Ads of the World – This ad comes from a 2008 series promoting Nike’s Lightweight Apparel range, with images inspired by the work of artist William Hundley. |
Nike Air |
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| Spoonfed Design – Nike has been developing air-cushioning systems in their sneakers since the 1970s, and the enormously successful Air Max range, as promoted in this ad, has the air unit visible in the heels of most models. |
NIKEiD |
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| Behance – This paint splash symbolises the mix-and-match colour options available in the NIKEiD range. |
Nike Women Bus Stop |
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| Ads of the World – Urban night photography is put to powerful, and somehow creepy, effect in this 2009 series of ads for Nike Women. |
Italian World Cup Winners |
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| Eternally Cool – In 2006 Italy won the World Cup; this series of ads depicts the stars of the winning team with a sublime aesthetic inspired by classic Italian design from the 1940s and 50s. |
Nike Shoes |
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| Tuts Plus – The intricate structure of Nike Air Max is shown with equally intricate graphics in this print ad. |
Nike City Motion |
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| Spoonfed Design |
Just a T-Shirt |
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| High Snobiety – American fashion photographer Terry Richardson brings his style to this ad campaign with sports stars in simple white Nike T-Shirts. |
Dunk |
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| Behance |
Nike Air Jordan |
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| Sneaker News – Another print ad for Air Jordan has the colossal Michael Jordan in orbit over the diminutive director Spike Lee. |
Nike Futbol |
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| Oscar Contreras – Nike has been one of the key players in developing football boot technology. |
NIKEiD |
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| Spoonfed Design – Nike’s classic Swoosh logo is known around the world as part of the brand identity. |
Nike Basketball |
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| Vitor’s Weblog |
My Assault |
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| I Believe in Advertising – In 1988 Nike’s ad agency gathered for a meeting at which one of the staff reportedly commented, “You Nike guys, you just do it!†The phrase was adopted as the company slogan, and has helped define one of the most successful brands in marketing history. |
Paper Battlefield |
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| Ads of the World – The Paper Battlefield campaign saw Nike Basketball League players creating handcrafted screenprints, only 350 were made and no two are alike. |
Nike Football |
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| Ffffound |
Nike Paris |
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| Bull Art media Group – This ad for Nike’s flagship store in the Paris cheekily combines burlesque and basketball. |
Nike Shoes |
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| Spoonfed Design |
Hilltop Hoods, 2008 |
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| Ads of the World – Nike+Human Race is a 10 kilometre race series hosted by 25 global cities. This ad from 2008, the year the race was launched, uses a rock n roll/horror poster style to show the challenges faced by the runners. |
Nike Basketball |
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| Vitor’s Weblog |
English Rugby Manifesto |
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| The Inspiration Room |
Nike Football |
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| Ffffound |
Waffle Racer |
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| Unknown – This retro style print ad shows the classic Waffle Racer design. |
Nike Women |
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| Thirdway Advertising Blog |
Nike Paris |
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| Tuts Plus |
NIKEiD |
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| Ads of the World |
ACG 20th Birthday |
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| Ads of the World – Nike’s All Condition Gear range features clothing for outdoor pursuits. This ad comes from a series celebrating ACG’s 20th anniversary in 2009. |
Tom is a designer and writer who blogs for CartridgeSave.co.uk, a leading UK based supplier of HP Laserjet cartridges. You can read more of his posts about art and design on CreativeCloud. Other Design Articles You May Find Interesting
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23 Comments | Write a Comment
Hi,
Very nice collection of photos.
Nike <3
I Like these old and new ads the best one I liked is the one
with the big butt and the website to it nikewomen.com I don’t know if there’s a website to it but i’m going find out
right now peace.
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Amazing collection. I love Nike and their designs. From the products to the ad campaigns. Truly brilliant and always pushing the boundaries. Great post.
Nike’s designs are truly unique in many ways. Andy has done a fantastic job on this compilation.
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You know Nike was originally known as Blue Ribbon Sports, founded in January 1964. The company initially operated as a distributor for Japanese shoe maker Onitsuka Tiger.
The first shoe that was sold to the public was a soccer shoe named “Nike”, which was released in the summer of 1971. In February 1972, BRS introduced its first line of Nike shoes, with the name Nike derived from the Greek goddess of victory. In 1978, BRS, Inc. officially renamed itself to Nike, Inc.
LOVE the Nike “dunk” ad.
Is there any tutorial that teaches how to do neon swirls just like those wonderful ones in the poster? they look so realistic and pretty!
Wow beautiful and creative collections, it’s not only the shoes which are good, but the way they promote the products was very elegant, love it
45 years?! Has Nike been around that long? Wow.
Nice collection. I made this one of my three links for the day on my daily Design Thought for the Day blog:
http://designthoughtfortheday.blogspot.com/
Ted
awesome post. thanks!
nike ads is so rich ,so many collections ,thanks for sharing.
very nice collection, thank you for sharing.
what a beautiful book of art.
nice, nike.
Wonderful! Thanks for the inspiration!
It reminds me this tribute to Volkswagen ads: http://dyvantity.com/inspiration/focus-on-vokswagen-prints-12/
Regards
I work at Niketown London when i first saw some of these pictures in store i did think wow
I love Nike