Every piece of communication design comes to exist because someone wants to say something to someone else so that this someone else does something in particular. It can be an activity or product, a visual communication design is always aimed at people therefore it is social science, art, technology, and craft altogether.
In today’s world, where information is a key commodity, the importance of visual communication design is only limited by the quality of the designers who can make substantial contributions to the clarity, effectiveness, beauty, and economic viability of the ever-growing flow of information. The role of designers has never changed.
Look at this medley of vintage ads in the national media published during 50s till late 80s before the advent of computer that has opened a wide range of possibilities:
1973- Jet Washing Powder
Ad from the 80s portraying Rameez Raja Endorsing Sport Sabun
Ad. from 1960s.-Rexona Bath Soap
An advertisement of Pakistan Railway which was published on the1953-54 year-book of PR by the Railway Division Government of Pakistan.
Aroma Tea Advertisement-published in The Mirror Magazine in 1963
Dalda Advertisement in the Dawn Newspaper in year 1953.
Family Planning ad published during Ayub Khan regime in the 1960s.
Glaxose D Ad from 1960s
HBL Vintage AD
Lux Vintage Ad
Pakistan in the 1950s.
Pakistan in the 1950s.
Postcard from Saudi-Arabian Airlines praising the city of Karachi was published in the 1980s.
Print advertisement of the National Embroidery Mills Limited, Punjab. It was published in the Mirror Magazine in 1963.
Tibet Shaving Cream Ad from the 1960s.
Tibet Tooth-Paste and Soap Ad from the1950s.
Vintage Ad of Grundig Radio manufactured by Syyad Bhais Limited Lahore back in the1960s
Vintage ad of Hotel Excelsior Karachi published by Womens World Magazine in 1958.
