Hilarious jewellery ad design fail hits all the wrong notes

Jewellery ad design fail
(Image credit: Meridian Winds on Facebook)

While we're all about brilliant design at Creative Bloq, we'll always have time for a clanger – and here's a design fail that hits all the wrong notes. A jewellery ad has surfaced on social media featuring an oboe being played, er, not quite correctly. 

The ad, designed to showcase a collection of gleaming rings on the musician's (and we use that word lightly) fingers, shows the oboe being held aloft – as opposed to the traditional downward angle – with the hands crossing at a frankly bizarre angle. While many of the best print adverts are sure to elicit a double-take, we're not sure it's deliberate here.

Posted by meridianwinds on 

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Design Editor

Daniel John is Design Editor at Creative Bloq. He reports on the worlds of art, design, branding and lifestyle tech (which often translates to tech made by Apple). He joined in 2020 after working in copywriting and digital marketing with brands including ITV, NBC, Channel 4 and more.