Celebrity chef Antony Bourdain said, “Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.” The same is true for almost anything. For example, one of the great appeals of Apple products is their amazing simplicity.

But simplicity is not easy to achieve, it takes immense hard work. That is why Steve Jobs said, “Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”

When it comes to ads, most creative people make them too intricate to be truly effective. Yet, one can create ads that are stunningly simple and intriguing.

Here are 50 simple ads that you would enjoy going through.

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