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November 14, 2009

Honk if you are

Drawings on paper towels

By Marc Jones

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Vintage Sexist Advertising, from “Mom’s basement”

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Gif animations at ‘Tacky Raccoons’

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December 22, 2008

Freaky ads

And the winner of The 32 freakiest ads of 2008, by AdFreak

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Is it cost-effective for Zimbabweans to use money instead of toilet paper?

Are Five-Second TV Spots The Future?

Also: Universal Record Database, an open alternative to Guinness

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December 17, 2008

Free book

Good_sandwich “I found a book underneath my hutch. It’s called "Learn to make good sandwiches". It’s missing a lot of pages but if you like to eat sandwiches a lot you may want it. It looks like hell. Water has been spilled all over it and some of the pages are stuck together. I tried to put some heat from my blow dryer on the pages to loosen them but it didn’t work very good. it actually got more ripped up and shredded because of it. It’s pretty beat up for sure, but hey, if you want it come and get it. if not - its fire starter!!!!”

(From yesterday’s Craigs list)

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Un-related: James Earl Jones recites the alphabet (YT)

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November 01, 2008

Mad Simpson

(From Videogum)

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All about Mrs. Fletcher’s I've fallen… and I can't get up

The ads of Apple's Get a Mac campaign

Read more, and other creative ads on DRB

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September 05, 2008

Herringbone - Little Hands


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July 24, 2008

A story of a sign

(Thank you, Jeff the Average)

10 Most Unfortunate Store Names

Another compilation of innovative ad campaigns

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July 04, 2008

Mad Men

Mad_men_lighter Since I don’t have a teevee, I must miss out all the good “shows”. Somehow I saw a clip last year called The Wheel which moved me, even when I didn’t know its background.

But now I do, and it’s much richer than the casual viewing may suggest. Last week I was able to watch the whole season of a television show called Mad Men, and then I watched it again, I liked it so much.

It seems that there are many people who love this program. There are blogs dedicated to Mad Men, (Basket of Kisses). Prof. Paul Levinson analyzes each episode and follows up with interviews. The NY Times reviews it.

Update: Here's the personal blog of Rich Sommer who plays Harry Crane on the series!

Update 2: A 16-page 1960-lookalike Ad Age insert

Update 3: The art behind the art of the pitch - Michael Bierut's review at Design Observer. The titles, designed by 'Imaginary Forces'. (Also there, A visual history of IBM Selectrics)

Update 4: Spoilers from the second season

Update 5: It's 1975 And This Man Is About To Show You The Future (Scenes From An IBM Slide Presentation)

On Slate: Why Are Critics Slobbering Over Mad Men?

Update 6: Don Draper’s ‘Mad Men’ Bookshelf

Ah, The Fifties (And The Sixties!)... I highly recommend it, and I wish I could watch the second season right now.

July 28 Update: Andrew Johnston's recap of the second season's first episode "For Those Who Think Young"

Questions for Don at What Would Don Draper Do?

August 1 Update: The cast in street clothes

Semi-related: Winston smoking Flinstones

Subtle advertising

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April 28, 2008

Eat the kids first

(From Not Cot)

Help the honey bees - Eat more ice cream

Absolute Dick

Seven TV commercials by Swedish director Roy Andersson. (From Coudal)

Eat the kids first - Passive-Aggressive Soccer Mom Got a Vanity Plate

ABCs & 123s

Playing with Flash and Book of Numbers. (Both, and so much more , from Ample Sanity)

Cartoon Silhouettes

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April 12, 2008

Foam City Miami

Foam_city_miami The new Sony advertising photo campaign is here! Miami foam city advertising shoot. Some YouTube time lapse clips from the recent bubble event

Spoons! At the museum of arts and design

By the way, I wanted to thank everybody who emailed me regarding the freelance writing gig I posted the other day. We have a lawyer checking on some “statutory” considerations relating to a certain IRS code, in order to see how to structure the enterprise. We’ll know soon if the project is possible, and I’ll contact everybody who wrote.

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March 12, 2008

Don’t eat bananas

2 more monkey commercials from Sweden

Dear Political Graffiti Artist

Fark Headline from this morning: Spitzer will pull out within the hour, or around $4900 from now

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March 04, 2008

What is the fastest "0 to global" brand?

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Basically, what brand (company, product, person, any entity that holds a brand identity) do you think gained awareness the fastest?
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(Please do not click on the answer without trying to figure it out yourself)

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February 21, 2008

Museum of Beverage Containers

Puppies_flowers Art Deco posters found at Bob Staake

Vici Seafood Russian ad (YT. From Puppies and flowers)

Dead end job

The Museum of Beverage Containers and Advertising had its grand opening on Friday, April 3, 1987 in Millersville, Tennessee. (Probably a re-post)

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January 29, 2008

McDonald's Beard

McDonald's Beard Ad, directed by Brian Lee Hughes

Go to hell! With Big Bill Hell's (Strong language warning!)

A collection of smart ads

19 unusual advertising concepts. Also, 12 Crazy Old Ads

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December 27, 2007

Headless Body Found in Topless Bar

Scarlet_a Haddon Sundblom was best known for the images of Santa Claus he created for The Coca-Cola Company. He also designed many of the FormFit ads in the late 1940s and early '50s. His last assignment was for the December 1972 cover of Playboy magazine. (From the extensive American Art Archives, where you can also find an illustrated essay of Pepsi advertising from the 1950s)

Hal Riney's holiday e-card. (From Paula Zargaj-Reynolds)

The Most Controversial Ads in Fashion History

Hello Wonderbra

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December 19, 2007

Mexican Vintage Ads

Please_take_one Cola for babies - How soon is too soon. (From Quipsologies)

Truth in Advertising

AICP Midwest Sponsor Reel done in 80’s Cheese style

A blog about Mexican Vintage Ads

Lingerie for men, one of the freakiest ads of 12007

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