Archive for July 2009

SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS.

In Blog on 7 July 2009 tagged Joshua Glenn, Rob Walker, Significant objects with no comments

My fiancee and creative partner, Amy McAdams, recently attended the HOW Conference in Austin, Tx. (and if you’ll excuse me, in a tangentially related note: Her design work is prominently featured in this new book published by the How folks, and, as chance would have it, it hits the shelves tomorrow. Ahem.). Anyway, where was [...]

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VINTAGE ADS: AGITATION, HITLER & CHUBBIES.

In Blog on 3 July 2009 tagged it's very amusing, vintage ads with no comments

Advertisements, maybe more than any other popular media, accurately reflect the prevailing attitudes, fears and desires of the time to which they belong. Of course, times change — a lot — and forty, fifty, sixty years on, many old ads are immensely amusing in light of social movements, medical revelations and technological advancements (not to [...]

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