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The Furry Love Rug – You’ll Never Go Back To An Ordinary Bed Again
PopCrunch has this odd advertisement for the Love Rug, which was a perfect example of 1970s freakiness. Made of polyester, of course, the advertisement offers it as an inanimate object to complete the...
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The Alfa Romeo Logo: What’s With The Man-Eating Snake?
The Alfa Romeo badge has a very heraldic, ancient feel to it. Very classy. But what does it mean, and why the hell does it have a giant snake eating a man? Well, the owners of Alfa Romeo (originally...
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The Psychology of Magic, Mediums, Politics, and Advertising
Magic and advertising are both deeply rooted in manipulation, and exploiting knowledge of human psychology. One of the most important aspects of the magician’s trade is manipulating the spectators...
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Goodbye Innocence: Sasch SHS’s Beautifully Done Safari Ad
Italian fashion line Sasch SHS Teen Clothes has what may be my favorite new-ish ad in it’s “Goodbye Innocence” campaign. They show Safari Girl and Safari Boy in some far off hunting expedition, coming...
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AT&T had a series of commercials back in 1993 that had examples of some of the cool new technologies that the company had hoped to develop in the future. The ad agency that did the commercials...
View ArticleSqueal, Boy: Swine Flu PSAs
Swine Flu public service announcements from 1976. In 1976, one single army recruit died from the so-called Swine Flu. People panicked, the government panicked. After the dust cleared, the government...
View ArticleTAG Heuer’s complete “Duel” ad pits Steve McQueen against Lewis Hamilton:...
TAG Heuer recently ran an ad campaign for their Monaco brand watch. It was a contest to guess the winner of the above “Duel” between two important figures in the history of the Monaco series, Steve...
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The Folly of Futurism: What Will Michael Jackson Look Like in the Year 2000?
or WTFuturism? I love speculation about the future, mostly because it usually goes so wrong. For instance, in 1985, Ebony Magazine published an article called “Portraits of the Stars: What They May...
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