Posts Tagged ‘Advertising’

Up There: Hand-Painted Advertising

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Up There: Hand-Painted Advertising

UP THERE, directed by Malcom Murray, is a short documentary that "reveals the dying craft of large-scale hand painted advertising and the untold story of the painters struggling to keep it alive."

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April 27, 2010

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Christy

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Advertising, Art, Film

So Long, FarFar

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So Long, FarFar

According to Adland, the ten-year old Swedish advertising agency officially shut its doors and gave its remaining sixteen employees their pink slips.

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April 8, 2010

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Christy

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Advertising, Culture, News

Art & Copy

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Art & Copy

What goes on behind the scenes at any given ad agency and how do some of these people sleep at night? Thankfully Doug Pray and his latest documentary Art & Copy has come to answer those very questions.

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March 14, 2010

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Drew

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Advertising, Culture, Film

Black Paper, White Walls

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Black Paper, White Walls

The first advertising book I’d ever read was Ogilvy on Advertising, and Mr. Ogilvy asserted in his overture that he most certainly hated rules even though he was sometimes attacked for imposing them. [...]

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December 4, 2009

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Christy

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Art, Artists, Color

Takenobu Igarashi

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Takenobu Igarashi

Like many influential creatives of the past and present, I find Takenobu Igarashi's use of three-dimensional type & geometry to be a serious influence in my growth as a designer [...]

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March 27, 2008

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Michael

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Design, Inspiration, Layout