Tag Archives: advertising
Intel Inside: musical meanings in an ad and a jingle
Here’s an example of one of the ways that YouTube should be genuinely valuable: in decoding and deconstructing propaganda. This particular instance, a thirty second ad for the Pentium processor from 1995, examines the jingle especially closely. (via Madame Lévy)
Virgin ends ad campaign with anarchic site over images of Branson
Excellent news from the Guardian: Virgin has been forced into an embarrassing U-turn after a new viral advertising campaign backfired spectacularly. The company had asked readers of b3ta.com, an online community known for bad taste jokes, to create a new … more…
Chicago ”L” – 1920s Transit Posters
During the 1920s, the Chicago Rapid Transit Company commissioned the city’s finest graphic artists to produce advertising posters that encouraged Chicagoans to use rapid transit for more than commuting to work. The images produced beckoned Chicagoans to the city’s parks, … more…
Magicians, advertising
MagicGallery.com collection of posters advertising stage magicians, 1890-1930. We like that kind of thing, yes. (via boing boing)
Riders on the franchise
It seems that back in June, John Densmore (formerly of the Doors) wrote a piece for The Nation in which he explains the long fraught history of attempts to use their music in TV commercials – which he has always … more…
Endless Pools animation
I don’t even remember where I caught sight of this banner ad animation, a day or two ago, but isn’t it just mental?