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Retro Ad of the Week: 5th Avenue Candy Bars, 1965

The thing I love about this ad is that it is a work of pop art. The fundamentals of pop art are based on the world of advertising; it’s in your face, tells you up front what it means, and is pure Americana. That’s why the use of pop art  by 5th Avenue is a [...]

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by on February 22, 2013  •  Permalink
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Posted by Maxwell Kale on February 22, 2013

http://mascola.com/insights/retro-ad-of-the-week-5th-avenue-candy-bars-1965/

Happy Birthday, Illustrator

This year marks the 25th Anniversary of Adobe’s Illustrator Program, which made its initial shipment on March 19, 1987. Even though its name has not been turned into a verb like Photoshop has, it has played just as large a role (if not larger) in the shaping of our visual world. If your company has [...]

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by on April 4, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Nick Healy on April 4, 2012

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Retro Ad of the Week: Quebec Tourism (1961)

This ad for Quebec took an interesting approach that you seldom see in the travel and tourism category today – they focused on the carnival-like atmosphere of their ski areas instead of the intimate experiences you can have. And in this case, it works. Quebec embraced who they were and focused on what set them [...]

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by on January 20, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Michelle Yue on January 20, 2012

http://mascola.com/insights/retro-ad-of-the-week-quebec-tourism-1961/