Advertising circa 1759

A great article from Branding Strategy Insider: Advertising Circa 1759. As you will see, they thought that the art of advertising was already perfected. Material for Firebrand TV to work on!

The State of Contemporary Art & Ads as New Art

In a world suffering from an overabundance of ‘contemporary’ modern art, is it not possible that advertisements will be the best “representation” of our era? Surely, this is what Firebrand TV is counting on (opens Oct 22 2007). The plethora of...

12 kinds of ads

Here’s an example of on-line learning, from Slate. There are only 12 kinds of ads. I thought this slide show by Seth Stevenson, revisting Donald Gunn’s 1978 theory about there being only 12 kinds of [master] ads possible, was a great little exercise. It...

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