Advertising Is Good For You

Logo Art

m&m+M=3M by Nick Hess

Advertising is the fabric that holds our society together. Or something like that.

NYTO Studios has created The American Comfort Quilt.

As their website explains:

With today's increasingly fractured social fabric, it is now brands that give us a feeling of collective identity, heritage, and continuity, gradually taking over the role that family and cultural heritage once held. Our identities are no longer defined by our ancestors and our traditions so much as by multinational corporations who shape our personas through advertising and product placement. This quilt forces us to question the cultural legacy we are passing along to the next generation."

Wow. That's deep.

Or a valiant attempt at convincing trademark lawyers that these towels are art and therefore not infringing on anyone's copyright.

Blackbeard's Rugged Tampons by Ursula Vernon

CLICK HERE to see more false advertising and other great works by Ursula Vernon.

McDonna: Over a Billion Serviced by Albert Crudo

CLICK HERE to see some of Albert Crudo's other works.

Hero of Pez City by Gary Reynolds

He's another brand name-inspired print of my husband's.

This won Outstanding Achievement in Printmaking at this week's Marblehead Festival of Arts.

Billboard advertising for Hot Wheels cars

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy, Mexico

Source: Ads of the World

Speaking of Hot Wheels cars, this is a print my husband, Gary Reynolds, recently created and titled, Collect Them All!

The image is crooked because it's a photo and I haven't yet figured out how to fix that with Photoshop.

Happy Father's Day

If you need an old movie to watch today, find Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. Dad is an advertising guy played by Cary Grant, Myrna Loy plays his wife and Louise Beavers is Gussie, the maid who comes up with the perfect tag line for Wham ham.

Fair warning: By the standards of the day --the movie was released in 1948 -- Gussie, the African American maid, was a jolly, lovable character; by today's standards, she's an incredibly stereotypical one.

Typeface Robots

From designer Jonathon Yule.

Source: Bad Banana Blog

Shadow box ads for New Belgium Brewing

I'm mad for shadow boxes, so I can't say enough wonderful things about this campaign.

 

Advertising Agency: Cultivator, Denver

Source: Bad Banana Blog

Fantastic illustrations by Tiago Hoisel

Advertising Agency: NeogamaBBH, Sao Paulo

CLICK HERE to see more of Tiago Hoisel's work.

Source: Ads of the World