Pan Am’s World: Argentina (via Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives)
Designed by Chermayeff & Geismar in 1971. I suggest checking out the whole set — they’re all super nice. And have I mentioned that I’ll be visiting Argentina in a couple weeks? Stoked!
Flapsole Sneakers (via HensonCompany)
Flapsole Sneakers is an ad parody made by Jim Henson in the 1960s to play around with different commercial techniques.
This is great, of course.
Dan Stevens: Ah, yes … sanitised American nowhere towns and pretty young people wearing plaid. There’s a lot of it around at the moment. These ads are totally non-threatening and cool whilst appealing to a broad range of people…. But I’m bored of it now – it’s a visual and musical cliché. It seems to have taken over from vaguely harmless electronica as the ‘in’ sound of advertising.
