Entries tagged “tv”
minimal Mad Men teaser billboard ads for Season Five
The above variation of the “falling man” makes good use of white space on the side of the Andaz Hotel on Sunset Boulevard instead of a traditional billboard shape.
Mad Men Season 5 premieres on March 25th, 2012 on AMC.
(photographs of campaign via Daily Billboard)
“On October 20, 1951, the American public got its first look at the CBS Eye logo.” —CBS Eye Commemerative Video
As the Creative Director, William “Bill” Golden is credited with designing the iconic on-air “Eye” identity symbol for CBS Television (with the help of designer Kurt Weihs). William Golden was awarded an AIGA Medal back in 1998.
The Atlantic rounds up “A Visual History of Literary References on ‘The Simpsons’,” with help from the Lisa Simpson Book Club
On August 6th, 2011, Google Doodle commemorates the 100th birthday anniversary of comedic actress Lucille Ball with a sweet “I Love Lucy” video homage.
After the season finale, FOX and The Simpsons leave the audience a cliffhanger on the fate of Ned’s new relationship with Edna. Through a fun marketing campaign, complete with Facebook and Twitter icons, “the love and future happiness of Ned Flanders and Edna Krabappel are in your hands.”
infographic with more than a couple good reasons for why we should help save PBS.
In a search for a new hobby, Peter Griffin teaches his son about the “gentle art of philately” on an episode Family Guy.
In a new episode of The Simpsons, “Mom’s I’d Like to Forget” (Season 22, Episode 10), Marge Simpson’s brain gets segmented into a humorous, animated info graphic.
“Judging Books by their Covers”
CBS Sunday Morning takes an inside look into the book publishing industry, specifically contemporary book cover design. There’s a peak into one of Grand Central’s jacket design meetings with Publisher Jamie Raab and Creative Director Anne Twomey, a flash of international variations for the Twilight book cover, a visit with Peter Mendelsund at Knopf, generalizations on design trends for various genres, a focus on large book publishers based in New York City, and a short history of the dust jacket explained by a curator of rare books at the New York Public Library.
In honor of the 50th anniversary of The Flinstones, here is a vintage cigarette commercial featuring Fred and Barney. Google also commemorates the occasion with a new Google doodle.
(via The Washington Post and The Guardian)
27 celebrity cameos on Sesame Street including Oprah
(via EW.com)
silly posters spotted in New York City to promote the new Comedy Central series, Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time
