Thoughout the fifties and sixties Bird's custard was a year round family favourite dessert. In this lovely 1953 Christmas ad, the Bird's brand is beautifully represented by a snowman holding a flaming Christmas pudding and a large jug of custard and a poster at his feet declares ... "Everybody knows Christmas pudding is always better with BIRDS Custard" see this yummy visual treat in more detail here |
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Dreamt up for their client Maximidia Seminars. This set of highly creative amusing ads by Sao Paulo ad agency 'Moma', is just too good to ignore.
I wonder how things will look when these social giants really are as old as the average vintage ad I like to display here. Whilst Coca Cola dominates the soft drinks vintage ad scene it's easy to forget Schweppes the huge soft drinks brand that was never afraid to break the mold with their quirky amusing Schweppervesence ads. Here's a couple of 'Schwepping days to Christmas' ad for now, and you can be sure I will be adding a lot more Scheppervescence to this blog
Ever since I first set eyes on the towering image below I have admired the ads produced for the Budd Company during the late 40's and early 50's. They mainly featured specially commissioned works from the extraordinary illustrator Leslie Ragan. Sadly under appreciated in his time. These days Ragan's work could easily be considered as visual interpretation of scenes from Ayn Rand's futurist novel 'Atlas Shrugged'.
To see a lot more of Ragan's visions visit our Leslie Ragan gallery page. And to read a little more about this great commercial artist's work and influence I recommend these two excellent blogs Erratic Phenomena and Illustration Art Three lovely sports themed 1950's Guinness ads are scanned from my personal collection. Part of a series of cheery ads with outdoors sporting themes. Each of which featured a whimsical poem. Hopefully I will be able to add the other 9 in due course.
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