Archive for January, 1970

MIT Media Lab logo is actually 40,000 logos

Thursday, January 1st, 1970

An algorithm will produce a unique logo for every teacher, staff member and student at the school for the next 25 years.

Woman buys ad seeking man from her flight

Thursday, January 1st, 1970

Linda Patterson took out a $600 ad in the Toronto Star in the hope of finding a man she encountered on a flight home from Winnipeg.

‘Delightful woman’ places ad for new kidney

Thursday, January 1st, 1970

Craigslist and eBay don’t let you solicit internal organs, but Louisville’s Southeast Outlook newspaper doesn’t mind.

Egypt, Tunisia appeal to tourists in new ads

Thursday, January 1st, 1970

Revolution battered Egypt’s tourism industry, but it might also hold the key to bringing international visitors back.

This week’s 5 most-read stories on AdFreak

Thursday, January 1st, 1970

Chrysler’s F-bomb on Twitter, Volkswagen’s test-drive print ad, and other top stories from this week.

Logitech, now with even more Kevin Bacon

Thursday, January 1st, 1970

An extended version of the “Ivan Cobenk” spot lets you click on Cobenk’s tchotchkes and bid on them on eBay.

Morgan Spurlock branded for movie poster

Thursday, January 1st, 1970

The little cover strategically placed on his body is the meta-doc’s title card, and the logos are of marketers that bankrolled the movie.

Hot grannies getting sexed up for equal pay

Thursday, January 1st, 1970

In honor of International Women’s Day today, let’s look at this crazy Belgian spot about equal pay for women.

Jennifer Aniston starring in ad, not sex tape

Thursday, January 1st, 1970

Keenan Cahill, Paul “Bear” Vasquez, dancing babies and other Internet stars help Aniston make this video go viral.

Bananas finally fitted with plastic packaging

Thursday, January 1st, 1970

In what would seem to be a packaging fail, Del Monte has come up with individual plastic wrappers for bananas!