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Monday, 25 June 2012

Some Fun Stuff for Summer, Part 1

Posted on 06:05 by Unknown
Summer officially arrived late last week, so I've decided to lighten up for a while. Today's Inspiration will continue - but I'll be doing less intensive research and writing and posting more "just for fun" stuff.

To kick things off, here are several pieces from a fun 1960 ad campaign for Sanka Instant Coffee.

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I 'test-drove' a couple of these images yesterday on Facebook and Flickr and was very pleased by the response they received.

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Many people 'Liked' or 'Favorited' them immediately - suggesting they must be as appealing to today's audience as they no doubt were some fifty years ago.

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No surprise that these fun illustrations enjoyed such an enthusiastic reception...

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... but genuinely surprising (to me anyway) is discovering that John Falter was responsible for painting these images.

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Who was John Falter? Like I said, I'm cutting back on the heavy lifting for the summer. But try Google Image Searching the name "John Falter." I bet you'll be surprised too!

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