A Cultural History of Advertising

The new Diet Dr. Pepper ad features Ford model Josh Button doing his best shirtless hunk Zoolander and being really really really really good looking.

Last night's Mad Men featured the car that nearly destroyed GM, and perhaps another historical mess-up by Matthew Weiner.

"Kim Komando has been teaching people to use computers (sorry, komputers) for decades -- she runs a komputer-themed radio call-in show, running for three hours each weekend.

But if we set our time machine to 1993, Komando released a series of "Komputer Tutor" VHS tapes, including one called Komputer Kindergarten that taught basic computer skills (DOS and Windows, and "what is a printer") to beginners. The good folks over at Everything is Terrible edited Komputer Kindergarten down into a highlight reel, just under three minutes. It's amazing. Seriously..."

In keeping with current trends, Brazilian modeling agency Star Models is using illustrations to address body image issues. But its effort is more grim and cautionary than Dove's hotly debated Real Beauty Sketches.

This commercial starts off quietly enough, with some potential customers arriving at a Renault dealership in England for a test drive of the new Clio

April 15 is best known as the date for everyone's least favorite federal obligation.

In the following infographic, Ocean Media presents several key events in history that help define advertising, and lead it to where it is today.

Science is increasingly becoming an important tool in determining exactly what kinds of marketing campaigns and products appeal to a potential consumer.

The company has recently had a hard time standing out amid the clutter, bringing out fewer ads that are widely deemed cool.

Mad Men is a great show. But the big story, perhaps the biggest story of all time in advertising, was that of the Creative Revolution of the 1960s.

Throughout history, women have grappled with a biological inevitability that is, literally, always top of mind: Sooner or later, they go gray.

The launch creative called Iconic Conversations, is a :30 and :60 second TV spot that highlights epic-like conversations or situations that depict highly ins...

If this video violates a copyright, PLEASE contact me FIRST, and I will remove it immediately. Classic! Some may recognise Ronnie Schell from the Gomer Pyle ...

Don and co. won a big account in episode 6 — Chevy. Here's a look at what the ad campaign for the mysterious "XP-887" car actually looked like.

"..The car sold well at first (so this ad campaign must have helped), however, over time the Vegas developed huge problems. So much so that the Vega has been called "the worst car ever made in America," while Popular Mechanics once referred to it as the car that "nearly destroyed GM.""

'mad men' storylines, like the recent one about heinz ketchup, don't always square with history.

‘Adland Girl’ Pokes Fun At Advertising Clichés Used In Diet Commercials - DesignTAXI.com

Sex in advertising or sex sells is the use of sexual or erotic imagery (also called "sex appeal") in advertising to draw interest to and to help sell a particular product. A feature of sex i

Campaign video for Louis Vuitton causes controversy in France as lawyers and intellectuals accuse it of glamorising prostitution, reports Lauren Cochrane

In a survey performed by an analytics company, Americans complain that bad ads -- especially when repeated -- are stopping them from surfing the Web, working, and even, say almost 1 in 5, sex. Pop-up ads and lottery scams are the worst offenders.

The National Rifle Association's shift to paranoia and fear-mongering, as seen through 90 years of its advertising.