All-American Ads of the 60s - Reviews
"Les 160 pages consacrées aux voitures valent à elles seules l'achat du livre."Nitro, ParisFrance |
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"Closest thing to time travel."The Spokesman, SpokaneUnited States |
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"Witness the advent of psychedelia, liberated women and minorities in this colourful collection of print ads paying homage to 60s Americana from TV dinners to Tupperware."Instant Magazine, EdinburghUnited Kingdom |
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"Chronicleing the canyon-esque leap from the naivety of the early decade to the social acuity of the free-thinking hippy era, Heimann's collection takes us from Tupperware (heralded as a 'wifesaver') to psychedelia swirls in gloriously seductive Technicolour."Times Chronicle Series, LondonUnited Kingdom |
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Every bit in this masterpiece reeks of nostalgia. When times were not as hasty as today's and seeing these ads was always more fun than using the ones advertised.
A genuine retro-bilble for everyone who feels the spirit of the atomic age! This wonderful collection let's you dream like there's no tomorrow. Micha MaderaNetherlands |
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"A fine visual history of 20th-century American pop culture.....Flipping through the 40s and 50s volumes is an excercise in vicarious nostalgia, a virtual time travel trip to a world before you were born. But the 60s ads can hit you where you live."United Press InternationalUnited States |
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"Fans of baby boomer Americana will find plenty to whet their retro tastebuds in a new collection from German art book publisher TASCHEN .... All American Ads of the 60s captures the flavour of the era with 955 pages of gorgeously garish high quality reproductions."Writer's News, LondonUnited Kingdom |
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"All American Ads est un fantastique catalogue des publicités américaines des années 60 : l'évocation d'une nation toute-puissante qui dispense sa morale et ses sodas dans le monde (...), un trésor d'informations sur la société du Kennedy way of life."Panorama du médecin, ParisFrance |
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"dieser 60s Ad-Band ist sehr gelungen - spacig und spannend zugleich"Designbooks, KölnGermany |
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"Sexist, crude and effective."The Sunday Telegraph MagazineUnited Kingdom |
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All-American Ads of the 60s
Heimann, Jim (Editor)
Heller, Steven Flexicover, 19.6 x 25.5 cm (7.7 x 10 in.), 960 pages $ 39.99 ISBN: 978-3-8228-1159-7 Multilingual Edition: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish Availability: Not in Stock |
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