David Brits, the artist who established Cape Town Signwriting in 2011, shares the stories behind his favorites signs. From balancing acts to technical detail, signwriting is a crafty business.
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Retro Retro Magazine For Vintage Fashion Lovers
The creators of Retro Retro Magazine recently completed the Third Issue of the publication for readers and their audience of vintage fashion followers. One of the editors of Retro Retro Magazine, Zuko Cele, describes it as: “a two-part publication that illustrates the spirit of our age. Part 1 is titled […]
Retro Retro – something new for for vintage lovers
Zuko Cele is a creative from Pietermaritzburg and the founder of Retro Retro, a platform on Instagram where followers can view and purchase a variety of vintage and thrifted clothes on offer. Zuko recently took the bold step of adding a digital magazine version of Retro Retro that is sure […]
Castle Lager – Brewmaster (1978)
A little bit of ad history right here. Ogilvy Joburg sent us this ad made in 1978, it was the first commercial that Ogilvy produced for SAB.
Vintage Fridays – Joshua Doore
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljb0-08HW1g[/youtube] Old school cool.
Vintage Fridays – Mainstay
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7uA2XU5fsA[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6lZQmnU0xI[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxymlIGshv0[/youtube] We haven’t done a Vintage Friday in a really long time but since there is a Mainstay ad currently airing on TV we thought we’d bring you some 80s goodness in the form of vintage Mainstay ads. The current ad caused some controversy on 10and5 when we […]
Vintage Fridays: Ford Capri
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq1c3726leI[/youtube] Gotta love this ad from… whenever there were Hip Cats around!
Vintage Fridays
Here are two classic South African adverts from years gone by and one 80’s adverts compilation. Enjoy!
Vintage Peter Styvesant TV commercial
Classic stuff from Peter Styvesant. This ad was aired in cinemas in 1985.
Interview with Jon Williams
In the late 1980’s we poured over our flickering TV sets, well those of us who were born, as another new Castrol advert, or “those Boet en Swaer ads” as they became known, played out. Recently one of these ads surfaced on YouTube. And filled with the nostalgia from this […]
Classic MNET Magic Ads
Was quite stoked to find these! Remember it so vividly from our childhood days. Here’s your free trip down memory lane.
Vintage Castrol Commercial
This is a classic Castrol Ad we all probably remember.
Vintage VW commercial
Love this big budget 80s ad for Volkswagen.
Vintage Steri-Stumpie
Seeing as Fridays have become our vintage days, we thought we’d show you the first ever Steri Stumpie billboard. Via the Steri blog and Miss Moss.
Vintage ads: Douglas Green
Who can remember this great one by Douglas Green?
