Mad Men

Barbarian Group "Committed to Making Things Awesome" After Selling to South Korean Firm

Dan Macsai — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:19:56 -0500

AMC’s 'Mad Men' Season 3 Premiere

Clay Dillow — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:00:00 -0400

No show has so perfectly blended postwar Americana, raw sexual tension, office politics, and the five martini lunch quite like AMC’s Mad Men. Season 2 left viewers with enough questions to fill the trunk of a ’62 Cadillac, and while Season 3 doesn’t promise easy answers, it does promise more taboo trysts, more smoke-filled rooms, more lipstick-smudged deceit, and most importantly, more of the mysterious Don Draper, portrayed impeccably by Jon Hamm.

It's a Mad Mad Mad Real World

Fast Company staff — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:45:05 -0400

The third season of Mad Men debuts this Sunday, August 16, on AMC. The show's relevance outdistances its actual ratings, especially in the media and advertising worlds in which the show is set. The 60s-era shenanigans of Don Draper, Roger Sterling, and their compatriots is rivaled only by the gossipy fun every Monday morning rehashing their actions--and thinking about how today's ad-industry characters stack up with Madison Avenue fiction. We play "Who Would Play?" with a real-world cast of creative directors and ad magnates.

Madvertising: A Peek at the Real-Life Ad Campaigns Depicted on 'Mad Men'

Mary-Louise Price — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:45:03 -0400

With the new season of Mad Men here, we started reminiscing about the ad campaigns that Don Draper and his creatives worked on during the past two seasons. Sterling Cooper has devised ads and identities for such well-known brands as Kodak, Lucky Strike, and Playtex.

Mad Men, George Lois, and Advertising's Creative Revolution

Tim Murphy — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:45:06 -0400

Season Two of AMC's smoking-drinking-screwing advertising drama Mad Men ended last night with Sterling Cooper's creative head Don Draper steaming out of a meeting telling that suit Duck Phillips, "I sell products, not advertising." Ah, war between the creative and the account guy. It was a moment that surely had resonance for plenty of creative business people, whether they're familiar with the history of Madison Avenue or not.

The Value of Free

Kevin Ohannessian — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:17:30 -0400

This weekend, I turned on my cable box to find that I was now receiving about 20 more high definition channels than in the past. I could now watch wonderful shows like Rescue Me or Dirty Jobs in HD. And the best part of this was Cablevision provided this upgrade without additional charge to me.