Matt Groening (yeah, the Simpsons & Futurama guy) did some posters for Apple back in the late 80’s/early 90’s too.<p><a href="https://www.cultofmac.com/218211/check-out-the-posters-matt-groening-did-for-apple-before-the-simpsons/" rel="nofollow">https://www.cultofmac.com/218211/check-out-the-posters-matt-...</a>
This is meta-vintage for me, because I have not looked at Print magazine in <i>years</i>.<p>This was a staple when I studied graphic design in college, but as I transitioned to UI design, it just slipped out of my mind. And here I see at the top of the article they’ve been acquired by a collective of designers to keep it going, which is a great outcome versus just fading away.
I wanted to read the "please tell me what a personal computer can do" list, but it's blurry, so here's a high-res version: <a href="http://www.macmothership.com/gallery/newads15/someoneplease3.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.macmothership.com/gallery/newads15/someoneplease3...</a><p>How much longer that list would be today is a little breathtaking.
The content is great, but am I the only one that’s annoyed by those gnarly red image overlays on the mobile website breakpoint that (accidentally) activate as you scroll down?
The Apple II interaction ad with an Apple on the kitchen table (also one on the wall!) is delightful for both of its naivete (in the last the past 20 yrs or so, an ad agency would be put through the ringer for the husband plays with cool devices wife does the dishes) and power (showing a gadget unknown to most people in a familiar setting).<p><i>The Atlantic</i> has a great article (<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/06/clear-the-kitchen-table-how-apple-and-ibm-marketed-the-first-personal-computers/396047/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/06/cl...</a>) on how Apple did its early marketing. They compare this ad with a "Kitchen Computer" concept from Honeywell that's beyond ridiculous.