Matthew Weiner
Television
Mad Men, Marshall McLuhan, and “Understanding Media“
The changing nature of consumption, and the changing nature of people – Mad Men and the consumerist fantasy of 1960’s US advertising Esquire’s Stephen Marche did an excellent piece tying together the themes of AMC‘s Mad Men with a master of advertising and media strategy Marshall McLuhan and his book Understanding Media, released in 1964. […]
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Mad Men‘s End: Creator Matthew Weiner Interviewed by NPR
“Mad Men” Creator On Don Draper‘s Losses And The End Of The Road NPR interviews Matthew Weiner on the end of Mad Men, Don Draper’s drama, and what’s next With only two episodes remaining, AMC’s excellent series Mad Men is coming to an end. Series creator Matthew Weiner sat down for an interview with NPR […]
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Milton Glaser’s Season 7 Mad Men Art
Legendary designer Milton Glaser, famous for the “I<3NYC” logo found everywhere in the world, worked with Mad Men’s creator Matthew Weiner to produce original artwork for the final season of one of television’s most acclaimed series ever. Recently interviewed for AMCtv.com, Glaser revealed that initially the plans were to have the design in an abstract […]
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