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Dennis Frank

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 12:40:55 +1300

Great stuff, thanks Peter. "What’s certain is the powerful influence advertising can have in shaping our aspirations as a society." Not just the aspirations! Throw in the economy and democracy as well. Advertising was far and away the most influential usage of propaganda during the 20th century. Beat the usage…

Brent Jackson

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 11:13:36 +1300

That's a great picture – amazing that it took over 30 years from conception to completion.

Kumara Republic

Fri, 19 Oct 2018 22:55:19 +1300

That's interesting, would love to come across that. Thx for sharing. Te Papa held great Roundhill exhibit, curated by Richard Wolfe, but produced no exhibit catalogue or book ... Crying shame.

Apologies for the thread necro, but I finally found it...
https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/561038

Amazingly, he started it in 1960, but not…

Peter Alsop

Sun, 04 Aug 2013 18:53:24 +1200

That's interesting, would love to come across that. Thx for sharing. Te Papa held great Roundhill exhibit, curated by Richard Wolfe, but produced no exhibit catalogue or book ... Crying shame.

Kumara Republic

Sun, 04 Aug 2013 00:56:56 +1200

Interestingly, Roundhill painted a much darker and (post-)modernist follow-up to Auckland 2000 during the late 1980s. I saw it in an issue of the Listener some years back, but since then it's largely dropped off the radar.

Hebe

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 01:05:31 +1200

Excellent: This year's Christmas present sorted.

Chris Waugh

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:10:06 +1200

Retro-futurism is the BEST.

There was a blog out there called Paleofuture, seemed to move a bit, but last I looked it seemed to be going into retirement. Might be worth googling for, though, as it was pretty cool, if a bit US-centric.

Danielle

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 14:42:25 +1200

I'd particularly like Bernard Roundhill’s Auckland 2000 framed and on my wall. Amazing image.

Retro-futurism is the BEST.

wendyf

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 14:26:17 +1200

That looks like a marvellous book. Do you remember post-war "The Children's Health Is The Nation's Wealth"? Time for a reminder.

Joe Wylie

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 13:04:50 +1200

Cars still use spark-plugs and they are just as important as they have ever been
Like exhaust systems, spark plugs last far longer now that lead tetraethyl is gone from petrol. I believe that's why "muffler shops" have all but vanished. Also the proportion of diesel vehicles continues to rise.

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:42:59 +1200

flash-bung?
What ever happened to spark-plug advertising?
They've gone all Zen
now they sell the Gap...

Paul Campbell

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:37:46 +1200

Because few people do their own car maintenance – I'm sure there still is spark plug advertising somewhere but directed tightly at mechanics

Gabor Toth

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:27:56 +1200

Wonderful images!
What ever happened to spark-plug advertising? I remember as a young lad how spark-plug ads were everywhere; newspapers, magazines, bill-boards, sometimes murals covering the whole sides of buildings (the one of the rear of the L. T. Watkins building on the corner of Cuba and Ghuznee Streets in…

Graham Dunster

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:08:27 +1200

Selling The Dream is a cool book, looking forward to getting this one too. Thanks for getting it made.

Jos

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 20:28:40 +1200

Looks great!

love our place, can we post pics?

And voted of course. :)

Peter Alsop

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 20:23:52 +1200

Just wanna say how great it is to be back on Public Address thx to the goodwill and support of Russell. The book has been a delight to prepare, and Gary and I are excited to launch it into the world. Looking fwd to insightful comments and learnings from the…

Russell Brown

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:16:34 +1200

This looks equally as desirable as the first.

I've seen more of the images. They're amazing.

JacksonP

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 18:59:01 +1200

This looks equally as desirable as the first. I'd particularly like Bernard Roundhill’s Auckland 2000 framed and on my wall. Amazing image.

Great work again Peter and Gary. Look forward to getting my hands on one.

Public Address

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 18:59:01 +1200

Discussion from blog post.