Walter Landor, An Original MadMan

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Tonight, MadMen premieres and I came across this little gem on Landor's blog. I was recently very impressed with Landor's work for Miller High Life, and wanted to look a little into Walter Landor himself. I never knew much about the man, other than that his firm has carried on for nearly 15 years in his absence.

Apparently he recently had a birthday on the 9th of July, and his studio released a film about a project he did for for Old Fitzgerald whiskey back in the 1960's.  This film definitely has an endearing quality to it, Walter's narration adds that perfect vintage tone, but I am amazed at the process they went through to create this whiskey bottle. Gives a whole new meaning to the idea of creating "comps."

Cheers to Walter, Don Draper would be very proud.