Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There was an ad in Spain which contained a very up-market apartment - the impression was of wealth and quality - with an M6 centre stage on a table. Julian - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Walkden" <bobwalkden@hotmail.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 2:58 PM Subject: [Leica] Leicas on TV (was Leica & Beer > Hi, > > there's a TV ad currently running in the UK for Audi cars in which they > feature a telephone box they designed, and which is in the Design Museum in > London. There are a couple of scenes in the ad where we see a young woman > photographing the phone box. Of course she is using a Leica. Looks like a > III of some sort, with a w/a finder on top. > > So to sell their cars they boast of their skill in designing modern > telephone boxes, and they make a link to another great German design to > stress their continuity, back to Bauhaus presumably. Enough semiotics in the > ad to drive even a French philosopher (more) insane :o) > > Cheers, > > Bob > > > >From: Gary Elshaw <gary.elshaw@vuw.ac.nz> > [..] > > > >Nice to see some Leicas on the telly though, eh? > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > >