Welcome to this week’s Mad Men watercooler! As always, spoilers are ahead, so if you haven’t watched last night’s episode, find a place far away from this post… Mad Men Water Cooler – “Far Away Places” First off, RIP Roger and Jane’s marriage. You had a good run, and honestly lasted a lot longer than […]
Welcome to your Weekly “Mad Men ” Water Cooler! “Mad Men” represents some of the best in music, design, art and writing, and each week we use it as a lens to examine broader themes of creativity and the arts. Read on for more about this week’s “knock-out” episode, but let it be known that […]
Pencils and Pop-Culture – Horeshoes, Four-leaf Clovers, pencils? Good Luck Comes in All Shapes Last week, Scott Stallings went to the 2012 Masters Tournament with a very particular good luck charm. While completing the PGA Tour earlier in 2011, Stallings had kept score with a small green pencil from the Augusta National Golf Club. The […]
Mad Men Water Cooler – “Mystery Date” Mad Men took a darker turn on Sunday night, with a feverish, hallucinating Don Draper finding himself in a metaphorical struggle with his philandering past, Sally getting scared out of her wits by the coverage of a grisly crime spree in Chicago, and Joan Holloway finally kicking her truly […]
Academy Awards Have Oscar: Award Names Explained Some award names make sense. The Golden Globes are, well, a globe that’s golden. The Grammys are short for “gramophone,” which makes sense given the fact that a golden one crowns the music industries highest honor. However, with some awards you have to wonder – what do they […]
As part of our month-long look at branding and advertising, each Thursday through April we’ll be bringing you some of our favorite commercials and advertising campaigns. It’s not just about which ads were funny, or which commercials were memorable; it’s about the creative process that happened behind each of them. Without further ado, here’s our […]
Welcome to our weekly “Mad Men” Water Cooler, where we use AMC’s hit television show as an lens for exploring creativity in the arts. There will be spoilers from here on out, so read ahead for our take on this week’s shenanigans from Don Draper, Peggy Olson, and the members of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce […]
The Blackwing Pencil: Muse to the Masses If you’ve followed along, you’ll know that those of us here at Studio 602 believe that a Blackwing pencil can be something sexy , something political , and something sporty . But it turns out we’re not the only ones who think that a pencil can be more […]
Pencils and Pop-Culture: Jonathan Antoine Shows “The Prayer” Has Staying Power It’s the video seen ‘round the Internet this week: a chubby, socially awkward, unkempt teenage boy takes to the stage with his more-polished looking partner, then opens his mouth and unleashes his voice with a performance of “The Prayer” that blew even Simon Cowell […]
Welcome to the first of a new series here at Studio 602: The Monday Morning “Mad Men” Water Cooler. Why is a site about pencils devoting so much column time to “Mad Men,” you might ask? Well, not only is everyone on staff a huge fan of the show, but for us “Mad Men” exemplifies […]
