Ford ads from 1912

Ford T Fore-Door, 1912

Ford 1st to build bombers by automobile methods!

Ford 1st to build bombers by automobile methods!, 1945

Italian designers created limited edition Coca-Cola bottles

As part of its “Tribute to Fashion” charity project, Coca-Cola has asked some of fashion’s Italian designers such as Moschino, Versace, Bluemarine and Etro to create limited edition bottles.

Coca-Cola light tribute to fashion, designer bottles, 2012

First steps of Ford Motor Company in business and advertising

Ford Motor Company is one of the greatest automobile manufacturers of all time. They started under Henry Ford in Detroit, Michigan. Ford had a skill for craftsmanship when he built an experimental car in 1896. It was a twin cylinder engine with potential of 20 mph. In 1899 he left his job in order to organize the Detroit Automobile Company. Ford’s first production was in 1903, the Model A, with an under the floor engine selling for $850. In the first season it sold 1,708 cars.

The FORDMOBILE, with detachable tonneau, 1903

Coca-Cola 125 years at the movies

From black and white films to three dimensional Coca-Cola print ad, 2011

Coca-Cola commmercials for Super Bowl 2012

Coca-Cola Super Bowl 2012

At first blush, the campaign is just another take on the brand’s classic arctic mascots—the polar bears. But the whole concept is built out around tying into the game itself, in real time—aiming to enhance the overall experience by adding a little topical extra entertainment value. The TV work focuses on two polar bears, chilling out on their “snowfa” and watching the game, rooting for opposite teams. Each sports a colored scarf that denotes its wearer’s allegiance—red and white for the Giants, blue and white for the Patriots.

Coke 2012 Commercial: “Catch”

Coke 2012 Commercial: “Arghh”

Coke 2012 Commercial: “Superstition”

How IBM helped automate the nazi death machine

IBM’s strategic alliance with Nazi Germany started in 1933 when Hitler came to power and continuing well into World War II. As the Third Reich embarked upon its plan of conquest and genocide, IBM and its subsidiaries helped create enabling technologies, step-by-step, from the identification and cataloging programs of the 1930s to the selections of the 1940s.

Only after Jews were identified — a massive and complex task that Hitler wanted done immediately – could they be targeted for efficient asset confiscation, ghettoization, deportation, enslaved labor, and, ultimately, annihilation. It was a cross-tabulation and organizational challenge so monumental, it called for a computer. Of course, in the 1930s no computer existed.

But IBM’s Hollerith punch card technology did exist.

IBM poster "See everything with Hollerith punchcards" 1934