#33: Flawed Work Ethics
One thing is for sure, in the world of advertising, even when something has nothing to do with anything even slightly arousing, companies somehow manage to link sexuality and fantasy to their product. The best kind of advertisement is the one that makes you look twice and do a double-take… And we’re sure that this ad would have caused this kind of reaction back in the day.
This simple yet tempting ad is about a magnetic belt dictating machine used by secretaries in the late 1950s and 1960s. This company’s willingness to advertise such absurdities at the time obviously meant that it wasn’t afraid of turning a few heads.