I read an really interesting interview with Mad Men's prop master Scott Buckwald by Collector Weekly. I did think about how interesting to be working on the show and be the set dresser and or the prop master. Mr. Buckwald mentioned all the tidbits of how they have to actually make their own props, recreate the magazine, or even the classic VW ad "Think Small" in Ad Age (Season 1?) is just fascinating. Now I know it's not just about scoring the authentic vintage items, but making them look like new, but not aged.
And it's sort of too much information for me to know that how they use the not so time authentic type writers for production reasons. Now I can't stop looking at the typewriters in the office scenes...
It also reminded me that I came across this vintage vogue blog a while back and how interseting that the person behind also has a tumblr blog specialized in the ads ran in the olden days.
Too see all the fab vintage fashion neatly categorized in era, check out the flickr stream from myvintagevogue.
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Prop design has to be one of the more fun / interesting aspects of making a production -- getting to do research and really project yourself into the context so you can imagine what it would've been like then.
Love this image.
I read that same article this week and was completely intrigued! I gather props, wardrobe and design sets for small-scale :30 commercials - I cannot even imagine the amount of work it takes to gather SO many props in so little time. That said, I would LOVE to be a set designer on a movie.
beautiful and so Vogue. did you know that you could 'Mad Men yourself'?
yes, yes it's true ;) http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/madmenyourself/
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