Daily Keemo. 11.13. The Skin You Should Have Been Born With. 1889.
The Skin You Should Have Been Born With. 1889.
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As a graphic artist and a history buff, I love old design. Particularly old advertisements. These old ones from pre-1900 are interesting because they often don't use any imagery all, just text. It reads like a high school AP English term paper about the product. "Dermador is a liquid for external application" is the big tag line. That just wouldn't work today. Today it would be something like "Dermador. It Gives You The Skin You Should Have Been Born With." Which is equal parts lie and hope and doesn't tell you exactly what it does, although that part is still consistent with the original. Even after reading the entire page all I could figure is it was a lotion of some kind and could cure anything that may be going haywire with your skin. I am not really sure where I am going with this other than some rambling about history and art and lies and hope and design and writing and all of it coming together 120 year later with some wine, some paints and a reason too look back and a reason to look forward...Enjoy!
