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Product placement slideshow: Modern Family season 5

American TV show Modern Family recently wrapped up its fifth season. It has received mixed reviews, although it still generated very good ratings. The show has been fairly light on product placement…

Searching for the house from Full House

I’m sure some of you read my previous blog post where I’ve written about my odyssey around Los Angeles and searching for locations from movies and TV shows. I’ve found house from…

My visit at Old Focals

Do you remember thick black glasses that the actor Colin Firth wore in movie A Single Man or the main character of TV series Mad Men Don Draper’s sunglasses that were later…

Famous movie locations: Pawn shop from Drive

About an hour’s drive north of Los Angeles is the desert community known as Canyon Country. While its population of nearly 60,000 people wouldn’t normally be considered small, it is dwarfed by…

Stalking in Solvang: Restaurant from Sideways

Solvang is a small city (population around 5,000) in Santa Barbara County in California. It was founded in 1911 by a group of Danes who traveled west to establish a Danish colony…

We have found Don Draper’s childhood home

During my recent trip to Los Angeles and San Francisco we’ve made a stop in several beautiful areas of Los Angeles. One of them is called Angelino Heights, a small quarter within…

Sharknado: The L.A. Chainsaw Massacre

As you probably know Sharknado is this year’s talk of the summer and totally unexpected hit. The movie was produced by TV network SyFy and cost somewhere between $1 million to $2…

Interview with Russ Campbell of Old Focals

When I saw Jon Hamm wearing sunglasses on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine one thought crossed my mind: “Jon Hamm/Don Draper has great sunglasses. What brand is he wearing?” After a…

Product placement exhibition at Gallery 1988

In 2011 I stumbled upon Alex Gross, an American painter of Pop Surrealism movement whose opus includes paintings that involve brands. In autumn of 2010 Gross had an exhibition Discrepancies in Jonathan…

What will 2013 bring for product placement

Since 2012 is coming to an end, I’ve asked specialists from product placement industry what they think will happen with product placement in 2013. Here are their thoughts. ADAM STONE Product placement expert…

Product placement in pictures: Drive

Drive was one of the best and most critically acclaimed movies of 2011 (with a 12-minute standing ovation in Cannes). It was also one of my favorites too. The movie doesn’t have…

Product placement in pictures: Crazy Stupid Love

Crazy Stupid Love, an American romantic comedy, opens up with a shot of different shoes and legs in a restaurant. After a minute of watching nice shoes and people playing with each…