Comments on: ICONIC BRANDING OF A BUNNY KIND | THE BIRTH OF PLAYBOY MAGAZINE

By: Kelly Ryan

Kelly Ryan — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:04:51 +0000

I have a Playboy club key from the 1960’s
It has LA 3577 inscribed in it, does it have any value beyond sentimental?

By: The Vintagent

The Vintagent — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:37:19 +0000

It’s too easy to call Playboy ‘misogynist’; we owe a great debt to Hef for bringing sex into the light in a respectable and mainstream format. Our country still struggles with Puritanical urges to deny sexuality, but Playboy paved the way for public discussion of the whole spectrum of sexual proclivity – straight, queer, bdsm, what have you. The Pandora’s box of sexuality, once opened, can’t be packed into one label; Playboy elicits equal parts lust, awe of the divine feminine, fear, anxiety, longing, delight, and a host of other feelings. Hef may have had a particular bent towards women, but even Gloria Steinem progressed through being a Bunny; her struggle for women’s liberation wouldn’t have happened had Playboy not existed.
I have a Bunny in my family – Brandi Brandt (7 times in the mag!) – and while it’s not a career path I would prefer for my daughter, it has served her life well.

By: Brummagem Joe

Brummagem Joe — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:41:07 +0000

The girls were always fairly voluptuous and incredibly sexy….or maybe my testesterone count was just higher back them……far more physically appealing than the slimline models more in fashion today.

By: Brian LoCicero

Brian LoCicero — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:28:07 +0000

The branding was so good that many a young man would spend a bit of time scanning the cover of each issue looking for the “hidden” bunny logo.

So a magazine which most men bought for the inside content, had them spending time just staring at the cover.

Now THAT’S some branding with a logo.

By: Paul Pincus

Paul Pincus — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:19:17 +0000

genius, jp!

By: guayakiller

guayakiller — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:08:54 +0000

My father had the pleasure to live in the Playboy Hotel in Miami Beach. He said it was a young mans dream come true. I just sent him the link, he wanted me to thank you.

By: Darrin

Darrin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:38:08 +0000

I just came across your post and thought this article might make an interesting read for anyone thinking, “Why a rabbit? And where did it go these days?”

http://www.designobserver.com/archives/entry.html?id=39157

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:18:56 +0000

My last condo was next door to State street mansion; every single day I walked past it my thoughts would wonder thinking about the amount of craziness that happened inside that building…now it’s seperated into condos, but still in tact. Beautiful piece of Chicago architecture.