The greatest Creative Director Cats /// CDC 😼
We all love cats almost as much as the internet does! To celebrate our business, I decided to have a bit of fun with @georgie_the_time_traveler_ , the famous cat belonging to one of my favorite Art Directors, @jfballe .
So Georgie 😼 stepped into the shoes of the ten greatest ad men in history. Have fun discovering them and their most iconic campaigns!
This ad, and the work of the ad agency behind it, changed the very nature of advertising. In 1959, Baby Boomer families were obsessed with big, American cars. It was a challenge to sell them a small car! Doyle-Dane-Bernbach (DDB) went against the grain: simplicity, sans serif font, small black and white images of the product, a lot of blank space and 2 word copy. The campaign was so successful that it did much more than boost sales, building a lifetime of brand loyalty.
If you remember one movie from the history of advertising, this is it. Lee Clow worked with Ridley Scott on the production. A reference to Orwell's 1984, this movie costing 750,000$ was broadcast at the 1984 Super Bowl. The saga of Superbowl ads begins...
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