Bernbach’s VW Campaign Killed Advertising, Ads A Commodity

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Writing a chapter (pdf) for Nancy Vonk and Janet Kestin’s book Pick Me, U.K. creative Brian Millar blames Bill Bernbach’s Volkswagen campaign for forty years of advertising sameness. Perhaps that it a bit of a stretch but his piece does contain some good commentary on how insights can lead to great creative. He must have read Phil Dusenberry’s Then We Set His Hair on Fire.

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