“in fashion advertising, with its constant demand for ‘new,' something new was happening. ...some radical thinkers were waiting to fill the vacuum: Leo Burnett in Chicago. In New York, Rosser Reeves; David Ogilvy from the UK, and from the Bronx came Bill Bernbach, son of a women's clothes designer. |
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...'Life' circulation... post-war society, advert-ising... 'Fortune's' William H Whyte 'the language of advertising'... copywriter's ads... Container Corporation's 'Great Ideas of Western Man', N W Ayer... 'Seventh Avenue', Eddy Rostock, Alexey Brodovitch... Leo Burnett, Rosser Reeves, David Ogilvy, Bill Bernbach... Ted Bates, American Home Products, Anacin's 'Hammers in the head.'... Burnett's 'critters', Jolly Green Giant, Marlboro Man, Pillsbury Dough Boy, use of colour, 'Cheltenham' font... David Ogilvy, Gallup, British Intelligence... La Guardia, WPA, rise of New York, World's Fair... formation of DDB, Ned Doyle, Phyllis Robinson, Bob Gage, Maxwell Dane... rise of the art director... Nathan Ohrbach... Bill Bernbach's ego... genius vs. serendipity... Bill Casey, Gene Case, Mary Wells... Bill Taubin's El Al 'Torn Ocean' ad... |
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