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It’s amazing how there are very little (if any) copy in these gorgeous layouts and the people are often not even using the product! They rely strictly on appealing to the market’s longing for freedom, toughness, individualism, comradery, and independence. Here are other print ads in this campaign that supported their billboards and tv commercials…
Like all 1960 advertisements from DDB advertising agency (VW, Avis, etc.) this attention grabbing illustration matched with the all-lowercase, blunt headline creates powerful intrigue. (They chose the opposite of a safe, expected, and unremarkable headline like ‘8 Inexpensive to keep the kids quiet…’) And the conversational body copy is a joy to read: 8 cheap […]