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Bill Bernbach
transformed
advertising the world
over. A copywriter, he
was a founder of Doyle
Dane Bernbach, one of
the great American
agencies. Before the
revolution he led in the
Sixties, advertising was
loud, raucous, hard sell.
He made it low-key,
ironic, endearing. He
tore up the rule book,
laying stress on
creativity, intelligence and originality. He persuaded Avis
to capitalise on not being the biggest, a most un-American
concept. "When you're only number 2, you try harder. Or
else." His Volkswagen campaign is still considered by many
advertising men to be the best ever. He forsook lush
settings, beautiful models and hype copy for a black-and-
white picture of an unadorned VW Beetle titled "Think
Small". Status-conscious Americans loved the
advertisements - the ugly little vehicle was suddenly chic.
Bernbach started the art director/copywriter team
concept, now the norm, and he introduced photography as
a vital ingredient. A passionate believer in the
responsibilities of advertising, he refused to let his agency
take tobacco accounts. He would not even allow the use of
chess star Bobby Fischer in an ad: "I think it's wrong to
work with someone so selfish and ill-mannered". His
genius lay in proving you could have good taste, good art,
good writing dedicated to good selling