My Most Immortal Ad: Amy Carvajal

You’ll see why 1984 wont be like 1984.

What a classic ad. It’s almost 40 years later and the stage for the Apple brand was set with the launch of this ad. It didn’t just break through, it broke the rules. It was disruptive and had a lasting brand impact that Apple allows you to break free from control and embrace freedom. Plus, it created an idea that many brands follow – to keep the idea a secret and launch with a big bang at the Super Bowl. It got the audience talking and wondering, which is what everyone still chases today, that buzz.

It had to be different and that is a hard brief. They delivered. It opened on a setting that represented the future and the craft had a mystique to it that made people read into the story and sparked debate around what people believed was really behind the message. Many saw IBM in it as the big brother.

The splash for Apple was created and now, decades later we are all still talking about it.