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AD BREAKDOWN #1: Apple's Iconic '1984' Spot
Seen it? Great. Let's begin.
Most people think this ad is about Apple. It's actually about IBM.
In 1984, IBM was the personal computer GOAT.
They were one company with one product that everyone was using
The brief Apple gave their agency wasn't "make us look cool."
It was basically:"IBM wants it all. Computers are about to become "Big Brother" and we're the only thing standing between the individual and the machine."
That's not a product brief listing features and storage and speed and all that.
That's a cultural brief.
The insight: conformity is the enemy of human progress.
Apple isn't a computer company. It's a liberation movement.
THAT insight is WHY this ad was genius 40 years ago and why it's still prolific (and still gives people chills) four decades later.
Watch the full breakdown above — I run it through the complete 5-step framework.
After you watch: what brand today has that same cultural tension sitting inside their brief, waiting to be found?
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