The Cool Engine is Coming

Ray Blackwell from MacManus, John & Adams talks about the world of industrial advertising and the 'Big Idea' for the Detroit Diesel campaign.

The Cool Engine is Coming

Ray Blackwell

I'd like to thank you all for inviting me here today. To tell you the truth, I was really quite surprised when I got the invitation. When you work on industrial ads as I do, you get used to the fact that all recognition, all the awards always go to the Doyle Danes or the Mary Wellses of the world. And you never ever dream that someday something like that could happen to you. It made me feel like a 300-pound woman who just got raped.. it's really nice to know that somebody...

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