Daily Archives: 24 July 2007

There are exactly 12 kinds of ads. This is No. 10

Donald Gunn, creative director for the advertising agency Leo Burnett has determined that nearly all good ads fall into one of 12 categories—or “master formats,” in his words. Slate magazine has a story on them. The demo. The “show the need or problem“. The “symbol, analogy or exaggerated graphic“. The comparison. The exemplary story. The…