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Diner

Brand: AppleAgency: BBDO Los Angeles1994FilmVideo · YouTube

The idea

Use an intimate diner conversation to contrast the human ease of Macintosh with the machinery of conventional computing.

Timeless principle

Let character and setting make a technical choice feel personal.

Why it works

The ordinary location removes computers from the showroom and places the decision inside real life. Dialogue carries the comparison without diagrams, making approachability a social fact. Apple sells a relationship with technology, not a specification sheet.

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