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Timeless Ideas

Kordell Delivers

Brand:
Nike
Agency:
Wieden+Kennedy Portland
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Timeless principle

Turn a player’s distinctive skill into the structure of the joke.

The idea

Treat quarterback Kordell Stewart’s versatility as an impossible delivery service that can answer any situation.

Why it works

The premise exaggerates a real athletic truth until every new task becomes another proof of range. Personality and performance do the selling together. Nike makes product mythology from what the athlete uniquely can do.

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