Comments on: David Ogilvy: “We Sell or Else”

By: David

David — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:04:02 +0000

David Ogilvy was born 1911 and so in the 1960s was only in his 50s. This video shows a man much older than that. Furthermore it was only later, in the 1980s, that Ogilvy worked for extended periods in India and so it seems likely that this video, showing a man in his 70s, was likely filmed in the 1980s, not the 1960s.

By: Sherman Unkefer

Sherman Unkefer — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:36:09 +0000

This brought back a lot of memories (take it from someone who’s been around for a while). He was a legend.

By: scott buck

scott buck — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:20:44 +0000

right on, david travis, right on!

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:20:14 +0000

Absolutely brilliant. What a legend.

By: Martyn Reding

Martyn Reding — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:19:50 +0000

Two comments

1. Yes David Ogilvy is a legend and i strongly recommend his book ‘On Advertising’ – it’s full of relevant and original insight, from a true innovator
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ogilvy-Advertising-David/dp/1853756156

2. It’s kind of depressing how unaware most ‘digital’ designers are of the history of Design and User Focussed creative work. I often find myself gritting my teeth when UX Designers flaunt the principles of UCD like a newly discovered craft.

Walter Landor, David Ogilvy, Paul Rand, Saul Bass, Walter Gropius – how often do you hear these guys referenced at Online events?

It can be a stark reminder of how digital design is still in it’s adolescence.

By: David Travis

David Travis — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:48:52 +0000

Change ‘direct response’ to ‘usability’ and replace advertising agencies with design agencies and you have a pretty good representation of the state of the user experience industry.

By: Paul Thurston

Paul Thurston — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:53:35 +0000

Great find @yandle, It reflects the sexist nature of the industry back then too, check out how many references there are to “him” and “his”…