Creator of Remade iPod/Mac 1984 Ad Revealed
03.22.07 - 12:26pm
The creator of the much talked about 1984 Apple ad that blasted the Clinton campaign and received constant play and talk on the net has been revealed and has resigned his position.
The creator of the ad is Philip de Vellis, a strategist with Blue State Digital, a firm which designed the Obama web site. He says that he worked alone on the ad. He resigned when he learned he was about to be unveiled by the Huffington Post blog.
De Vellis said that he did the work on the ad on a Sunday afternoon in his apartment. He said, “This ad was not the first citizen ad, and it will not be the last. The game has changed.”
Peter Leyden, head of New Politics Institute, a think tank that works with the internet and political issues said “It’s disappointing to hear that he’s associated with a firm that is associated with Barack. But still, it shows that someone who has a decent amount of talent and basic tools can do meaningful political video. … He’s one of hundreds of thousands who could do the same.”
The Obama campaign Wednesday released a statement on the news. “The Obama campaign or its employees had no knowledge and had nothing to do with the creation of the ad. We were notified this evening by a vendor of ours, Blue State Digital, that an employee of the company had been involved in the making of this ad. Blue State Digital has separated ties with this individual and we have been assured he did no work on our campaign’s account.”
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