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Last updated on November 25, 2024.
Helmut Krone

Helmut Krone was an art director and is considered to be a pioneer of modern advertising. Krone spent over 30 years at the advertising agency Doyle Dane Bernbach. He was the art director for the popular 1960s campaign for the Volkswagen Beetle, which featured a large unadorned photo of the car with the tiny word "Lemon" underneath it; the series of "When you're only No. 2, you try harder" advertisements for Avis, and the creation of Juan Valdez, who personified Colombian coffee. During his career, Krone won a number of awards and was inducted in both the One Club's Creative Hall of Fame and the Art Directors Hall of Fame. His work has been collected by the Museum of Modern Art and the Smithsonian.

July 16, 1925 - April 12, 1996
A perfectionist is someone who finishes the backside of a drawer, which I consider completely unnecessary. — © Helmut Krone
A perfectionist is someone who finishes the backside of a drawer, which I consider completely unnecessary.
I like rules. Without them, we don't know what to break.
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