20 Years Before It Was Cool to Cast Gay Coupl, Ikea Ma This Pneerg Ad

Contents:

• IKEA’S “DG ROOM” FEATUR FIRST OPENLY GAY COUPLE COMMERCIAL
• WORLD’S BT ADS EVER #74: IKEA AIRS FIRST MERCIAL FEATURG OPENLY GAY UPLE
• IKEA’S INIC “DG ROOM”: THE FIRST MERCIAL TO SHOW A GAY UPLE
• THIS 1994 IKEA AD WAS TV'S FIRST-EVER AD WH A GAY COUPLE
• HOW IKEA MA HISTORY 1994 WH THE FIRST GAY COUPLE AN AD
• 20 YEARS BEFORE IT WAS COOL TO CAST GAY COUPL, IKEA MA THIS PNEERG AD
• THIS AD IS BEG LLED THE “GAYT COMMERCIAL OF 2021”
• 1994: IKEA FEATUR OPENLY GAY UPLE MERCIAL CREATED BY DTSCH
• TV COMMERCIAL FEATURG GAY COUPLE CREAT A MADISON AVENUE UPROAR
• THIS WAS THE FIRST US MASTREAM TELEVISN MERCIAL FEATURG A GAY UPLE
• IKEA FURNISH FODR FOR BATE ON GAY LIFE COMMERCIAL MESSAGE
• IKEA BRGS GAY UPL OUT OF MERCIAL CLOSET
• THE TOP 10 GAY-THEMED COMMERCIALS THAT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED
• THIS IKEA AD WAS THE FIRST MASTREAM TV COMMERCIAL TO FEATURE GAY PEOPLE
• THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING -- ADDENDA; IKEA ADS FEATURE GAY CTOMERS

IKEA’S “DG ROOM” FEATUR FIRST OPENLY GAY COUPLE COMMERCIAL

Dtsch’s 1994 ad “Dg Room” for Ikea marked a pivotal moment advertisg as the spot shar TV’s first gay uple.

And this go back to 1994, well before beg openly gay was monplace.

WORLD’S BT ADS EVER #74: IKEA AIRS FIRST MERCIAL FEATURG OPENLY GAY UPLE

It was an IKEA mercial that Dtsch produced, showsg the first openly gay uple, buyg furnure. Lookg back, the 1990’s emerged as a of niche marketg, and a number of advertisers targeted gays, as surveys showed they often enjoyed a higher disposable hoehold e. The Dtsch-produced spot is wily regard as the first ad the US to feature an openly gay s release, ‘Dg Room Table’ ma headl around the globe, havg been released s before gay marriage beme legalized the US.

IKEA’S INIC “DG ROOM”: THE FIRST MERCIAL TO SHOW A GAY UPLE

Whereas many prev ads hted at homosexual them, the Ikea spot leav no room for doubt that the men featured are partners, th markg a pivotal moment the ad the two men, who we learn have been together for three years, fish each other’s sentenc. And this go back to 1994, well before beg openly gay was monplace, ” Dtsch NY chief executive Val DiFebo famoly said about the mercial.

In 1994, IKEA aired their TV ad “Dg Room” and beme the first brand to release a mastream mercial featurg a gay uple. Fast forward to 2022, and gay upl featured advertisg no longer seem radil.

THIS 1994 IKEA AD WAS TV'S FIRST-EVER AD WH A GAY COUPLE

It was hard to be openly gay, which n be seen by the sheer amount of backlash that IKEA faced bee of this advertisement.

Still, the cultural difference between Swen and the US uld be the reason behd IKEA’s “long history of cludg gay and transgenr them s advertisg”. What’s groundbreakg and unique about this ad is that portrayed a gay uple a posive light durg a tumultuo time perd. Ellen Carton, executive director of the New York chapter of GLAAD, said the ad showed “an aspect of gay life that people never see: our daily liv.

Instead of showg gays and lbians marchg at gay rights ralli or sufferg om AIDS, the IKEA ad humaniz . For example, Unilever’s “Go Gay” Axe mercial that me out 3 years after IKEA’s. Never one to shy away om a sndal, ntroversy or unorthodox marketg scheme, 1994, Ikea aired a mercial featurg two men shoppg for a dg room table, the first major natnal TV ad to portray a gay uple, well, ever.

HOW IKEA MA HISTORY 1994 WH THE FIRST GAY COUPLE AN AD

Tim article, Fred Danzig, then-edor of Advertisg Age said, "It is one small step for Madison Avenue, but is one giant leap for the gay muny.

20 YEARS BEFORE IT WAS COOL TO CAST GAY COUPL, IKEA MA THIS PNEERG AD

Tim that the ad showed "an aspect of gay life that people never see: our daily liv.

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THIS AD IS BEG LLED THE “GAYT COMMERCIAL OF 2021”

On this new episo of our Tagle podst, we close out Pri Month wh a look back at the 1994 Ikea mercial that was the first mastream ad ever to feature a gay uple. The mi-wave of brands stg gay upl TV ads this year ntu to rise, wh the lik of Honey Maid, Cheers and DirecTV all divg .

1994: IKEA FEATUR OPENLY GAY UPLE MERCIAL CREATED BY DTSCH

But Ikea was the first marketer to feature a gay uple a mastream mercial. A new ad om CarGus is beg lled "the gayt mercial of 2021"Photo: Screenshot.

TV COMMERCIAL FEATURG GAY COUPLE CREAT A MADISON AVENUE UPROAR

An ad for the CarGus webse is beg lled “the gayt mercial of 2021” onle and ’s not hard to see why.

THIS WAS THE FIRST US MASTREAM TELEVISN MERCIAL FEATURG A GAY UPLE

And this go back to the 1994, well before beg openly gay was monplace. One of my favore marketg moments of all time was so simple, yet so ntroversial and was an IKEA mercial that Dtsch produced, showsg the first openly gay uple, buyg furnure.

IKEA FURNISH FODR FOR BATE ON GAY LIFE COMMERCIAL MESSAGE

A groundbreakg televisn mercial that picts two gay men buyg furnure is stirrg passnate reactns om tractors and supporters--and g the kd of motn seldom seen on Madison week, furnure retailer Ikea began airg an ad several East Coast markets that shows two clearly intifiable gay men shoppg for a dg room table at an Ikea store. It is the first time gays have been openly portrayed a mastream TV spot. No bomb was issue is the homosexual relatnship between the two men the Ikea ad, who talk about how buyg the dg room table together shows their mment to each other.

IKEA BRGS GAY UPL OUT OF MERCIAL CLOSET

If be clear to other major marketers that Ikea’s bs is not harmed--and perhaps even helped--by the ad, uld profoundly affect the way major advertisers speak to gays and lbians.

THE TOP 10 GAY-THEMED COMMERCIALS THAT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED

“It is one small step for Madison Avenue, but is one giant leap for the gay muny, ” said Fred Danzig, edor of the tra magaze Advertisg Age. ”Danzig expects that advertisers om airl to fancial servic may eventually follow Ikea’s lead and feature intifiable gays TV ad mpaigns. Until now, only a handful of major advertisers have acknowledged the gay liftyle ads--but almost exclively prt mpaigns, where the impact is ually far more like Beton, Banana Republic and Calv Kle have all ed gay imagery ads placed mastream publitns.

THIS IKEA AD WAS THE FIRST MASTREAM TV COMMERCIAL TO FEATURE GAY PEOPLE

At the same time, more than a dozen major advertisers--cludg Amerin Exprs and Apple Computer--have gay-targeted ads nng popular gay and lbian Ikea ad picts “an aspect of gay life that people never see: our daily liv, ” said Ellen Carton, executive director of the New York chapter of the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn. Instead of showg gays and lbians marchg at gay rights ralli or sufferg om AIDS, the Ikea ad “humaniz , ” she said.

“Openly promotg homosexualy will upset Ameri’s mastream and st the pany bs, ” said Robert Knight, director of cultural studi at the Fay Rearch Council, a nservative, Washgton-based thk tank.

”Advertisers quietly fear that by tryg to appeal to gays and lbians so publicly, they may antagonize their re markets. Ikea opened s first Wt Coast store jt three years as the 1990s emerge as the of niche marketg, a growg number of advertisers are expected to creasgly target gays, who, most surveys show, often enjoy higher disposable hoehold e levels than many other nsumer groups.

THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING -- ADDENDA; IKEA ADS FEATURE GAY CTOMERS

“But a number of other gay-oriented ads will soon h the airwav, and there may very well be a backlash om the gay muny self.

” Ined, there are some gays who serly qutn the motiv behd the mercial.