THE CREATIVE FIELDBOOK / SNS MEDIA TECH

Campaign studies

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Building materials & home improvement / Date not verifiedDEEPER STUDY · 5 MIN READ

Coloured Zebra / Be Surprised

Indigo Paints

Make a recurring visual device carry recognition without hiding the buying decision

Make a recurring visual device carry recognition without hiding the buying decision Write down what a recurring character is allowed to do in each format. It might ask the customer's question in a film, identify the range on a shelf and point to a useful comparison on a leaflet. Those are different tasks, but they can share a consistent personality. A fictional storage-box brand could use a shape-changing guide to explain which objects fit which container. If the guide merely decorates every surface, it creates repetition without making the buying decision easier. Evaluate the device by the information it helps organise, not just whether the team likes its appearance.

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Read study, data & creative direction →Distinctive assets
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Building materials & home improvement / Date not verifiedDEEPER STUDY · 5 MIN READ

Think Beautiful

JSW Paints

Use a meaningful exception to show how a service makes decisions

Use a meaningful exception to show how a service makes decisions A surprising refusal is stronger when the audience understands the rule behind it. If a fictional restoration service recommends keeping one worn feature, explain what that feature contributes and what alternatives remain available. The exception should clarify the service's judgement rather than imply that every old mark must be protected. Write a short decision tree behind the story: what is retained, what is changed and who decides. This gives the creative team a grounded reason for the reversal and gives a prospective customer something useful to discuss after the emotional moment has passed.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Customer judgement
1575
Building materials & home improvement / 2019DEEPER STUDY · 5 MIN READ

Har Rang Khoobsurat

Shalimar Paints

Turn a broad value into a specific invitation without flattening the people involved

Turn a broad value into a specific invitation without flattening the people involved A broad value becomes easier to act on when it is translated into a specific situation. A fictional community art space might focus on how newcomers are welcomed, how work is credited or how exhibition information is made available. These are more useful briefs than asking a poster to make everyone inclusive. Select a behaviour the organisation can observe and support. Then ask whether the metaphor points towards that behaviour or merely produces a pleasant feeling. A modest invitation with a clear next step gives the audience a role without pretending that a complex social issue has a simple visual solution.

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Read study, data & creative direction →Values communication
1576
Building materials & home improvement / 2022DEEPER STUDY · 5 MIN READ

Spotless Nxt: Wall Watchman

Nippon Paint

Make an invisible maintenance burden visible while keeping the solution specific

Make an invisible maintenance burden visible while keeping the solution specific Comedy can stretch a recognisable behaviour without pretending to be a laboratory demonstration. For a fictional desk organiser, show an imaginary attendant endlessly searching for misplaced notes, then introduce a labelled compartment. The absurdity belongs to the problem scene. The explanation of the offer should return to ordinary language and an observable function. This separation lets the joke remain entertaining while giving the viewer a fair account of what is actually being proposed. If the solution is as exaggerated as the setup, the audience may struggle to distinguish comic licence from a claim they are expected to believe.

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Read study, data & creative direction →Comic exaggeration
1577
Building materials & home improvement / 2023DEEPER STUDY · 5 MIN READ

White Cement Advantage

Birla White

Connect a range through one idea without making every product promise identical

Connect a range through one idea without making every product promise identical A useful range platform can have a stable beginning and a precise ending for each product. For a fictional stationery range, the shared idea might be a reusable fastening system, while the ending explains what it enables in a folder, notebook or display board. Do not force identical benefits onto unlike uses. Write every product sentence side by side and look for vague words that conceal differences. The platform should reduce the burden of understanding the range, not remove the need to choose. A shopper still needs to know which item suits the task in front of them.

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Read study, data & creative direction →Ingredient branding
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Building materials & home improvement / Date not verifiedDEEPER STUDY · 5 MIN READ

Chhutkau / ART Mane Science

JK Cement WallMaxX

Use a familiar guide to introduce a new reason to believe without borrowing scientific authority

Use a familiar guide to introduce a new reason to believe without borrowing scientific authority A recurring spokesperson need not always arrive with the answer. Giving them a question can create room for a new product explanation without abandoning the established tone. For a fictional archive service, a familiar clerk could ask how a revised indexing method works. The audience then receives permission to be curious rather than being expected to understand a slogan immediately. Keep the character's uncertainty useful and respectful. The point is not to make a worker look foolish, but to model the questions a customer or practitioner might reasonably ask before relying on a new claim.

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Read study, data & creative direction →Character continuity
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Building materials & home improvement / 2023DEEPER STUDY · 5 MIN READ

Access to Clean Water

Astral Pipes

Reveal an overlooked component through the outcome people already care about

Reveal an overlooked component through the outcome people already care about For an infrastructure or component business, begin with the everyday activity the system supports. Map the chain backwards and identify the exact point at which the brand contributes. An invented booking system might help a community workshop allocate equipment, but it does not create the skills, space or volunteers that make the workshop useful. A clear contribution can still be meaningful without becoming the whole story. This mapping also helps the team choose the reveal: the audience should learn something specific about a previously unnoticed role rather than simply be surprised by a logo.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Narrative reveal
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Building materials & home improvement / 2025DEEPER STUDY · 5 MIN READ

Aqualife+: No More Strange Excuses

Ashirvad by Aliaxis

Turn an avoided conversation into a useful question without amplifying unsupported risk

Turn an avoided conversation into a useful question without amplifying unsupported risk A character's evasive response creates curiosity because viewers want to know what is missing. In a fictional office-supplies brief, someone might repeatedly avoid borrowing a folder because its labelling system is unclear. The eventual answer can be ordinary and useful. Keep the stakes appropriate to the evidence and avoid escalating a minor uncertainty into a threat. Before writing the joke, state the actual question the audience should ask afterwards. If that question is mainly a new anxiety the brand cannot responsibly resolve, the premise needs to be reconsidered rather than made funnier.

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Read study, data & creative direction →Indirect behaviour
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Building materials & home improvement / Date not verifiedDEEPER STUDY · 5 MIN READ

Zero Defect

Prince Pipes

Make a compact cue carry a precise promise across consumer and adviser conversations

Make a compact cue carry a precise promise across consumer and adviser conversations A useful mnemonic can be recognised in motion, in a still image and at a small size. Before commissioning a large campaign, sketch how it would appear in each place where a decision is made. For an invented equipment-checkout service, a simple original mark might link an instruction card to a confirmation screen. Do not assume that a gesture or symbol has the same meaning for every audience. Test the intended interpretation and provide a readable label. Consistency should help people connect information across touchpoints, not require them to guess the meaning of an unexplained sign.

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Read study, data & creative direction →Visual mnemonics
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Building materials & home improvement / Date not verifiedDEEPER STUDY · 5 MIN READ

Desh Ki Mitti

Kajaria

Connect material origin with a wider story while keeping contribution and belonging distinct

Connect material origin with a wider story while keeping contribution and belonging distinct A broad identity story needs a credible connection to the offer. For a fictional local ceramics workshop, that might be a documented making process or a clearly described collaboration. Start there rather than attaching a patriotic or community theme to an unrelated product. Ask what remains true when the emotional language is removed. The resulting sentence should still explain something meaningful about the object or organisation. If it does not, the campaign may be borrowing an association instead of revealing one. A smaller, well-supported connection can provide a more durable foundation than a sweeping claim.

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Read study, data & creative direction →Material storytelling
1583
Interior design / 2025DEEPER STUDY · 6 MIN READ

Atelier: Show the Exceptional, Explain the Feasible

Dornbracht

An extraordinary example can open an imagination gap; a credible service journey must help the customer close it.

Help an unfamiliar service become intelligible. A fictional studio offering custom desk organisers could show one deliberately unusual concept to explain the breadth of its service. Beside it, the team should identify what the image represents: an illustrative proposal, an approved commission or an available item. Those labels answer different customer questions. Write them before designing the gallery rather than leaving the sales team to correct assumptions later. The aim is not to surround every image with defensive language. It is to let a customer enjoy a possibility without accidentally reading it as a promise about price, timing or suitability. The next conversation can then begin with shared expectations.

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Read study, data & creative direction →Custom service
1584
Furniture / 2009DEEPER STUDY · 6 MIN READ

214 x 214: Ask People to Find the Object in Their World

Thonet

A heritage object can become a prompt for observation rather than a reason to repeat the company history.

Give an established object a fresh audience task. An invitation such as show us your creativity leaves the participant to invent both the subject and the standard. A more bounded task supplies a common reference while leaving room for interpretation. For an invented desk lamp, a team might ask for an original drawing showing how its silhouette relates to a workspace. The object anchors the set; the surroundings allow variation. Test whether people can explain the task in their own words before discussing rewards. If participants disagree about what must be visible, the brief is not yet clear enough to judge consistently. A recognisable constraint can make participation easier without dictating a single answer.

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Read study, data & creative direction →Brand heritage
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