THE CREATIVE FIELDBOOK / SNS MEDIA TECH

Campaign studies

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Household & home care / 20176 MIN READ

The Talk

Procter & Gamble / My Black Is Beautiful

A familiar phrase was reinterpreted through conversations many viewers might never have had to hear.

The Talk was made for P&G’s My Black Is Beautiful initiative. The One Show entry describes a purpose of prompting conversation about racial bias. Contemporary July 2017 coverage confirms the film and its focus on Black parents preparing children for prejudice. The documented intent is dialogue, not proof that the film eliminated discrimination. A broad issue can become understandable through a concrete interaction rather than a list of claims. Select scenes with informed collaborators who understand the experience being portrayed. Specificity should not become a claim that every family shares one identical story. Leave space for variation and avoid making a few characters stand in for an entire community.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Perspective taking
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Beauty & personal care / 20136 MIN READ

Help a Child Reach 5

Lifebuoy

A birthday milestone translated a large public-health concern into a human-scale story.

Unilever announced the Help a Child Reach 5 initiative in February 2013 as part of Lifebuoy’s handwashing-education work. The launch linked a campaign film with a programme in Thesgora, India. The stated ambition concerned preventable childhood illness; ambition and programme reach must be distinguished from demonstrated health outcomes. A concrete milestone can help people understand why a large issue matters. The story should clarify the stakes without pretending that one narrative proves a population-level result. Make the difference between dramatization, testimony and research visible. Emotional clarity is valuable, but it cannot replace reliable evidence about the intervention or its effects.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Human-scale milestone
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Retail & commerce / 20156 MIN READ

Shoplifters

Harvey Nichols

A provocative contrast made an ordinary loyalty benefit easier to notice.

Harvey Nichols used Shoplifters to introduce its Rewards App. The One Show entry describes an offer of perks and complimentary services. The campaign framed a desire for something free through a deliberately provocative contrast with stealing, rather than explaining the loyalty programme through a conventional list of benefits. A familiar offer may become more noticeable when placed beside an obviously unsuitable way of pursuing the same desire. The contrast must lead quickly to a useful explanation rather than remain an empty provocation. For a safe adaptation, invent a harmless fictional detour. The intended route should be easier to understand after the joke than before it.

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Read study, data & creative direction →Provocative contrast
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Retail & commerce / 20136 MIN READ

Ship My Pants

Kmart

A service explanation became the punchline rather than an interruption to it.

Kmart needed shoppers to understand an alternative when an item was unavailable in a store. The One Show entry describes access to online inventory from the store, with the item shipped home without a shipping charge. That historical offer is not presented as a current service or an unconditional promise across every purchase. A memorable joke is more valuable when repeating it also rehearses the desired action. Write down what someone should understand after telling a friend about the advertisement. If that retelling contains only the gag, the service may have disappeared. Test comprehension with people who have no prior knowledge of the offer, including those who do not enjoy the humor.

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Retail & commerce / 20146 MIN READ

BookBook

IKEA

A familiar physical object looked fresh when described through an unfamiliar category’s language.

IKEA and BBH promoted the printed catalogue at a time when digital devices offered a familiar alternative to books. The contemporary September 2014 account explicitly identifies the 2015 edition. This distinction prevents the catalogue edition, campaign launch and 2015 award from being collapsed into one date. A recognizable presentation style can become a creative lens for another product. Identify the structural conventions, such as the demonstration, reverent reveal or feature list, without copying protected footage, music or distinctive designs. The contrast should reveal something true about the new subject. Mere imitation may attract recognition while saying little about the advertiser’s own value.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Category reframing
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Retail & commerce / 20176 MIN READ

Food Love Stories

Tesco

A meal became a relationship story, with a practical route from watching to cooking.

Tesco launched Food Love Stories in January 2017 to communicate food quality through the care people put into meals. The launch account describes a recurring series rather than a single seasonal advertisement. The story platform connects a dish with a person and an occasion, giving ingredients a social context. A recipe can become more memorable when viewers understand why someone makes it for someone else. Begin with a specific, believable occasion rather than adding a sentimental ending to a generic product shot. Keep the food’s role credible and allow varied household structures. Care should not be equated with expensive ingredients, perfect cooking or one prescribed family arrangement.

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Read study, data & creative direction →Relationship occasions
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Retail & commerce / 20147 MIN READ

Inglorious Fruits and Vegetables

Intermarché

A supposed defect became a named reason to notice a product, backed by an actual retail offer.

Intermarché’s Provins store tested a dedicated offer of irregularly shaped fruit and vegetables in March 2014. The campaign addressed aesthetic rejection by treating these items as a recognizable range. Its argument concerned appearance; it did not establish that damaged, spoiled or unsafe food should be sold or consumed. A product’s unusual appearance can be acknowledged rather than concealed. Give people a clearer way to interpret the difference and explain which qualities are unchanged. This works best when the distinction is genuinely cosmetic. Quality, safety, shelf life and performance require their own checks; a charming name must not substitute for a truthful account of the item’s condition.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Reframing difference
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Retail & commerce / 20177 MIN READ

Black Supermarket

Carrefour

A retailer used its assortment as an advocacy medium, but the dramatic framing required factual correction.

Carrefour’s Black Supermarket, also called Le Marché Interdit, promoted produce associated with farmers’ seed varieties in France in 2017. The campaign framed the offer as a challenge to seed-registration restrictions and a defense of cultivated diversity. The One Show entry presents the advertiser’s advocacy narrative rather than an independent legal analysis. A shelf, product or service can make a system-level issue easier to understand than a distant policy statement. Explain the connection between the visible example and the broader concern. Keep the example proportionate: a few items may illustrate a question without representing an entire supply chain. A useful encounter should leave people better informed, not merely more alarmed.

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Read study, data & creative direction →Operational advocacy
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Food & beverage / 20127 MIN READ

Recipe Receipt

Hellmann’s

A routine transaction document became a timely answer to what someone could do next.

Hellmann’s wanted shoppers to consider mayonnaise beyond familiar sandwich uses. D&AD describes a point-of-sale idea that connected the product with other ingredients in the same purchase. The communication therefore began with a current task and actual basket context rather than a broad demographic assumption. Personalization is useful when it changes what help someone receives, not merely when it inserts a name. Identify the smallest piece of context needed to make a recommendation relevant. A current selection may be enough; a permanent customer profile may add risk without benefit. Explain the logic in ordinary language so the suggestion feels understandable rather than mysteriously intrusive.

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Read study, data & creative direction →Contextual utility
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Food & beverage / 20167 MIN READ

Love at First Taste

Knorr

A product-category preference became a playful way to explore a possible connection with another person.

Knorr’s Love at First Taste linked flavor preferences with the possibility of social chemistry. The April 2016 brand release describes strangers paired using a flavor profiler and filmed together. This was branded entertainment presented as a social experiment, not a validated test of romantic compatibility or a scientific demonstration of relationship outcomes. Flavor can be an abstract brand word until someone considers a specific preference. A simple question gives the audience a role in the idea. Choose prompts that are enjoyable and easy to understand without implying a diagnosis. The output should help someone explore the subject, not tell them who they fundamentally are or whom they should trust.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Preference exploration
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Food & beverage / 20137 MIN READ

Really Friends?

Nescafé

A familiar social-media label became a concrete question explored through repeated encounters.

Nescafé’s Really Friends? asked what online friendship might mean when people met in person. The One Show entry describes Arnaud visiting people from his Facebook network with coffee. The stated brand aim was to renew its communication in France through a social occasion, not to prove that coffee creates or repairs friendships. An episodic idea works when its central question remains recognizable while each encounter adds something new. Plan what variation matters before filming. Avoid forcing every episode toward the same conclusion, because uncertainty is part of the audience’s reason to continue. A credible series can include an uneventful or declined interaction without treating it as failure or humiliation.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Episodic encounters
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Food & beverage / 20177 MIN READ

Nutella Unica

Nutella

A standardized product offered visual individuality without requiring personal data.

Nutella Unica introduced jars with individually varied graphic labels in Italy in 2017. Contemporary January coverage describes a unique identifying code and a design generated through variations of a pattern. The proposition connected visual difference with individuality, while the packaged food remained a familiar product. A variable design system needs recognizable constants as much as freedom. Identify brand cues, required information and legibility constraints before generating alternatives. Test the most difficult combinations, not only the attractive samples selected for a presentation. The customer should still know what the product is, even when its decorative surface differs from the one seen in advertising.

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Read study, data & creative direction →Controlled variation
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