THE CREATIVE FIELDBOOK / SNS MEDIA TECH

Campaign studies

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Luxury travel / fashion / 2007DEEPER STUDY · 5 MIN READ

Core Values

Louis Vuitton

Connect a functional category with personal journeys while keeping a stable visual and verbal frame.

A heritage travel brand could express lasting meaning alongside seasonal fashion advertising. Write the category’s long-term role in a customer’s life without mentioning a celebrity. Then ask what kind of person could illuminate that role through a relevant experience. This reverses the common habit of selecting a famous face first and inventing a connection afterward. A less famous but genuinely relevant subject may make the proposition clearer and the production more manageable.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Brand continuity
998
Footwear / cultural experience / 2010DEEPER STUDY · 5 MIN READ

House of Vans

Vans

Make a brand’s cultural interests useful through a place and programme people can actually participate in.

A cultural identity needed a tangible expression beyond advertising imagery. Speak with local organisers and prospective participants before choosing the activity or venue. Identify a gap that existing groups recognise, such as affordable rehearsal time or a well-run creative workshop. Support established expertise rather than duplicating it for publicity. This makes the brand’s contribution more concrete and reduces the risk of treating a community as decorative material for a launch event.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Participation value
999
Footwear / self-expression / 2015DEEPER STUDY · 5 MIN READ

Made by You

Converse

Let the marks of real use become a product portrait and a prompt for personal storytelling.

A familiar shoe could express individuality through the people who wore it. Ask owners what a visible detail means before deciding that it is photographically interesting. The story may concern a routine, a repair or a creative choice rather than a dramatic event. Use only details the owner wants to share. This gives the object portrait a human reason to exist and prevents the campaign from assigning invented meaning to somebody else’s possessions.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Self-expression
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Denim / apparel / 2009DEEPER STUDY · 5 MIN READ

Go Forth

Levi’s

Give a heritage brand a forward-looking cultural voice, then examine whether later actions make the invitation concrete.

A historic denim brand sought a contemporary expression of self-reliance. Before selecting a poem or other cultural text, write down why the category belongs in the conversation. Consider the audience’s relationship to the source and how much context they need. A powerful text can overwhelm a weak connection. Use it only when the product or brand has a credible role, and distinguish the text’s meaning from any commercial interpretation added by the campaign.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Cultural voice
1001
Sportswear / brand platform / 2018DEEPER STUDY · 5 MIN READ

Fearlessly Independent Since 1906

New Balance

Turn an organisational characteristic into a customer-facing idea, then support it with specific evidence across touchpoints.

A sportswear brand needed a coherent expression of its independence. List several decisions the organisation’s structure genuinely enables, then connect each to an observable customer benefit. Remove examples that are merely internal conveniences. This creates a more defensible proposition than assuming that independence is inherently desirable. If customers cannot explain why the trait matters to their choice, the campaign needs clearer evidence rather than a louder declaration of the same value.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Organisational truth
1002
Sportswear / fitness communication / 2015DEEPER STUDY · 5 MIN READ

Be More Human

Reebok

Connect a category with the meaning people give their time, while critically testing the pressure created by the framing.

A fitness brand sought a broader emotional role than equipment performance alone. Ask reviewers what kind of person the campaign appears to admire and who might feel excluded. Include people with different relationships to the category without requesting sensitive personal histories. A message can be technically inclusive while its imagery rewards only intensity or exceptional performance. Revise the creative if ordinary participation, adaptation or choosing not to participate is treated as a failure.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Personal meaning
1003
Publishing / brand film / 2011DEEPER STUDY · 6 MIN READ

I Am Mumbai

Mumbai Mirror

A recurring megaphone makes a publisher’s amplification role tangible, while dramatisation remains separate from verified reporting.

Express a newspaper’s role in bringing citizens’ concerns to attention. An editorial or professional service can be difficult to picture because much of its value happens through attention, judgement or coordination. Find an object or action that makes one specific role understandable without pretending to demonstrate every capability. Then test whether viewers identify the intended service rather than only the prop. The object should organise the story consistently, not become a gimmick added to unrelated scenes. For a small team, a simple recurring gesture may be more effective than expensive production, provided the gesture has a clear connection to the work the organisation can actually perform.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Service metaphor
1004
Industrial materials / corporate brand / 2024DEEPER STUDY · 6 MIN READ

The Steel of India

Jindal Steel

A sound-led material story connects everyday applications while requiring the company’s own role to remain identifiable.

Build a corporate association around steel’s presence in ordinary life. Sound can do more than decorate a sequence. Identify which recurring quality connects the scenes: a material, an action or a process the audience can recognise. Record original, permission-cleared sounds in safe conditions and decide how much transformation remains faithful to their source. A composition can be expressive without implying that every note is an unaltered field recording. Plan an accessible visual or text equivalent for people who cannot hear the soundtrack. The creative test is whether the audio helps explain the relationship, not whether it simply makes an ordinary montage feel more energetic or expensive.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Sensory continuity
1005
Quick commerce / festive character campaign / 2024DEEPER STUDY · 6 MIN READ

Make Soan Papdi Great Again

Zepto

A personified product reverses a familiar joke, giving a seasonal retail story an unexpected point of view.

Create a festive retail association through a familiar sweet. Start by identifying the familiar story people tell about an object, then ask what happens if the object could respond. The reversal should add a perspective rather than merely repeat the joke in a louder voice. Test the premise with people who know the reference and people who do not. Both groups should understand the basic story without being told that one reaction is culturally correct. A sympathetic character can challenge a cliché while leaving room for different tastes. Avoid framing ordinary preferences as moral failures or making the audience feel guilty for not enjoying a particular product.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Personification
1006
Insurance / health-awareness activation / Date not verifiedDEEPER STUDY · 6 MIN READ

Tailor Test

ACKO

An ordinary service encounter introduces a separate information resource, making consent and professional boundaries central to the design.

Introduce a health-awareness prompt through an existing service context. An organisation may possess information for one legitimate purpose without being entitled to apply it to another. Before designing an intervention, list the original purpose, the proposed new use and the people who would receive the result. If the new use creates a sensitive inference, do not assume familiarity with the service provider supplies consent. Offer a genuine choice before any analysis or transmission and keep refusal consequence-free. For a marketing team, the safer opportunity may be a general information card available to everyone, rather than personalised classification based on records collected in a different relationship.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Purpose limitation
1007
Imaging / expertise-led service programme / 2011DEEPER STUDY · 6 MIN READ

Photo Rescue Project

Fujifilm

A company contributes relevant expertise to a real preservation need, with private ownership and operational care taking priority over publicity.

Support efforts involving damaged photographic prints. A company should identify the specific knowledge, equipment or coordination it can contribute rather than choosing a cause solely for emotional visibility. Ask local partners what is useful and what would create extra work. In an urgent setting, logistics and appropriate expertise may matter more than a campaign identity. Define the limits of the offer and avoid promising restoration when only assessment or stabilisation is possible. A modest, reliable contribution can be more valuable than a dramatic announcement. The communication should describe the service accurately and credit the wider network rather than implying that the brand alone provided the response.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Expertise-led contribution
1008
Public transport / incentive communication / 2025DEEPER STUDY · 6 MIN READ

Lucky Yatra

Indian Railways / Central Railway Mumbai Division

Positive framing changes the emphasis around an existing obligation, while the incentive mechanism requires separate scrutiny.

Encourage valid-ticket travel in Mumbai rail services. People should understand the ordinary rule whether or not they participate in the promotion. An incentive must not make compliance appear optional, dependent on winning or worth doing only when a reward is available. Write the two messages separately, then test whether the audience can explain both. In public services, consider whether the promotion could confuse people about fares, eligibility or enforcement. A simple acknowledgement may be more suitable than a prize when the objective is clarity and cooperation. The creative team should identify the behavioural assumption it wants to test before choosing a reward that dominates the communication.

Evidence note
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Read study, data & creative direction →Positive framing
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