“Stay Home of the Whopper”, great advertising spot for Burger King that addresses the pandemic that the country is now facing, while maintaining brand personality and integrity. Creative by FCB NY. TV and online 🍔 🍔 🍔
Month: April 2020
Yes, the world is (increasingly) flat
Volkswagen has joined many major brands and introduced its flat design “digital-first” identity. Gone is the dated three-dimensional chrome-effect logo. The new identity was a collaboration between a total of 19 internal teams and 17 external agencies and launches with a line of new electric vehicles. It now displays a flat, two-dimensional design in dark blue. the new mark certainly will be more easily displayed digitally on consumer’s devices as small as a smartwatch and diverse applications. While it is certainly a subtle evolution from the previous identity, execution especially in the digital world, the revamped identity will most likely be a positive thing moving forward. Are you ready for what the future has in store?
Coronavirus strategies for brands surface
A very poignant new film for Facebook that attempts to position the social media giant as a critical vehicle in bringing us together. The spot, created by Droga5 along with Facebook marketing, starts with emotional images including deserted streets, empty classrooms and picked over grocery shelves. It progresses to emotional images of people in masks, patients in hospitals and family members in tears. The film moves to the more uplifting, with people communicating online (via Facebook, of course), laughing, rejoicing, embracing and being grateful for each other, life and moving forward. All are set to Kate Tempest’s reading of her beautifully haunting poem “People’s Faces”, which was nothing less than a brilliant choice. One can argue that this well-crafted spot shamefully leverages the crisis and places the much-criticized Facebook as some kind of savior. We would argue that despite the social media giant’s missteps, it is an important piece of advertising capturing the unique moment with both emotion and flair. We all could not stop watching it. Does it help Facebook with its image challenges? That is the million (or billion) dollar question…
