Title | REARRANGING LIVES |
Brand | BEYOND SOCIAL SERVICES |
Product / Service | BEYOND SOCIAL SERVICES |
Category | A02. Posters |
Entrant | PUBLICIS SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE |
Entrant Company | PUBLICIS SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE |
Advertising Agency | PUBLICIS SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE |
Name | Company | Position |
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Johnson Banks | Graphics | |
Lauriane Dula | Publicis Worldwide | Art Buyer |
Jean-Luc Chirio | Publicis Worldwide | Art Buyer |
Kris Ng | Publicis Singapore | Associate Creative Director |
Bastien Grisolet | Publicis Worldwide | Art Director |
Pei Ling Ho | Publicis Singapore | Senior Copywriter |
Jia Ying Goh | Publicis Singapore | Senior Art Director |
Ajay Thrivikraman | Publicis Singapore | Chief Creative Officer |
Erik Vervroegen | Publicis Worldwide | Worldwide Creative Director |
How can we challenge entrenched stereotypes and convince the public that people can change and become useful members of the society without being frivolous or cliché? It’s not that simple. Also, to make the public pay attention, the communication also needs to be rooted in a strong Singapore context, and make it relatable to Singaporeans.
Beyond Social Services wanted to attract more volunteers for their youth programmes. But recruitment is often difficult because delinquent youth is often perceived as “no good”, “hopeless” and having no future in Singapore’s meritocracy.
We didn’t want complicated photography or visuals to overshadow the importance of our message. So we looked at the problem from many angles for the simplest and most elegant solution. We discovered we could turn a person's negative background (TEEN GANGSTER) into a positive future (SERGEANT TENG) simply by rearranging the letters. To make the campaign even more relevant to Singaporeans, we chose Asian surnames, and treated these anagrams using visually arresting typography to garner our target audience’s attention.
The core message of REARRANGED LIVES resonated with prospective individual and corporate volunteers as well as interest groups targeted in Beyond's outreach programmes for 2013. Used in Beyond’s events, these posters represented a change in the way the client communicated with potential volunteers. And more volunteers signed up compared to previous years.