FLYING SEEDS

TitleFLYING SEEDS
BrandBLOOMING FLORIST
Product / ServiceFLOWERS & GIFTS
CategoryB05. Public Service, Charity & Fund Raising
EntrantOGILVY MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Entrant Company OGILVY MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Advertising Agency OGILVY MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA

Credits

Name Company Position
Two Am Music Studios Music
Sunita Petrus Superwonderful Films Sdn Bhd Producer
Eric Yap Director
Jessica Funk Ogilvy Malaysia Account Supervisor
Armand Adnan Ogilvy Malaysia Account Manager
Nizwani Shahar Ogilvy Malaysia Account Director
Loo Seng Tuck Ogilvy Malaysia Agency Producer
Eric Yan Ogilvy Malaysia Agency Producer
Lian Ee Wern Ogilvy Malaysia Designer
Ramanjit Singh Ogilvy Malaysia Copywriter
Tan Chee Keong Ogilvy Malaysia Art Director
Gavin Simpson Ogilvy Malaysia Art Director
Gavin Simpson Ogilvy Malaysia Chief Creative Officer

The Brief

Blooming.com wanted to reach out to new customers in a way that was relevant to their business of flowers. Kuala Lumpur, once known for its natural beauty, now has more cold concrete than green spaces. Blooming.com, an environmentally responsible flower company, wanted to change this, but only had a modest budget. We saw an opportunity in nature to help itself.

Creative Execution

The strength of Flying Seeds as a creative and original idea lies in a medium of advertising never done before. Bird Seeds. With such a simple seed, the idea spread fast and the results can be seen just about everywhere in the city. Blooming.com is in the business of flowers and it only helps that they remain relevant to flowers by supporting a worthy cause and doing something about it.

Describe the creative solution to the brief/objective.

We created and packaged our Flying Seeds: which are tiny flower seeds with a coating of bird feed, and gave them for free with every bouquet of flowers purchased at our shop. We asked our customers and their friends to help our cause by feeding Flying Seeds to the birds around their neighbourhood with Flying Seeds. Birdfeeders were also placed around the city for birds to feed on.

Results

In just 12 weeks into the campaign, beautiful flowers have already begun sprouting throughout the city, in the most unusual places and the environment is slowly but surely claiming back what the concrete jungle took from it. Bringing back the natural beauty of the city.