ONE CHILD'S TOY, ANOTHER CHILD'S PAIN

TitleONE CHILD'S TOY, ANOTHER CHILD'S PAIN
BrandMETRO
Product / ServiceMETRO FOR CHILDREN
CategoryC01. Bars & Restaurants
EntrantGREY GROUP, SINGAPORE
Entrant Company GREY GROUP, SINGAPORE
Advertising Agency GREY GROUP, SINGAPORE

Credits

Name Position
Ali Shabaz Chief Creative Officer
Dunstan Lee Copywriter
Deng Ying Zhi/Tan Zi Wei Art Director
Adrian Koh/Bobby Aguila Photographer
Deng Ying Zhi Illustrator
Deng Ying Zhi Typographer
Iskandar Abdul Kader Art Buyer
Linda Avriani/Penelope Wetherill Account Supervisor
Jacqueline Tan Advertiser's Supervisor
Sandra Ong Producer
Head Of Art: Tan Giap How Production Manager: Bobby Koh Di Artist: Fedinandus Oen Other Credits

Execution

Over 250 million children continue to suffer as child labourers. One way to stop the cycle is to provide them with an education. Metro for Children, a charity initiative, wanted to raise funds for that, while also increasing awareness of the issue. What's used by child labourers to make a living, could just be toys to another child. Working with this insight, we created 3 different tox boxes - featuring a toy sewing machine, tool kit and mop set. These looked ordinary at first, but later, left shoppers with a surprise. Text on the packaging was twisted, such that they reflected the suffering of child labourers. These boxes were placed in a department store, with a 'sales promoter' to share details and encourage donations.