EMBROIDERY POSTER FOR 100 YEAR WARRANTY COAT

TitleEMBROIDERY POSTER FOR 100 YEAR WARRANTY COAT
BrandSANYO SHOKAI
Product / Service100YEARS WARRANTY COAT
CategoryA01. Posters
EntrantDENTSU Tokyo, JAPAN
Entrant Company DENTSU Tokyo, JAPAN
Advertising Agency DENTSU Tokyo, JAPAN

Credits

Name Company Position
Takuma Takasaki Dentsu Inc. Creative Director
Sotaro Yasumochi Dentsu Inc. Copywriter
Maho Kudo Dentsu Inc. Art Director/Designer
Hana Akiyama Freelance Illustrator
Wataru Sakamoto J.C.SPARK Designer
Masato Kondo Freelance Designer

Brief Explanation

A special coat with free repair warranty for one hundred years, developed to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the long established business, Sanyo Shokai.

The Brief

A commemorative project for the 70th anniversary of a long established brand, Sanyo Shokai. This redevelopment of the SANYO brand, which enjoyed recognition and popularity primarily for coats in the past, is intended to make the overwhelming technology and craftsmanship of SANYO Shokai known worldwide, by offering of a special coat with a maintenance warranty for 100 years (free repairs for 100 years), referred to as the “One Hundred Year Coat”.

How the final design was conceived

The poster was embroidered with the same thread used for sewing and repairing the “One Hundred Year Coat”. The embroidery thread measuring over one kilometer was used and manually finished by a craftsman, taking more than one month to complete.

Indication of how successful the outcome was in the market

Was in contact with about 40 million people over a total of 7 days. 700 sold in four months of February-November 2014 2013.