WHAT'S IN YOUR CRAYOLA?

TitleWHAT'S IN YOUR CRAYOLA?
BrandCRAYOLA
Product / ServiceCOLOURED PENCIL
CategoryB03. Illustration
EntrantLEO BURNETT VIETNAM Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM
Entrant Company LEO BURNETT VIETNAM Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM
Advertising Agency LEO BURNETT VIETNAM Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM
Production Company RENDER MI Bangkok, THAILAND

Credits

Name Company Position
Jeremy Southern Leo Burnett Vietnam Executive Creative Director/Art Director
John Paul Albito Leo Burnett Vietnam Creative Director/Art Director
Turine Tran Leo Burnett Vietnam Art Director/Illustrator
Marc Marcelo Leo Burnett Vietnam Creative Group Head
Paolo Garcia Leo Burnett Vietnam Digital Creative Director
Khanh Vu Leo Burnett Vietnam Graphic Designer

Brief Explanation

The main challenge was actually creating a visual that just used one colour. Each visual (red, green and blue) features only objects of that one colour. So for example red is full of London buses, Santa Claus, roses etc and blue is full of blue water, blue whales, blue jeans etc. We had to use only one colour in each illustration to create light and shade and a feeling of depth and movement. The key objective was to make passers-by stop and go wow. Get them really looking at the pictures and spotting different things within the illustrations.

The Brief

Crayola approached us and asked us to come up with some visual ads that showcased their colour pencil range. This range is new to Vietnam and has had zero exposure in the market. The brief was simply this. Use the product to create eye-catching visuals that will excite people’s curiosity and get them asking for the brand in-store.

How the final design was conceived

We had the following idea. If you could unscroll a colour pencil and lay it out flat, you would see all the visuals that are waiting to come out of that pencil. The only limit is the imagination of the person doing the drawing. Once we had this idea, we got our best illustrator and she spent three months drawing all the things that we could imagine for each colour. The result is a crazy, nonsensical world of red, blue and green.

Indication of how successful the outcome was in the market

The ads have only gone live in the last 2 weeks so it is too early for us to give an indication. But I can tell you this. There have never been any ads like this before in Vietnam and the reaction of people who see the ads is great to behold. As they wait for the bus they stand in front of the pictures and stare and take photos of themselves etc. Hopefully this is a good indicator of sales to come.