AMAZON FASHION WEEK TOKYO 2017 S/S OPENING ACT

Short List
TitleAMAZON FASHION WEEK TOKYO 2017 S/S OPENING ACT
BrandAMAZON JAPAN G.K.
Product / ServiceAMAZON FASHION
CategoryA04. Image Design
EntrantMcCANN TOKYO, JAPAN
Idea Creation McCANN TOKYO, JAPAN
Production TYO DRIVE Tokyo, JAPAN
Production 2 WOW Tokyo, JAPAN
Production 3 HANABI Tokyo, JAPAN

Credits

Name Company Position
Isamu Nakamura McCann Tokyo Executive Creative Director
Naoto Nishio McCann Tokyo Creative Director
Shinpei Ueda McCann Tokyo Creative Planner
Hono Nakano McCann Tokyo Copywriter
Natsumi Iwasaki McCann Tokyo Art Director
Kentaro Okuda McCann Tokyo Business Director
Yusei Horiuchi McCann Tokyo Account Director
Kanji Suzuki McCann Tokyo Account Supervisor
Tatsuhiro Ishikawa TYO inc. TYO drive Producer
Yuya Fujita TYO inc. TYO drive Production Manager
Yasuaki Matsui WOW inc. Producer
Tatsuki Kondo WOW inc. Director/Planner/CG Designer
Shunsaku Ishinabe WOW inc. Technical Director
Misaki Horai WOW inc. CG Designer
Mitsuru Sameshima P-CAMP Music Director
Shuhei Yamada HANABI inc. Director

The Campaign

In Japan, Amazon is little associated with fashion, and there is not much brand awareness for Amazon Fashion. But by becoming the main sponsor of Tokyo Fashion Week starting from the 2017SS Collection, Amazon began a full-fledged effort to enter the fashion market. It aimed for a grand unveiling of the brand to the fashion industry by hosting an opening ceremony on the first day of Fashion Week. The opening performance was designed around the theme of “box,” as it symbolizes the online mail order brand. The performance used 125 actual boxes, and music and video were originally created just for this single performance. The video projected onto the wall of boxes and the opening and shutting of the boxes themselves were perfectly synched using a computer system. It was a highly complex execution that successfully demonstrated a new level of projection mapping.

Creative Execution

The performance was executed as a once-only opening performance during the opening reception of Tokyo Fashion Week 2017SS. Approx. 600 invited guests from the fashion industry as well as celebrity fashionistas saw the performance. One wall of the venue was covered in 125 actual boxes to emphasize the theme of “box” and to be used later for the performance. The boxes moved in perfect synch with the video projected onto them with projection mapping, creating an impactful visual illusion unlike anything that’s been experienced before. The performance helped to impress upon the audience that Amazon Fashion will be bringing technology to the fashion industry and firmly established the brand in the minds of the fashion industry professionals and fashionistas.

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