IT WAS THIS HIGH

TitleIT WAS THIS HIGH
BrandYAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
Product / ServiceYAHOO! JAPAN
CategoryD01. Use of Adapted Billboards / Posters
EntrantHAKUHODO KETTLE Tokyo, JAPAN
Idea Creation HAKUHODO KETTLE Tokyo, JAPAN
Idea Creation 2 HAKUHODO INC. Tokyo, JAPAN

Credits

Name Company Position
Kazuaki Hashida HAKUHODO Kettle Creative Director
Yasutaka Ide HAKUHODO Inc Copywriter
Yusei Kakizaki HAKUHODO Inc Art Director
Shoko Uchida HAKUHODO Inc Copywriter
Goichi Nagakawa Adsalt Designer
Akane Fujimaki Adsalt Designer
Ken Okada HAKUHODO Inc Account Director
Daiki Yamagata HAKUHODO Inc Account Service
Shinya Uchida Yahoo Japan Corporation Brand Manager
Yoko Wake Yahoo Japan Corporation Brand Manager
Hisaya Kato AOI Pro. Chief producer
Tomonori Nakamura AOI Pro. Production Manager
Hiroaki Maji AOI Pro. Production Manager
Miyuki Akimoto AOI Pro. Planning Director

Brief Explanation

Six years after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, both media coverage on the topic and disaster preparation consciousness have dwindled. So, Yahoo! JAPAN, which has and will always see March 11th as the day to raise consciousness towards disaster preparation, wanted to create an opportunity for people to start thinking about disaster preparation again. The tallest tsunami resulting from the earthquake was 16.7m high. Everyone heard this number on the news and read it in the newspaper or online, but it’s tough to imagine in real terms. So, we drew a line “IT WAS THIS HIGH” on the landmark in Tokyo to etch this massive height into people’s memories and bring up the topic of disaster preparation. The biggest achievement was that this single red line sparked the conversations about disaster preparation and reminded people of the importance of it.