| Title | GLO-BALL WARMING |
| Brand | BONDS |
| Product / Service | MEN'S UNDERWARE |
| Category | B04. Consumer Durables |
| Entrant | LEO BURNETT MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA |
| Idea Creation | LEO BURNETT MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA |
| Media Placement | OMD MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA |
| Production | GUILTY CONTENT Melbourne, AUSTRALIA |
| Production 2 | SQUEAK E. CLEAN STUDIOS MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA |
| Additional Company | BANG BANG STUDIOS Melbourne, AUSTRALIA |
| Additional Company 2 | THE EDITORS Sydney, AUSTRALIA |
| Additional Company 3 | HANNES AUSTRALIA (BONDS) Melbourne, AUSTRALIA |
| Name | Company | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Jason Williams | Leo Burnett | Chief Creative Officer |
| Daniel Pizzato | Leo Burnett Melbourne | Creative Director |
| Michelle Walsh | Leo Burnett Melbourne | Creative Director |
| Jim Walsh | Leo Burnett Melbourne | Creative |
| Tallon Mason-Kaine | Leo Burnett Melbourne | Senior Integrated Strategist |
| Lauralee Cuzner | Leo Burnett Melbourne | Senior Business Director |
| Kim Thompson | Leo Burnett Melbourne | Senior Account Manager |
| Eliza Malone | Leo Burnett Melbourne | Senior Producer |
| Kaelene Morton | Leo Burnett Melbourne | Agency Producer |
| Tony Rogers | Guilty Content | Director |
| Aaron Farrugia | Guilty Content | DOP |
| Rohan Timlock | Guilty Content | Executive Producer |
| Karen Sproul | Guilty Content | Producer |
| Tim Parrington | The Editors | Offline Editor |
| CJ Dobson | The Editors | Colourist |
| Jamie Scott | The Editors | Online Artist |
| Charlotte Griffiths | The Editors | Post Producer |
| Claire Perry | The Editors | Post Production |
| Sam Hopgood | Bang Bang Studious | Sound Engineer |
To promote optimum testicular health, men need cool, comfy balls. But it’s an uncomfortable fact of life that they often get hot and sweaty. That’s why Bonds created X-Temp – a new range of temperature-regulating underwear that’s designed to keep men cool, dry and comfy when their body temperature rises. A great solution but… sweaty balls are something men will rarely talk about, let alone do something about. So, to encourage them to spare a thought for their testicles and pull on a pair of X-Temp, we leveraged the rise in global temperatures to highlight the consequential rise in global testicle temperatures. Thus, labeling the problem, “Glo-BALL Warming.” The commercial shows a presenter holding a thermal imaging camera over the crotches of various men to see if they’re suffering from Glo-ball Warming. He then tells us how to fight it by pulling on a pair of Bonds X-Temp underwear.
Bonds is one of Australia’s largest and most iconic fashion brands, famous for its universal appeal and playful, down-to-earth, tongue-in-cheek advertising. In Australia, like many other countries, the term “balls” is colloquially used to describe a man’s testicles, just as “boobs” is used to describe a woman’s breasts. We’ve taken the term ‘Global Warming’ and incorporated the word ‘ball’ to create the new term, Glo-BALL Warming, to highlight the fact that men all over the world are suffering from hot, sweaty testicles. Other cultural terms include “jocks” which means underwear, “plums” and “boys” – colloquial terms for testicles, and “mandemic” – a made-up word combining man and epidemic.