TASTEFUL WORDS

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TitleTASTEFUL WORDS
BrandFROEBEL-KAN
Product / ServiceFROEBEL-KAN
CategoryG04. Social Behaviour & Cultural Insight
EntrantDENTSU INC. Tokyo, JAPAN
Idea Creation DENTSU INC. Tokyo, JAPAN
PR MATERIAL Tokyo, JAPAN
Production BB MEDIA Tokyo, JAPAN
Production 2 PUZZLE Tokyo, JAPAN
Production 3 SUI-INC. Saitama, JAPAN
Production 4 VONS PICTURES Tokyo, JAPAN
Production 5 MUSE CREA INC. Tokyo, JAPAN
Additional Company NISSHO Tokyo, JAPAN

Credits

Name Company Position
Ryo Honda Office Honda Ryo Inc. Executive Creative Director
Yasuharu Sasaki DENTSU INC. Executive Creative Director
Yusuke Shimano DENTSU INC. Creative Director
Michiko Kato DENTSU INC. Creative Director
Kanako Kanou Froebel-Kan Co.,Ltd Creative Director
Yusuke Imai DENTSU INC. Art Director
Fujita Takuya DENTSU INC. Copywriter
Kaisei Soma DENTSU INC. PR Director
Tomoyoshi Ishikawa DENTSU INC. Communication Architect
Masato Yoshikawa BBmedia Inc. Executive Producer
Rei Sato BBmedia Inc. Producer
Wataru Hayashishita BBmedia Inc. Producer
Kokoro Tanaka BBmedia Inc. Production Assistant
Takuma Ohya BBmedia Inc. WEB Designer
Keisuke Yoshida BBmedia Inc. Markup Engineer
Toshinori Obuchi puzzle inc. Designer
Yurie Hara puzzle inc. Designer
Masaho Ota NISSHO.co.,ltd. Printing
Takeshi Suehiro freelance Production Designer
Kazuo Nagai Sui-inc. Production Designer
Daisuke Isozaki VONS pictures, Inc. Photo shooting&retouch
Kotaro Tsujimoto Freelance Photographer
Joji Asaoka Freelance Film Director
Yoko Asazuma freelance Cinematographer
Hiroyuki Takahashi MUSE CREA INC. Editor
Toshiaki Okabe MUSE CREA INC. Editor
Kanae Sato freelance Illustrator
Mai Kunii Material inc. PR Planner
Mayu Ichikawa Material Inc. PR Planner

Why is this work relevant for Brand Experience & Activation ?

One of Japan’ s oldest publishing companies of children’s books published created an experiential picture book with words made of real snack to the problem of “violence with words”. As a new active learning tool, we held tasting events at various place for children and educators and the released the recipes of the snacks to all educational institutions. “Tasteful Words” makes children understand the meaning of words and the magnitude of influence they have by tasting “words”.

Background

In the world today, “violence with words” such as hate speech has become rampant and is a social problem. Japan is not an exception, and is especially striking, when thinking of the negative effects it has on children. “I’ve been bullied, teased, threatened, and said awful things.” “On computers and mobile phones, I’ve been slandered and have had mean things done to me.” With 12,632 cases being reported, cases like these are at an all-time high, resulting in the highest suicide rate amongst minors, making it a serious problem that is of life and death. Established in 1907 as one of Japan’ s oldest publishing companies of children’s books, Froebel-Kan has always supported the healthy upbringing of children with “words” though picture books and children’s books. With the spread of digital devices, children’s language environment

Describe the creative idea (20% of vote)

7 Words used in communication by all generations were selected, like “Love”, “Gross”, “Sorry”, and created into snack that expressed those words with taste and appearance. Then included them into a picture book. We created a picture book that makes the reader think about the feelings of the people receiving those words through the words’ taste and texture. The words’ taste and color were created under the supervision of many specialists from various fields, such as educators, linguists, childcare scholars, nursery school teachers, pastry chefs, and editors. We redesigned picture books that have supported children’s healthy upbringing, into an experiential tool that is needed in the coming age. And presented a new style of active learning.

Describe the strategy (20% of vote)

Words is a communication tool that is essential in our lives, used to express ourselves and interact with one another. However, as it is integral in our lives, we use words without much thought as to the influence each and every word has, much less think about how the person receiving those words feels. In order to have people reexamine the power “words” have, we created a new type of picture book that enables people to physically understand “words”.

Describe the execution (30% of vote)

Specialists from various fields, such as educators, linguists, childcare scholars, nursery school teachers, editors, supervised from diverse angles, to decide the words’ taste and appearance, creating a recipe. The words made up of snack were then included into a picture book. We held a tasting event for the official launch of “Tasteful Words”. We created an occasion for parents and children to actually eat the words and think about the words’ meaning and the feelings of when receiving those words.

List the results (30% of vote)

With much positive reaction, the recipes were opened to the public for free. Because of the positive reaction from the launch event, we further held events using the picture book in various places, such as libraries, nursery schools, special education classes. Educational institutions even started incorporating the book in elementary schools’ moral education classes. And received praise from educational institutions stating “It is a new way of education, teaching children to think of the meaning of words”. With this positive reception, we released the recipes for the edible words to the public, making it free to download for all schools across Japan. <Excerpt of comments> ・“A great way to reexamine the way words are used in an age where the use of words have become rough.” -NHK- ・“The more people realize the importance of words, the world would become a better place.”-Nippon Broadcasting System- <Advertising Equivalency Value> $1,776,547

Please tell us about the social behaviour and/or cultural insights that inspired your campaign

With much positive reaction to "Tasteful Words", the recipes were opened to the public for free.Because of the positive reaction from the launch event, we further held events using the picture book in various places, such as libraries, nursery schools, special education classes. Educational institutions even started incorporating the book in elementary schools’ moral education classes. And received praise from educational institutions stating “It is a new way of education, teaching children to think of the meaning of words”. With this positive reception, we released the recipes for the edible words to the public, making it free to download for all schools across Japan.

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