Title | DULUX PUTS THE LID ON EVIL |
Brand | DULUX |
Product / Service | AKZONOBEL DULUX PAINTS |
Category | G04. Social Behaviour & Cultural Insight |
Entrant | TAPROOT DENTSU Mumbai, INDIA |
Idea Creation | TAPROOT DENTSU Mumbai, INDIA |
Media Placement | TAPROOT DENTSU Mumbai, INDIA |
Production | TAPROOT DENTSU Mumbai, INDIA |
Name | Company | Position |
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Santosh Padhi | Taproot Dentsu | Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer |
Titus Upputuru | Taproot Dentsu | National Creative Director |
Auryndom Bose | Taproot Dentsu | Group Creative Director |
Neharika Awal | Taproot Dentsu | Group Creative Director |
Vishnudas Kunchu | Taproot Dentsu | Creative Director |
Nilesh Manderekar | Taproot Dentsu | Art Director |
Nikhil Kumar | Taproot Dentsu | Art Director |
Dawa Lama | Taproot Dentsu | Associate Vice President - DIG |
Mukesh Thakur | Taproot Dentsu | Head - Studio & Production - Creative |
Kapil Gupta | Taproot Dentsu | Senior Graphic Designer - Studio & Production |
Yashpal Arya | Taproot Dentsu | Senior Graphic Designer - Studio |
Abhinav Kaushik | Taproot Dentsu | Executive Vice President - Client Servicing |
Geetika Prabhakar | Taproot Dentsu | Account Director - Client Servicing |
Tanvi Kalra | Taproot Dentsu | Account Executive - Client Service |
Harjot Narang | Taproot Dentsu | President |
Umesh Shrikhande | Taproot Dentsu | Chief Executive Officer - Client Service |
Arman Ali | Arman Ali Productions | Music |
Raoul Amaar Abbas | Cinemama Films | Director |
Adri Thankur | Cinemama Films | Production Manager |
Sonu Singh | Cinemama Films | Shoot Support |
Mithun Shaw | Chrome Pictures | Editor |
Denzil Minizes | Chrome Pictures | Shoot Support |
Hive Studios | Hive Studios | CG |
Anindya Chakravorty | Freelancer | Freelancer |
In a country that emotional about both their beliefs and their homes, we found an interesting way to make the brand resonate with culture as well as form a relationship beyond functional with pan-India consumers. The physical product itself found a larger use in the redesigned lids and thus stayed with consumers. Culture met Communication, strengthening the position of our brand as a leader in exterior paints that provide protection.
Our brand has repeatedly positioned itself in India as the ultimate paint coat that protects home exteriors from the elements. Though consumers are extremely aware of this functional proposition, we wanted to take it to the next level and create a conversation that would reach out and connect with hearts.
People use our brand to protect the exteriors of their house, so we thought we could extend the life of the product beyond its use. We got different artists from across India to create unique designs of Nazar Battus (a scary-looking face that is supposed to ward off evil) each reflecting a unique regional flavor of India. The designs were then printed on top of the lids of our paint brand. The variety of Nazar Battus allowed consumers to choose according to their culture and put them up on the front façade of their homes. Thus, across the nation, our brand created a timeless brand impression!
We had homeowners as our primary audience, but house renovators and home improvement service providers were a secondary audience too. We got different artists from across India to create unique designs of Nazar Battus, each reflecting a unique regional flavor of India. The designs were then printed on top of the lids of our paint brand. In choosing our brand as their preferred brand of exterior paint, our audience could further choose the design that suited their cultural beliefs the most.
Through using the paint can lids we extended the life of the product beyond its use. We got different artists from across India to create unique designs of Nazar Battus, each reflecting a unique regional flavor of India. The designs were then printed on top of the lids of our paint brand. The variety of Nazar Battus allowed consumers to choose according to their culture and put them up on the front façade of their homes. The lids have become part of the houses that used our brand of paint during campaign time and given the response more designs will be introduced soon.
Our brand created a timeless brand impression and our brand of paint is no longer just a can, it is a conversation. The lids hang in front of freshly painted homes themselves delicious examples of the brand at work. Every consumer’s home was thus automatically also turned into a showcase of the brand extending beyond the usual consumer base. And of course, the connect our brand made with Indian culture was priceless.
People use our brand to protect the exteriors of their house, so we thought we could extend the life of the product beyond its use. We got different artists from across India to create unique designs of Nazar Battus (a scary-looking face that is supposed to ward off evil) each reflecting a unique regional flavor of India. The designs were then printed on top of the lids of our paint brand. The variety of Nazar Battus allowed consumers to choose according to their culture and put them up on the front façade of their homes. Thus, across the nation, our brand created a timeless brand impression!