It was the most challenging project, by the most demanding client, that Fatt Lipp has ever encountered.
The dictate: Develop an online holiday card concept that tied directly, visually to the brand in proprietary fashion. That is, an exercise in holiday card as brand burnisher.
Other creative-briefed must-haves:
* The concept had to have legs to extend, campaign-like, over several years.
* It had to avoid comic, cutesy and/or jocular themes (e.g. no Santa, no Rudolph, etc.); rather, the concept’s tone had to be one of “sophistication and serenity.”
The client was an absolute bear — a stickler for elegance, brevity and simplicity, while (of course) carping continually about budget concerns.
Fatt Lipp’s solution: a campaign built on 30-second flash animations of singularly serene solstice scenes. Within each execution, a winter-related icon with a round shape — e.g. ornament, wreath, skating pond — would morph into the client’s logo (also round). To further a campaign feel, Fatt Lipp proposed to use the same placid music bed in each execution.
The client loved the results. And the holiday card campaign — highly popular, if recipients’ glowing comments are any indication — is now in its third year. Have a look and let me know your thoughts in the Comment section.
BTW, a big HATT TIPP to interactive designer extraordinaire Michael Russo (mrussofx@yahoo.com) for the outstanding work.
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I loved these videos. I watched the first, and then recognized the little snowman during the second. While watching the third, I was excited to see the reflection of the snowman in the ornament! I’m a huge fan of integrated marketing strategies, and have always seen the holiday card as an often-missed opportunity to touch your clients/ prospects and remind them of who you are… not a hard sell, but a “brand burnisher” as you so elegantly state it. I’ve just started my own marketing blog, and had to reference your firm and this post: http://wp.me/pLIIL-A
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