Winners & Shortlists

2014 Promo & Activation

COLOURBLOGGING

TitleCOLOURBLOGGING
BrandOBI
Product/ServiceCOLOUR MIXING SERVICE
Category A02. USE OF EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS
Entrant Company JUNG von MATT Hamburg, GERMANY
Advertising Agency JUNG von MATT Hamburg, GERMANY
Production Company ELEMENT E FILMPRODUKTION Hamburg, GERMANY
Credits
Name Company Position
Hans Albers Jung Von Matt Executive Creative Director
Fabian Roser Jung Von Matt Executive Creative Director
Timm Hanebeck Jung Von Matt Deputy Executive Creative Director
Anna Meissner Jung Von Matt Creative Director/Copy
Nicole Holzenkamp Jung Von Matt Creative Director/Art Digital
Michael Seifert Jung Von Matt Creative Director/Art Digital
Robert Andersen Jung Von Matt Creative Director/Ux Design
Thomas Putnings Jung Von Matt Senior Art Director
Holger Kohl Jung Von Matt Senior Copywriter
Julia Schau Jung Von Matt Art Director/Digital
Jochen Friedrich Jung Von Matt Client Service Director
Holger Nauen Jung Von Matt Technical Account Director
Andreas Kiesel Jung Von Matt Senior Project Manager/Digital
Henning Krause Jung Von Matt Senior Project Manager/Digital
Björn Scholl Jung Von Matt Senior Ria Developer
Robert Menzel Jung Von Matt Senior Ria Developer
Orlando Hohmeier Jung Von Matt Senior Ria Developer
Lennart Kruse Jung Von Matt Application Developer

The Brief

In springtime, people like to stand out with colourful outfits and tell the world about it on their blogs. But how can we take this craving for colour to the next level? How can we reach beyond their friends – all the way to their colourless homes? In short: How can we lead them all to Germany's biggest DIY store OBI? Where they can get any paint colour they want, exclusively mixed according to their wants.

Describe how the promotion developed from concept to implementation

We invented a digital billboard for the colour mixing service of OBI. It showed people in a surprising and unseen way that picking and mixing colours is as easy as getting dressed – using face recognition, a stereo cam, a special processor and an extra coded algorithm that assessed thousands of colours. The billboards rastered people passing by and matched their colours with funny colour names exclusively created for this. The colours were shown in systems and came with QR codes that led people to the nearest OBI store for getting their personal colours mixed.

Describe the success of the promotion with both client and consumer including some quantifiable results

In just one day, OBI had mixed their whole colour palette – from make-nice-nicer-yellow to no-hard-feelings-gentian-blue. Customers used their mobile phones to get their personal colour card. OBI's social media channels were also getting more colourful – thanks to the hashtag #colourblogging and those who scanned, reposted, repinned and followed us. But most importantly: People had fun interacting, exploring and challenging OBI's Colour Picker billboards.

Explain why the method of promotion was most relevant to the product or service

Spring means more colourful clothes. And where do you express this the most: outdoors. The digital billboard was therefore the perfect touch point to tell people that with OBI picking colours for your walls is as easy as picking daisies in spring.