LEFTHANDED

TitleLEFTHANDED
BrandSUSHI SHOP
Product/ServiceSUSHI SHOP
Category F01. Consumer Products
Entrant DDB PARIS, FRANCE
Idea Creation DDB PARIS, FRANCE
Production APRILE Paris, FRANCE
Additional Company STUDIO 5 Paris, FRANCE
Credits
Name Company Position
Alexander Kalchev DDB Paris Executive Creative Director
Alexandre Hervé DDB Paris Executive Creative Director
Alexis Benbehe DDB Paris Creative
Pierre Mathonat DDB Paris Creative
Julien Bon DDB Paris Creative
Gautier Fage DDB Paris Creative
Sophie Mégrous DDB Paris Head of TV
Anais Ouchene DDB Paris Producer
Xavier Mendiola DDB Paris Agency Supervisor
Audrey Depommier DDB Paris Head of social media
Antony Krieger Sushi Shop Advertiser's Supervisor
Mathurin Bertrand Sushi Shop Advertiser's Supervisor
Elsa & Hippolyte Aprile Director
Cédric Boit Studio 5 Sound designer
Clément Reynaud Studio 5 Sound designer
Sophie Valentin DDB Paris Agency Supervisor
Charlotte Drago DDB Paris Agency Supervisor
Grégory Marciano Sushi Shop Advertiser Supervisor
Hervé Louis Sushi Shop Advertiser Supervisor
Adrien de Schrompé, Sushi Shop Advertiser Supervisor
Karine Lecomte Sushi Shop Advertiser Supervisor

The Campaign

After months of R&D, we finally produced the most innovative product on the market : chopsticks… for the left handed. We created a film that lamented the hard life of a left handed sushi eater, produced 400 thousand chopsticks and started a fun conversation. The first chopsticks for left-handed people lets them enjoy their sushi with a new savour: dignity.

Creative Execution

This product was obviously inspired by its right-handed counterpart : the regular chopsticks. The challenge was to design a product that will work in the exact same way : Our product should keep the apparent simplicity of the original, the same perfection in design, the same intuitive use... and on top of that, be functional for lefties. It was a great challenge, and after two years of R&D we're proud to say that our product works perfectly and gained the approbation of the left-handed world, and the right-handed as well.

Indication of how successful the outcome was in the market

Our product solved an injustice that has been around since 1200 BC. We finally permitted millions of left handed people to finally enjoy a meal with the most delivious savour: dignity. We started a revolution to restore the place that left handed people deserve in the art of the sushi tasting. 750 267 views (twiter + facebook+ sushi shop website) 1 285 000 people reached on tv channel (earned media) fans on facebook increased by 36% Followers on tweeter increased by 48% Interaction with the brand increased by 68% Visit on the website increased by 45% The numbers of orders increased by 15% during the operation

The solution was to adopt an alternative tone from product centric communication to focus on the context of consumption. We wanted to find a light and entertaining way to talk about the simplest and most complicated thing in the world : eating sushi. To do so, we disrupted the most iconic object : the chopsticks. The film was on twitter/facebook/youtube/ www.sushishop.fr