#HELDENKRANZ / CROWN OF GLORY

Title#HELDENKRANZ / CROWN OF GLORY
BrandHORNBACH
Product/ServiceDIY HOME IMPROVEMENTS SUPERSTORES
Category D01. Data
Entrant HEIMAT Berlin, GERMANY
Idea Creation HEIMAT Berlin, GERMANY
Production COBBLESTONE FILMPRODUCTION Hamburg, GERMANY
Additional Company LOFT TONSTUDIOS Berlin, GERMANY
Credits
Name Company Position
Guido Heffels HEIMAT Berlin Chief Creative Officer
Guido Heffels HEIMAT Berlin Creative Director
Teresa Jung HEIMAT Berlin Creative Director
Tim Holtkötter HEIMAT Berlin Agency Account Supervisor
Franziska Lequen HEIMAT Berlin Agency Account Manager
Jonas von Schwedes HEIMAT Berlin Senior Art Director
Gunther Osburg Gunther Osburg Senior Copywriter
Corbinian Hennies HEIMAT Berlin Senior Copywriter
Marie Legat HEIMAT Berlin Art Director
Kerstin Heffels HEIMAT Berlin Agency Producer
Nico Beyer - Director
Michael Mieke - Director of Photography
Olaf Blecker - Photographer
Juri Wiesner Cobblestone Executive Producer
Simone Eichhorn - Costumes
Nadine Wagner - Mask
Christian Meyer - Music Producer
Andrea Baracca - Grading
David Arnold LOFT Studios Sound Designer
Thomas Schnaitmann Hornbach Client Marketing Director
Julia Ziegelmann Hornbach Client Marketing Director

The Campaign

Famous thinkers, inventors, leaders and a huge percentage of HORNBACH clients have one thing in common: Male pattern baldness. HORNBACH paid tribute to this well-known phenomenon, starting by bestowing it with a fitting name: Heldenkranz (which can be translated as Crown Of Glory). With the aim to change the perception of the underestimated hair style of DIY-enthusiasts.

Creative Execution

We started with a TV spot during the Euro Soccer Championships. HORNBACH called on the "affected" men of male pattern baldness to wear their Crown Of Glory with pride. And to front this insane world head on with their widening crown. In addition, online and social media were used extensively to activate the campaign, which included compiling user content that was displayed on the daily #Heldenkranz tagboard. Within a week #Heldenkranz became one of the top twitter trends in Germany and the name became part of general German linguistic use.