THE HORNBACH SPRING EXPERIENCE - THE FIRST ANALOG WEBSTORE

TitleTHE HORNBACH SPRING EXPERIENCE - THE FIRST ANALOG WEBSTORE
BrandHORNBACH
Product/ServiceDIY HOME IMPROVEMENTS SUPERSTORES
Category E03. Innovative Use of Technology
Entrant HEIMAT Berlin, GERMANY
Idea Creation HEIMAT Berlin, GERMANY
Additional Company WEBGUERILLAS Munich, GERMANY
Additional Company 2 NADEL EINS STUDIO Berlin, GERMANY
Credits
Name Company Position
Thomas Schnaitmann Hornbach Client Marketing Director
Julia Ziegelmann Hornbach Client Marketing Director
Guido Heffels HEIMAT Berlin Chief Creative Officer
Guido Heffels HEIMAT Berlin Creative Director
Gün Aydemir HEIMAT Berlin Creative Director Digital
Marlon Fischer HEIMAT Berlin Copywriter
Mo Sadeghi HEIMAT Berlin Junior Copywriter
Marco Bienek HEIMAT Berlin Junior Art Director
Matthias von Bechtolsheim HEIMAT Berlin Agency Account Executive
Maik Richter HEIMAT Berlin Agency Account Executive
Tim Holtkötter HEIMAT Berlin Agency Account Supervisor
Frauke Bielefeldt HEIMAT Berlin Agency Account Director
Franziska Falk HEIMAT Berlin Agency Account Manager
Franziska Lequen HEIMAT Berlin Agency Account Manager
Franz Schütte Nadel Eins Studio Sound Designer
Benjamin Schäfer - Audio Engineer
Sophia de Mar - ASMR artist

The Campaign

In the digital world DIY and gardening stores speak one common language: products. Products and products. But where is the physical satisfaction of a DIY project? The sense of touch? The feeling of excitement and juvenile curiosity? In spring 2016 HORNBACH started a digital based promotional campaign that switched the HORNBACH web store from digital to analog.

Creative Execution

We used Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR), a high-end 3D recording technology that enables sensory responses from the brain, to create the first ever tangible website. An online shopping experience, that brought the joy of interacting with materials to life. We shared the immersive experience videos on social sharing sites, such as Youtube, Spotify and Soundcloud. Fans of ASMR and HORNBACH were fascinated from the first second and cried out for more.