THE SWIM

TitleTHE SWIM
BrandKLARNA
Product/ServiceKLARNA - SMOOOTH ONLINE PAYMENTS
Category A09. Financial Products & Services
Entrant DDB STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
Idea Creation DDB STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
Media Placement OMD Stockholm, SWEDEN
Production MJZ LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Production 2 GLASSWORKS Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Credits
Name Company Position
Olle Langseth DDB Stockholm Creative Director
Tove Langseth DDB Stockholm Creative Director
Martin Lundgren DDB Stockholm Copywriter
Tomas Granath DDB Stockholm Art Director
Frida Siversen-Ljung DDB Stockholm Copywriter
Viktor Arve DDB Stockholm Art Director
Jacob Sandström DDB Stockholm Business Director
Linda Bryttmar DDB Stockholm Account manager
Mattias Bengtsson DDB House Producer
Patrick Emt DDB Stockholm Graphic Designer
The Perlorian Bros MJZ Creative Director
Redpipe Redpipe Sound design
Michael Hayes Soho Voices Voice over
Lukas Thuvesson DDB House Post-production online
Martin Wassborn Klarna Director Brand & B2C marketing
Sebastian Siemiatkowski Klarna CMO
Nina Siemiatkowski Klarna Assistant project leader
Yann Gorriz MJZ Producer
Helen Kenny MJZ Executive Producer
Carl Hultgren OMD Client Director
Jesper Cederäng OMD Video Director

Brief Explanation

The Swim. We see calmly waiving black water shot from the top. Suddenly something enters the picture – it’s a hairy animal that’s sort of backstroking in a way animals don’t doe. It’s hard to determine exact to what species it belongs. It has long light brown hair that calmly flows en the water and sort of forms a jellyfish-like pattern. It looks really beautiful and completely peaceful. It makes a little flapping noise that bolsters the smooth experience – it’s really a fascinating spectacle that unfolds before our eyes. The thing keeps swimming out of the picture. Just when you wonder what you just saw we cut to pack and puts a word on it: SMOOOTH. Klarna. Smoooth online Payments.