THE TRASH COLLECTION 2021

TitleTHE TRASH COLLECTION 2021
BrandIKEA
Product/ServiceIKEA FURNITURE
Category B03. Print & Publishing
Entrant TRY REKLAME Oslo, NORWAY
Idea Creation TRY REKLAME Oslo, NORWAY
Media Placement MEDIACOM Oslo, NORWAY
PR TRY RÅD Oslo, NORWAY
Production TRY OPT Oslo, NORWAY
Production 2 APARENT Oslo, NORWAY
Credits
Name Company Position
Eirik Sørensen TRY Creative
Caroline Riis TRY Creative
Trond Sandø TRY account Director
Marte Heiersted TRY Project Manager
Jeppe Gjesti TRY Designer
Kavar Singh Aparent Director
Niels Windfeldt TRY Director
Niels Windfeldt Aparent Photographer
Aleksander Aurdal Aparent Producer
Cecilie Helsvig TRY Advicer
Henrik Pedersen Aparent Editor
Frode Ullebust IKEA Country Marketing Manager
Tobias Lien IKEA Country Marketing Communication Manger
Kristin Berge Jahr IKEA Marketing Communication Specialist
Elise Eik Ismar TRY Graphic Designer
Erik Teigland TRY Digital Producer
Oskar Dalsbakken Aparent Director Of Photography
Laura Ugolini Aparent FAD
Joakim Rissveds Aparent Grade
Andreas Waag Martinsen Aparent Sound Engineer
Thore Garberg Apollo Music Supervisor
Susanne Reinertsen IKEA Online Content Specialist
Beverley Getz Irvin IKEA Online Content Specialist
Åse-Marit Christensen IKEA Integrated Media Manger
Ulrikke Dahl IKEA Media Leader
Alexei Mokel Aparent Props
Espen Saur Aparent Production
Bendik Ramm Try Editor/Motion Design

Cultural / Context information for the jury

Norway is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. With an average annual income of €74.000, it’s easy for us to buy new things rather than re-use or take care of what we have. IKEA is Norway’s largest furniture retailer, and also the cheapest. Because of the low prices, Norwegians tend to see IKEA furniture as disposable. Every year, we throw away more than 3 million pieces of furniture. Which is a lot, when you think about the fact that we have a total population of 5,4 million people.

Tell the jury about the art direction.

The whole idea of the campaign was to treat real IKEA trash as a brand new collection. The art direction needed to let the trash shine as the stars of our ads, showing the ugly beauty of where they were found. At the same time, we wanted to elevate the pictures by treating them with the same respect as a new collection from IKEA would get. So we added a simple passe-partout, a collection logo, and minimised the long copy to not get in the way of the picture.