JWT Singapore push Spikes Asia
For the third year running JWT Singapore has created the 2012 marketing campaign for Spikes Asia.
“As a Festival that celebrates creativity, it’s important that the Spikes Asia branding is regenerated each year to remain fresh and relevant. We’re delighted that we could partner with JWT Singapore again for this campaign, which is currently running across the region”, said Myriam Coupard, Festival Director Spikes Asia.
The team behind the work included Valerie Cheng, Executive Creative Director, Laurent Pastorelli, Art Director and Elrid Carvalho, Senior Copywriter. The campaign sees three different design executions currently running across the Asia Pacific region, ‘Lift’, ‘Bread’ and ‘Lighter’ which all celebrate ideas that changed the world.
Commenting on the thoughts behind the campaign Valerie Cheng of JWT Singapore said, “These are exciting times in advertising for agencies and clients. We are seeing more campaigns and ideas, which actually changes people’s behavior and has an effect on people’s lives. Actually, it is not difficult to find inspiration when we are surrounded by such brilliance every day. It’s easy to dismiss something as common as the elevator and forget that it was once someone’s amazing idea.”



18 Comments
All the items mentioned in the ads did change the world and are extremely useful. None of which this campaign does.
Bit too worthy in tone, could have been turned into a pretty funny spoof of how submission boards for award entries try to make a silk purse out of any porker’s ear. This campaign just plays it straight.
PS: The copy is littered with errors, but don’t worry, nobody reed gud no mor anyways.
Don’t mind the art direction tho… it makes the terrible concept and copy look presentable.
Even the quote has grammatical errors and laboured delivery…what did we expect?
I don’t think that this will make Spike entries …err….ummm…..uhhh…spike.
An agency that claims digital expertise but only has people from a DM background…LOL…that’s not how it’s supposed to be izzit?
Are you serrrious? Let not be harsh…they did the best they can.
All logic, no magic.
It’s called “borrowed interest” where the reference you use overshadows your own product… and no one should allow such a concept through.
BTW, even tho its tenuous, I can see how an elevator (a lift is what they use at the warehouse) can be likened to an installation, and sliced bread to design….but for the life of me I cannot see how a lighter is connected to DM.
They have a proper brief here with potentially good client to buy creative ads, why didn’t this agency put in more effort to come up with something truly creative?
@lame. You really think spikes is about creativity?
It’s all about MONEY! MONEY! MONEY!
Since it’s about money, how much money did the agency make on this…a big fat zero for sure. When you’re doing pro bono, the least you can demand is total creative control….but then you need to have the talent to exercise that control wisely.
These files are nto big enough to read. Where did you guys read the work? I’m curious to read them!
Try the main Campaign Asia Pacific website, campaignasia.com. I’ve never been sure how they are related to CBAsia, all I know is those other bastards restrict their content after 72 hours to milk money off you, while good ‘ol CBAsia is a bar that never closes.
Contrary to popular comments – I think these ads are good. Nothing uber creative about them though. But they do make a point and do it well at that.
You have got to love the earnestness with which they tell the reader about what elevators and lighters do, though. I had no idea.
Seriously, Im not even half a creative director but if someone showed me these Id say go with it. Theyre sassy, cheeky and cool.
I don’t understand the mindless comments. These ads give a subtle tongue-in-cheek twist to ideas that are not advertising ideas and were never meant to be. So even if it’s the lighter as a DM, these are perfectly fine! Kudos to the team!
I agree with David’s words above that “these are ideas that are not advertising”….So why would you congratulate those who put them in an ad? Unless you’re congratulating yourself.