This package of three spots shows IKEA taking pride over its baby/toddler furniture being a mere “Second Best” alternative in a household–in light of the first choice which has parents bonding with their kids.
For example, the camera moves back from a beautiful empty crib to reveal in the foreground a kid fast asleep on mom. In each commercial we see youngsters using their parents as furniture–rather than the IKEA furniture itself.
The Swedish retailer gracefully takes a backseat in this “Proudly the Second Best” campaign from agencies DAVID Madrid and INGO Hamburg. Commercials were directed by Michelle Cassis via Sal Gorda Productions.
Credits
Client IKEA Agencies DAVID Madrid, INGO Hamburg Pancho Cassis, Tobias Ahrens, global chief creative officers; Saulo Rocha, chief creative officer; Tomas O’Gorman, creative director; Ricky Solano, Fernando Montero, sr. copywriters; Gonzalo Arica, Nicolas Lopez, sr. art directors. Production Sal Gorda Productions Michelle Cassis, director; Andy Pulido, photography director; Juanjo Goimez, exec producer; Noelia Lobo, producer; Rubein Subirats, head of production; Barbara Gil, Miguel Junquera, art directors; Paola Boch, stylist. Postproduction Full Fiction Color GradePunk Audio The Lobby
How do you top one of the most viral brand videos ever made? Spoiler alert: you can’t. But when Dollar Shave Club tapped Zack Seckler to direct a new campaign to revive the absurdist humor of its iconic launch video, he knew he had a rare opportunity to create something special.
The brief was simple: introduce the concept of a physical “Club” that people would love to join while showcasing Dollar Shave Club’s products and embracing the weird. From script to direction and post, Seckler--an alum of SHOOT’s 2021 New Directors Showcase--was invited to help sculpt that vision.
The result is this “Welcome to the Club” spot which invites us to join a unique, seemingly exclusive but in reality an accessible and affordable fraternity of Dollar Shave Club members. But you need to know the password or more accurately, the two-word phrase--"shave money."
“The Club” campaign brings the brand back to its humorous roots, reflecting a new chapter after being acquired by Nexus Capital Management from Unilever in late 2023. The work takes Dollar Shave Club back to its disruptive beginnings and what made the brand a viral sensation from its inception in 2011.
