The first half of this presentation is a walkthrough of the philosophy behind the Creative Digital Agency Hello Monday. The second half is a selection of cases with focus on UX, visual concept and digital crafts processes of projects for clients such as: MoMA, Nespresso, Google and Hello Monday's own app: Beanie & The Balloonist.
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—— Hello Monday
Craft it like
you mean it!
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—— First things first
Short
introduction
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—— About Me
Who
Am
I
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Jakob Kahlen
Creative Director
• Living and working in Copenhagen, Denmark
• Trained as a Graphic Designer
• Working with Digital Design & Online Marketing since 1996
• Creative Director & Partner at Hello Monday
• Lover of lasagne
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—— Hell ‘O Monday
Who is
Hello Monday
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Hello Monday
Digital Creative Agency
• 30 employees – 5 partners
• Offices in Copenhagen, New York & Aarhus (HQ)
• Working for a variety of international brands
• Awards: FWA, Cannes, AD&D, Webby’s, Creative Circle
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What do we do-be-doo
• Digital Creative Development (Concept + Design + User experience)
• Digital Creative Execution (HTML + Javascript + Flash + App dev.)
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User experience
Technology
Design
Strategy
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—— Agency philosophy
Build a playground
rather than a
production factory
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—— Agency philosophy
Playground ingredients
• Live out our passion for great design and creative use of technology
• Always push borders with clients to make projects more fun (for everyone)
• Always have room to experiment and try new things
• Never take the easy route!
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—— Agency philosophy
Choose the right projects
for the right reasons
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—— Agency philosophy
Hello Monday
Currency ™
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AD + Copy
Designer + Developer
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—— If you want to succeed in digital
Hug the geeks
and embrace the
geek inside your
self
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—— Uhh fancy pants
Work
philosophy
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—— Work philosophy
Brands should use
their voice for good
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“If it feels like
advertising, we are
doing it wrong!”
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—— Work philosophy
Less like ...
• Advertising
•A gimmick
• An interruption
• Tricking people into doing, buying, liking
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—— Work philosophy
More like ...
•A service
• A tool
• A product
• An experience
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—— Through our work we want to ...
· Tickle the brain
· Please the eye
· Play it by heart
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Tickle the
Brain
· Be clever and useful
· Motivate curiosity and creativity
· Use new technology to make people go: “Wow!”
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Please
the Eye
· Give it character: Make it distinctive, lovable and memorable
· Don’t be afraid to get emotional, nostalgic, naive, etc.
· Craft it like you mean it!
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Play it by
Heart
· Connect the heart of the brand to the heart of the consumer
· Be passionate! Show people you love them
· Be generous! Give them a reason to love you back
47. Agency Presentation ——————— 2011
Case
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Nespresso
Naora Global
Campaign
· Playground rather than a production facility
· Creative and curious approach to technology
· Design values: Rooted in classic design craftmanship
Nespresso — Naora global campaign
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Case
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The Brief
In short
• Tell the story of late harvested berries that gives the Naora aroma
• Let storytelling revolve around micro-documentaries from Columbia
• Make the experience engaging and premium
• Make it dynamic to fit 50 markets and 30 languages
· Playground rather than a production facility
· Creative and curious approach to technology
· Design values: Rooted in classic design craftmanship
Nespresso — Naora global campaign
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Case
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Google
Demoslam
· Playground rather than a production facility
· Creative and curious approach to technology
· Design values: Rooted in classic design craftmanship
Google — Demoslam
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Case
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MoMA
Century of
the Child
· Playground rather than a production facility
· Creative and curious approach to technology
· Design values: Rooted in classic design craftmanship
MoMA — Century of the Child
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Case
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The brief
In short
• 2 years of research in kids play through 100 years is becoming an exhibition
• Take this content and make it available online: 500+ images in 7 sections
• Use digital to extend the usual audience for an exhibition like this
· Playground rather than a production facility
· Creative and curious approach to technology
· Design values: Rooted in classic design craftmanship
MoMA — Century of the Child
127. Case
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—— Hello pitching 101
How we pitch...
• Think outside the brief!
• Go all in! (or don’t pitch)
• You have to learn something from it!
• Don’t be afraid to lose!
• If you lose: Get feedback & save your ideas for later!