The Gift Beauty Campaign
ClientChristian Louboutin
RoleFull Creative Campaign, CGI Animation, 3D Project Modelling, Print & Digital Campaign
The inaugural Yuletide collaboration between Velvet Badger and Barcelona-based agency Puig, realising a unique vision of the festive season of indulgence for the equally-unique Christian Louboutin.
The Brief
When Barcelona based agency Puig, the luxury fragrance and beauty partner to Christian Louboutin, approached Velvet Badger in January 2020 with an enticing Christmas brief, the Badgers swiftly rallied after our season of indulgent festivities and prepared for the challenge.
The brief was to deliver the first ever Christmas campaign for Cristian Louboutin beauty and fragrance and premier the latest products and Christmas packaging for social, digital and retail use.
Evolving Luxury
It was essential to elevate the brand to champion not only the iconic fashion house itself, but also tell their story as a unique beauty destination. Housing cosmetic products alongside fashion items in playfully surreal settings allowed the team to unleash their creativity and delve into the beautiful and seductive world of Christian Louboutin.
The concept titled 'The Gift' used the 2020 retail Christmas snowglobe as the portal into a fantastical world, where the viewer embarks upon a singular journey into the brilliant mind of the creator.
The products were cast as narrative disruptors, devices to guide the viewer throughout to the stunning climax of the animation. A nuanced and minimalist “Christmas” aesthetic characterises the journey until the viewer is finally greeted by a vast, stunning and quintessentially Louboutin tree laden with product, closing the animation and leaving the viewer on the threshold between reality and fantasy.
Over the course of six months, the Clan worked tirelessly to design and deliver a stunning Christmas campaign with over 150 individual deliverables. While the rest of the world ground to a halt in 2020, our Badgers were busy crafting pure aesthetic escapism through fantastical and indulgently rich animation. Velvet Badger designed and produced a one minute film along with a plethora of campaign assets including capsule videos, cut-downs, gifs and stills to be used for social, digital and retail.
The Christmas campaign needed to transcend all platforms and modes of publication which required an army of assets in multiple formats to ensure they could be used across retail and social media. We combed through the film to identify the perfect packshots and compositions for gifs, stills and cutdown videos to be edited and rendered in multiple formats.
Social Campaign
In addition, we created individual capsule videos to tease more of the products for a range global markets. With over 250 individual deliverables, we had to create a production asset handbook to aid the client in asset management to support the campaign roll out.
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Miss Loubitree Beauty Campaign
- Client
- Christian Louboutin
- Services
- Full Creative Campaign, CGI Animation, 3D Project Modelling, Print & Digital Campaign
- Description
- Following a beautiful collaboration with Barcelona-based agency Puig in 2020, we were overjoyed to be in partnership once again on another irresistible Christmas campaign for Christian Louboutin in 2021.
The Gift Beauty Campaign
- Client
- Christian Louboutin
- Services
- Full Creative Campaign, CGI Animation, 3D Project Modelling, Print & Digital Campaign
- Description
- The inaugural Yuletide collaboration between Velvet Badger and Barcelona-based agency Puig, realising a unique vision of the festive season of indulgence for the equally-unique Christian Louboutin.
Miss Loubisnow Beauty Campaign
- Client
- Christian Louboutin
- Services
- Full Creative Campaign, CGI Animation, 3D Project Modelling, Print & Digital Campaign
- Description
- Following a beautiful collaboration with Barcelona-based agency Puig in 2020, we were overjoyed to be in partnership once again on another irresistible Christmas campaign for Christian Louboutin in 2021.
Dancing Seahorse
- Client
- Streamusic
- Services
- Brand Strategy, Brand Design, Tokenomics, Community Management
- Description
- Music Meets Web3. Dancing Seahorse is a newly formed company for a new world of value. Leading the way in a music-first cultural shift into Web3.
Dancing Seahorse NFT
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- Dancing Seahorse
- Services
- Web 3.0, Creative Direction, NFT Design
- Description
- Providing access to exclusive worldwide VIP concerts, festivals and club nights, Dancing Seahorse is your first class membership to live music.
Puma Skill Cube
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- Puma
- Services
- Immersive Experience, CGI Animation, 3D Stadium Creation, Live Action Shoot
- Description
- This unique experience was a collaboration between Velvet Badger and Green Room Design for the launch of PUMA's 5th Avenue flagship store in New York.
Twitch: Braun Series 7
- Client
- Twitch
- Services
- Full Creative Campaign, CGI Animation, 3D Project Modelling and VFX
- Description
- Velvet Badger were approached by Twitch with the desire to attract German GenZ and Millennial users on their platform to use the new BRAUN Series 7.
Twitch: Rockstar Call of Duty Black Ops
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- Twitch
- Services
- Full Creative Campaign, CGI Animation, 3D Project Modelling and Visual Effects
- Description
- Velvet Badger were enlisted for a second time by the No.1 global live streaming service Twitch, this time to develop, direct and produce a 30-second animation for Rockstar Energy and their new Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War promotional cans.
Formula E
- Client
- Avantgarde, London
- Services
- Art & Creative Direction, Animation, UI design
- Description
- 2019 got off to an electrifying start through our collaboration with leading global brand experience agency Avantgarde. Together we created a stylish animation to capture all the anticipation and excitement of the new Formula E season.
Always First
- Client
- Sunil Gavaskar
- Services
- Brand Design & Strategy, Web3 Strategy, Virtual Experience, Web Development, Smart Contracts, NFT Design
- Description
- When the Indian cricket legend approached us with the desire for his own NFT campaign, we wanted to honour his achievements by creating one more first, for him and his fans, through the Always First campaign.
Colorsport One
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- Colorsport
- Services
- Design Strategy & Design, Web3 Strategy, Marketplace Design
- Description
- Working alongside Colorsport to modernise their brand and value offering, turning a historical sporting great into the sporting imagery company of the future.
Innovation Lab
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- Jaguar Land Rover
- Services
- Reveal conference presentation, 3D Content, Editing, CGI Animation.
- Description
- We created beautiful activations, crafted from a marriage of physical materials with animated interactive enhancements, to tell stories of the evolution of the cars.