Coca-Cola Happiness Truck around the World – Where Will Happiness Strike Next?
Posted: October 1, 2012 Filed under: Argentina, Beverages, Brazil, Canada, Case History, Coca-Cola, Event, France, India, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Promotion, Russia, The Nederlands, The Philippines, Turkey, Viral | Tags: Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola's 125th Anniversary, Coca-Cola's Semangat Truck, coke and meals, Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi, Happiness Truck, Olympic edition, rio de janeiro, The Cheering Truck, uefa edition, Viral, Where Will Happiness Strike Next? Leave a comment »
Inspired by the vending machine that dispensed Coca-Cola and other “doses of happiness” on a college campus in New York and quickly became a global viral video sensation; a specially rigged Coca-Cola delivery truck took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro recently to spread refreshment and smiles to passers-by.
All the action is captured in a two-and-a-half-minute film. In the video, several unsuspecting Brazilians push a button on the back of the truck to dispense Coca-Cola and other fun items such as soccer balls, surfboards and sunglasses.
“‘Happiness Machine’ connected with so many people because the emotion was authentic, unscripted and contagious,” said A.J. Brustein, Global Senior Brand Manager, Coca-Cola. “We wanted to inspire that same feeling again by creating something consumers would respond to and want to share with others because it put a smile on their face.”
Happiness Truck is one of many videos that can be found on the Facebook hub for “Where Will Happiness Strike Next?”. The hub features more than 25 films from around the world that have been created by local Coca-Cola teams to continue the theme of the award-winning “Happiness Machine,” which has generated more than 3 million online views. The interactive site lets consumers search for videos by country and even vote for where they’d like to see happiness strike next.
“We weren’t trying to replace ‘Happiness Machine’ with the ‘Happiness Truck,’” said Christy Amador, Digital Marketing Manager, Global Content Excellence. “We wanted to build on this great idea and continue to answer the question, ‘Where Will Happiness Strike Next?’ by spreading a message of happiness around the globe. These videos from markets all over the world help us to do just that.”
Two of the new films on the hub include a version of “Happiness Truck” filmed in the Philippines and “Happiness Store,” where convenience store customers in Rio are surprised with confetti, lights, live music and more upon grabbing a Coca-Cola from the cooler. ”Happiness Machine” – which cost very little to produce – proved that we don’t need to spend millions to produce winning creative, and that great ideas and content can be sourced from anywhere.
Happiness Truck in Rio De Janeiro
A Coca-Cola delivery truck is converted into a happiness machine on wheels delivering “doses” of happiness in the streets of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Where will happiness strike next?
Happiness Truck in Canada
A Coca-Cola delivery truck is converted into a happiness machine on wheels delivering “doses” of happiness in the streets of Toronto, Vancouver & Montreal, Canada. After a full day of sharing happiness, the experience culminated in a 3-city simultaneous musical celebration featuring Kardinal Offishall in Toronto, These Kids Wear Crowns in Vancouver & Duke Squad in Montreal, to celebrate Coca-Cola’s 125th Anniversary. Where will happiness strike next?
Happiness Truck in Philippines
A Coca-Cola delivery truck is converted into a happiness machine on wheels delivering “doses” of happiness in the streets of Marikina, Philippines. Where will happiness strike next?
Happiness Truck in Kenya
Happiness Truck in Malaysia
The town with a population of over 150,000 kicked off its evening with a surprise from Coca-Cola’s Semangat Truck. What a nice prelude to dinner.
Happiness Truck in Venezuela
Happiness Truck in Ecuador
Happiness Truck in India
Happiness Truck in Russia (CHRISTMAS Edition)
Happiness Truck in France (UEFA Edition and OLYMPIC Edition)
Happiness Truck in Honduras
Happiness Truck in Turkey
Happiness Truck in Naples (COKE & MEALS Edition)
A Coca-Cola delivery truck is transformed into a happiness table in a small square in Naples. Famous chef Simone Rugiati is on a mission asking people
to eat together delivering “doses” of happiness through a magic food cloche.
Happiness Truck/The Cheering Truck in Argentina (FOOTBALL Edition)
This time, Coca-Cola outfitted a special red truck with a recording booth and has been travelling around Argentina collecting the cheers of football (or soccer depending on where you are from) fans to support the Argentinean team. Fans are encouraged to record their cheer to be heard by millions.
The truck drove through 19 different provinces in Argentina as it collected the cheer of over a million different voices. On the day of the match, the Coca-Cola Cheering Truck drove into a stadium that only had room for 50 thousand fans and played the recordings of over a million fans chanting and cheering for the team. Way to rally the troop Coca-Cola!
Coca-cola has been doing some really creative marketing campaigns that have utilized a traveling truck concept (see The Happiness Truck). It’s their way of spreading happiness throughout the world…not to mention strengthening their brand!
Happiness Truck in Hong Kong (TRANSFORMERS Edition)
Happiness Truck in Mongolia
Happiness Truck in Nederland
Happiness Truck in Poland (Euro 2012 Edition)
Happiness Truck in Azerbaijan
Where will happiness strike next? Of course in Baku, Azerbaijan. A Coca-Cola delivery truck has been converted to a happiness machine, which rides through Baku streets and shares the 125 year old happiness with Azeri people.
Happiness Truck in Ucraine
Happiness Truck in Egypt (RAMADAN Edition)
Coca-Cola Egypt gives people more reasons to believe using its Happiness Truck to spread happiness and joy in Cairo making Ramadan 2011 better for all Egyptians.
Happiness Truck in Mexico
Coca-Cola Zero – Impossible Experiences
Posted: September 14, 2011 Filed under: Ambient, Beverages, Case History, Coca-Cola, Design, Hungary, Promotion, Spain, The Philippines, Turkey | Tags: Ambient, boat accident, Coca-Cola, Coke Zero, design, impossible experience, impossible made possible, Inverted Pyramid, Leo Burnett, normous Vending Machine, Promotion, The World's First 3-sided Table Football Leave a comment »Boat Accident (Ambient)
Advertising Agency: McCann Erickson, Istanbul
Creative Director:Oktar Akin
Art Director: Fira Yildiz
Copywriter: Deniz Tan
Year: 2008
The World’s First 3-sided Table Football (Environmental Design)
The Brief
Table football is one of the most liked socializing games in pubs, bars, workplaces, schools, and clubs with few rules. But there is one rule since the beginning: only four people can play the game. In order to show the target people that there are zero limits and rules we invented the new breed of the game: the Zero foosball which has 3 sides to accommodate 6 friends. Coke Zero is the biggest invention of Coca Cola lately. Coke Zero: real Coke taste, zero sugar. The brand aims to drive back young male adults to the Coke franchise. In the age of 18-25 guys leave their childhood and step into the adults’ world of obstacles and limitations. Coke Zero wants to help them see, imagine more possibilities in life than they think. If Coke Zero is possible anything is possible. The challenge was to bring the brand purpose into life via transforming limitations, norms, rules into new never seen positive experiences.
The Idea
After having the idea, we had to make it real. Several engineer groups worked on the plans for one month, we even involved the Hungarian foosball association. To reassure about the design’s enjoyability, we invited an ultimate expert for a final check.
Results
..zero foosball debuted on the most popular Hungarian music festivals.
We managed to invent a unique design medium, which not only transferred clearly the brand essence, but provided a surface where every player spent at least 15 intense and joyful minutes with the brand. It created excitement for more than 520 000 people on the spot, and the WOM even doubled the reach. The new phenomenon quickly spread on the target group’s most visited sites. The festivals already indicated their interest for the Zero foosball for the upcoming year. No one could just pass by our never seen design and game innovation.
Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett Budapest
Creative Director: Peter Tordai/Vilmos Farkas
Copywriter: Linda Zador
Art Director: Matyas Kobor/Miklos Voros
Account Director: Marta Dorgai
Year: 2009
Enormous Vending Machine (Ambient/Special Build)
Original taste. Zero sugar. Prove it’s possible. Send “ZERO” to 7015 and pick up your can here and now.
Advertising Agency: Universal McCann, Madrid
Creative Director: Josè Antonio Nogales
Copywriter: Natalia Parra
Art Director: Cristina Valle
Year: 2009
Inverted Pyramid (In-Store Marketing and Promotional Packaging)
The Brief
Coke Zero’s communication effort was to build on the equity of “making the impossible possible” which is true to what the brand promises (having that real Coke taste with zero sugar). All materials, even point of sale, had to reflect the proposition. In supermarkets and groceries where everything would blend into the shelves, it seemed impossible to stand out. Our task was to disprove that.
The Idea
How to create something impossible, then make it possible AND functional? We needed to stop shoppers in their tracks the moment they saw the product. So why not use the product itself and stack them all in a big pyramid – then turn the whole thing upside down.
Careful planning and collaboration with groceries had to be made. A pole designed as the bottom-most Coke Zero can ran from the ground up, supporting the whole structure. The shelves were made so thin, they almost looked invisible. And stock boys were instructed to constantly replenish cans to maintain the pyramid’s form.
Results
The Inverted Pyramid display vividly separated Coke Zero from the sea of sodas in the shelves. Clear proof was the 13% sales increase in supermarkets and groceries since installation of the special stands.
The proposition was brought to life in-store. Shoppers experienced the impossible made possible first hand as they shopped and picked up products from the display.
Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett Manila
Creative Director: Raoul S. Panes/Alvin Tecson
Copywriter: Therese Endriga/Cey Enriquez
Art Director: Mon Pineda/Farlet Vale/Steph Mangalindan
Year: 2010
