
AKARIUM CALL PROJECT
Type Of Entry: Use of Media
Category: Best Use of Internet/New Media
Title: AKARIUM CALL PROJECT
Advertiser/Client: HARAJUKU OMOTESANDO KEYAKI-KAI
Product/Service: AKARIUM CALL PROJECT
Entrant Company, City: 777INTERACTIVE, Tokyo
Country: JAPAN
Media/Advertising Agency, City: HAKUHODO, Tokyo
Country: JAPAN
2nd Media/Advertising Agency, City: HAKUHODO DY MEDIA PARTNERS, Tokyo
Country: JAPAN
Category: Best Use of Internet/New Media
Title: AKARIUM CALL PROJECT
Advertiser/Client: HARAJUKU OMOTESANDO KEYAKI-KAI
Product/Service: AKARIUM CALL PROJECT
Entrant Company, City: 777INTERACTIVE, Tokyo
Country: JAPAN
Media/Advertising Agency, City: HAKUHODO, Tokyo
Country: JAPAN
2nd Media/Advertising Agency, City: HAKUHODO DY MEDIA PARTNERS, Tokyo
Country: JAPAN
Credit Details:
| Name | Position | Company |
| Junya Masuda | Creative Director | 777interactive |
| Rikako Nagashima | Art Director | Hakuhodo Inc. |
| Genki Kimura | Copy Writer | Hakuhodo Inc. |
| Junya Masuda/Kensuke Sembo/Ryoji Tanaka | Planner | 777interactive/ZOOLIB/SEMITRANSPARENT DESIGN |
| Kensuke Sembo/Toshiyuki Sugai | Technical Director | ZOOLIB/SEMITRANSPARENT DESIGN |
| Hiroo Suzuki | Director | KAYAC |
| Syuhei Kamiya/Satomi Nozaki | Designer | KAYAC |
| Syuhei Kamiya/Yosuke Doke | Flasher | KAYAC |
| Hiroshi Hori/Yoshibumi Hayashi | Producer | Hakuhodo Inc. |
Innovative Media Strategy:
Holiday illuminations finally returned to Omotesando Avenue after eight years (Omotesando is a Japanese version of Le Champs-Elysees in Paris).
This project was designed with the concept "Brand New Lumino-sphere", to create the world's first interactive holiday illumination that joins together "cell phones", "the internet", and "the event site".
Participants can join in on the event via cell phones to voice-control the illumination stationed along the main street, or they can join in via webcam accessible from anywhere in Japan.
This brand new communication project brings together voices of audiences all over Japan to be reflected on the holiday illuminations.
Creative Execution:
Participants all over Japan were able to enjoy the event live via webcam.
This event was designed so that participants can easily join in live from anywhere in Japan. Pamphlets and magazine ads were flooded with the toll free number, but this interactive holiday illumination project did not need much advertising.
It spread by word of mouth, via blogs and YouTube.
Target Audience:
Utilisation of cell phones (mobile media) made it easy for people to participate.
Utilisation of the internet (cyber media) allowed participants from all over Japan.
Effectiveness:
100,000 people visited our website during the event period of 17 days.
It was introduced in over 1,000 blogs along with coverage in news and informational programs on TV.
Participation from all over Japan made this one of the biggest events in Japan, contributing greatly to branding Omotesando Street.
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