Last week (August 26 to be precise) was National Toilet Paper Day. Somehow we missed the memo on that one, but Droga5 New York didn’t, as the agency created a digital spot and mini popup shops to celebrate the holiday (if you can even call it that) for toilet paper brand Quilted Northern.
To ring in the event, Droga5 New York crated the online spot “A Most Forgettable Holiday,” which drove traffic to the brand’s one-day sale on Amazon. In the spot, Quilted Northern admits that National Toilet Paper Day is unlike holidays in that there are “no gifts, no parades, no jolly people in suits, and no one gets this day off work.” But, while the brand admits the day is nowhere near as important as Women’s Equality Day, which it share a date with, the brand does bring people together with its deal, “designed for each and every American with a butt.” The spot ends by suggesting viewers subscribe to the brand on Amazon so they never have to remember buying toilet paper again.
The whole approach is a continuation of Droga5’s “Designed to be Forgotten” campaign, launched in May of 2015, centered around the entirely forgettable holiday. Its self-effacing qualities lead into a subtle push for the Amazon sale while leading into some quirkiness (sign-spinning bunny, etc.) designed to keep the video watchable.
Additionally, Droga5 created a series of pop-up shops around New York and Seattle…with a small catch. The mini pop-up shops were too small for human entry, and didn’t actually sell toilet paper. Instead, visitors could pop their heads into the shops and were directed to the brand’s Amazon sale. Hmm, that actually seems kind of memorable…
Credits:
Agency: Droga5 NY
Creative Chairman: David Droga
Chief Creative Officer: Ted Royer
Group Creative Director: Don Shelford
Associate Creative Director: Erica Pressly
Associate Creative Director: Emmie Nostitz
Jr. Copywriter: Ted Meyer
Jr. Art Director: Tommaso Fontanella
Copywriter: Yahkeema Moffitt
Sr. Art Director: Kat Dudkiewicz
Executive Design Director: Rob Trostle
Designer: Dan Kane
Designer: Nate Moore
Chief Creation Officer: SallyAnn Dale
Senior Broadcast Producer: Anders Hedberg
Social Producer: Luke Bumgarner
Music Supervisor: Ryan Barkan
Music Supervisor: Mike Ladman
Head of Interactive Production: Niklas Lindstrom
Executive Interactive Producer: Tasha Cronin
Interactive Producer: Andrew Puzzuoli
Associate Interactive Producer: Alyssa Cashman
Global Chief Strategy Officer: Jonny Bauer
Strategy Director: Elaine Purcell
Senior Strategist: Mara Buta
Senior Communications Strategist: Delphine McKinley
Senior Data Strategist: Brad Mumbrue
Data Strategist: Remy Lupica
Group Account: Director Brett Edgar
Account Director: Ross Gillis
Account Supervisor: Kate Tyler Monroe
Associate Account Manager: Kyra Gembka
Project Manager: Michelle Yee
Client GeorgiaPacific / Quilted Northern
CMO: Douwe Bergsma
SVP & General Manager, Tissue: Vivek Joshi
Senior Brand Director: Jason Ippen
Director Brand Center: Shari Neumann
Brand Building Leader: Aviral Singh
Brand Manager: Ricky Busby
Brand Manager: Melissa Blunte
Senior Associate Brand Manager: Lauren Freedman
Senior Associate Brand Manager: Dalyn Mathews
Social Media Manager: Gisela Carapaica
Production Company: Pet Gorilla
Director: Luc Schurgers
DOP: Ralph Kaechele
Executive Producerz: Dominic Bernacci
Producer: Alana Mitnick
Editorial: Friendshop
Editor: Adam Longo
Assistant Editor: Alex Pirrone
Executive Producer: Melissa Mapes
Producer: Adam Roe
Flame Artist: Matt Stroub
Post Production: The Mill
Producer: Natalie Westerfield
Colorist: Mikey Rossiter
Sound: Heard City
Mixer: Eric Warzecha
Executive Producer: Gloria Pitagorsky
Producer: Sasha Awn
Interactive Production: Company Unit 9
Executive Producer: Rebecca Hudson
Project Manager: Martina Sogni
Architecture Director: Kate Lynham
Creative Director: Thomas Davies
Installation Developer: Christian Bianchini
Product Designer: YuChang Chou
Illustrator: Sophie Conchonnet
Designer: Gosia Pawlak
Technical Lead: Zbigniew Czarnecki
UX Designer: Simon Bauchet
QA Manager: Eve Acton
QA Manager: Andrew Heraty
Head of QA: Dominic Berzons
Frontend Developer: Rafael Gomes Alcantara