On the occasion of the next Chinese New Year in 2018 (which will take place February 16th and will have as a key element the dog) Cucci is developing a few digital cross platform activations to accompany the launch of the collection. The key visual aspect of the collection will be the dog, which in this case are the dogs of Alessandro Michele himself, called Orso and Bosco.
These key visual elements will be present on both the products and shop windows, however the main idea is to make them emoji, so that people will share and use them with friends and relatives for their greeting messages.
Gucci aims to grasp both Android and Apple, considering that their primary target is the Chinese resident in China.
Study shows that consumers are strongly influenced by emotions rather than information and logic. Thanks to the diffusion of smartphones and instant message applications, emoji is a great opportunity to get in touch, daily and easily with your customer base.
The experience we studied thanks to the Gucci app showed us that the GUCCIFICATION is a very appreciated and loved feature for the consumers.
In the end of 2017 Apple launched Animoji and that seemed to be the right solution for the project all things considered. The concept was to use such a recent and exiting technology to create branded Animoji. The visuals was based on the Unskilled Worker – a London based critically-acclaimed artist – illustrations of Alessandro Michele’s dogs Bosco and Orso.
Zissou has more than twenty years experience across the spectrum of visual creative industries, from web and graphic design to product design, animation, 3D visualisation and photography. Zissouβs client list includes advertising agencies β DDB, Mother, TBWA and Saatchi&Saatchi β as well as brands ranging from Hewlett-Packard, Nvidia, Autodesk, Nike, Bulgari, Selfridges, The Daily Telegraph, Esquire Magazine, Tate Modern, Souq and Instant Rockstar.