Diesel

Diesel’s Heidies

Molvena, Madrid
21 August 2007

“Two girls who want to be famous at any price kidnap Diesel’s Intimate Brand Manager. Their plan is to stay in a motel room, streaming everything they do through the internet and interacting with the public, until Diesel gives them the chance to appear in one of their fashion shows.”

This was a nonstop 120-hour event (5 days). During that time we directed the activities of the models and continuously streamed everything to the internet. Chats and messages could be sent to the (fake) motel room, allowing visitors of the Kidnapped Diesel website to interact with the characters of the story while (yet another) viral campaign was running in the background. The result: millions of visits, thousands of new friends.

Tasks

  • Technical direction
  • Script, with the Diesel Creative Team

Awards

  • Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival (2007)
  • One Show Interactive – Silver prize for the Heidies website
  • Clio Awards – Silver prize in the Fresh Approach category
  • Clio Awards – Bronze prize in Online Branded Content

We developed this project together with Farfar.

Project developed by part of the We Choose Fun team whilst working at Diesel

One of the Heidies carrying a person in a pink costume across the motel room
Two people wearing panda heads and another wearing a red mask, dancing in the motel room
Screenshot of the Heidies website with the headline Camera camera on the wall
A Heidie smiling next to a TV screen that reads Please say hi to Steve