Ikea made loveseat covers inspired by 10 different Pride flags
Campaign from Rethink will appear on billboards and social media
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Ikea is helping Toronto celebrate Pride this weekend by creating slipcovers for its loveseat sofas inspired by 10 different Pride flags.
The campaign, via Rethink, commissioned four designers from the LGBTQ+ community (Bianca Nachtman, Madison Van Rijn, Charlotte Carbone, and Ali Haider) to design the covers, which include designs inspired by the transgender, pansexual, 2Spirit, gender fluid, bisexual, non-binary, lebsian, progress and asexual flags.
While the custom designs will not be available for purchase, they will be on display in Ikea stores across Canada to coincide with Pride celebrations in their corresponding regions. They've also been used for a series of films that will appear on social media telling the stories of different members of the community, and they will feature on billboards running in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver through July 22.
In addition to Rethink, Carat worked on media, Wunderman Thompson on CRM and Hill+Knowlton for PR for the campaign.
“Each Love Seat was designed in collaboration with a community member and inspired by the colors and personal meaning of the corresponding flag. Each designer had the freedom to create a one-of-a-kind piece of art,” said Claudia Mayne, director, marketing communications at Ikea Canada, in a statement. “This partnership is our way of helping artists in different communities express themselves on a large platform in a way that’s been tricky during COVID-19.”
Credits
- Date
- Jun 28, 2021
- Client :
- Ikea (Canada)
- Agency :
- Rethink
- CCO :
- Aaron Starkman
- Executive Creative Director :
- Mike Dubrick
- Head of Art & Creative Director :
- Joel Holtby
- Creative Director :
- Joel Holtby
- Associate Creative Director & Art Director :
- Caroline Friesen
- Associate Creative Director & Copywriter :
- Robbie Percy
- FR Associate Creative Director & Copywriter :
- Karine Doucet
- FR Copywriter :
- Camille Mongeau
- Designer :
- Erin Struble
- Strategist :
- Shereen Ladha
- Chief Strategy Officer :
- Sean McDonald
- Director Of Broadcast / Producer :
- Shelby Spigelman
- Broadcast Producer :
- Spencer Houghton
- Broadcast Producer :
- Anna Tricinci
- Director of Print Production :
- AJ Merrick
- Production Artist :
- Shane Finigan
- Production House :
- Undivided Creative
- Production House Producer :
- Scott Houghton
- Director :
- Kobi Ntiri
- DOP :
- Nina Djacic
- Photographer :
- Joe Bulawan
- Behind-The-Scenes Videography :
- Bradley Golding
- Photo Retoucher :
- Joe Bulawan
- Photo Retoucher :
- Shane Finigan
- Post Production House :
- School Editing
- Editor :
- Lauren Horn
- Editor :
- Lynn Sheehy
- Assistant Editor :
- Fiona Alvarez
- Post Production Producer :
- Yumi Suyama
- Transfer & On-Line :
- Emmett Maloney
- Audio House :
- Grayson Matthews
- Audio Director/ Engineer :
- Brian Bernard
- Music Director :
- Rich Hamilton
- Audio Producer :
- Nicholas Shaw
- Group Account Director :
- Sarah Riedlinger
- Account Manager :
- Megan Christopher
- Account Intern :
- Spencer Boyle
- Account Director :
- Catherine Blouin-Mainville
- Account Manager :
- Gabrielle Bergeron
- Chief Marketing Officer :
- Johanna Andren
- Director Marketing Communications :
- Claudia Mayne
- Marketing Communications Specialist :
- Jordan Sequeira
- Integrated Media Leader :
- Vanessa Herz
- Public Relations Leader :
- Lisa Huie
- Online Content Specialist :
- Kayla Gosselin
- Loveseat Designer :
- Bianca Daniela Nachtman
- Loveseat Designer :
- Madison Van Rijn
- Loveseat Designer :
- Ali Haider
- Loveseat Designer :
- Charlotte Carbone
- Media :
- Carat
- VP Group Account Director :
- Karen Hrstic
- Associate Account Director :
- Vanessa Coutinho
- Account Supervisor :
- Faizal Shaikh
- Media Planner :
- Monalyn Quelnat
- Media Coordinator :
- Crystal Kim
- CRM :
- Wunderman Thompson
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