Magnum blends ice cream with surrealism in stylish summer-themed art campaign
Effort featuring works from artist Brendan Monroe kicks off with a mural in Shoreditch, London
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Unilever ice cream brand Magnum is back with another stylish outdoor campaign via agency Lola MullenLowe, this time commissioning surrealist artist Brendan Monroe for a series of artworks that insert the shape of its ice-creams into striking posters and murals.
Following its 2018 campaign, where the brand ran artworks featuring the work of Thomas Danthony, the new works cleverly incorporate the iconic Magnum silhouette into black and white summer-themed images of hats, stockings, ocean waves and more. Monroe, an American artist based in Santa Barbara, California, has had his work featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker and New American Paintings.
The campaign kicks off with a mural painted on a wall in Shoreditch, London and will be followed by a series of artworks from the artist that will run in different markets, including the U.S., throughout the summer. Mindshare is responsible for media.
"The opportunity for building a pleasure icon like Magnum through art is an immense way to elevate the brand," says Tomás Ostiglia, executive creative director at Lola MullenLowe. "It breaks the category codes and puts the brand in an enviable place where art, culture and pleasure meet."
Credits
- Date
- Jun 26, 2019
- Client :
- Magnum
- Agency :
- LOLA MullenLowe
- Global Vice President, Unilever :
- Julien Barraux
- Global Brand Director, Magnum :
- Ben Curtis
- Chief Creative Officer :
- Chacho Puebla
- Executive Creative Director :
- Tomás Ostiglia
- Creative Director :
- Pancho Cassis
- Creative Director :
- Saulo Rocha
- Creative Director :
- André Toledo
- Head of Art :
- Fabio Brigido
- Head of Social :
- Fred Bosch
- Copywriter :
- Luis Giraldo
- Art Director :
- Camilo Jiménez
- Art Director :
- Felipe Antonioli
- Global Brand Director :
- Tom Elliston
- Account Manager :
- Oscar Fernandez-Baca
- Producer :
- Felipe Calvino
- Producer :
- Diego Baltazar
- Illustrator :
- Brendan Monroe
- Mural Production :
- High Rise Murals
- Mural Production :
- Kinetic Active
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