British fashion designer
Giles Deacon,
whose previous creations includes work for Louis Vuitton and Gucci, has
now turned his talents to Cadbury's, to create something worthy of the
Cadbury Caramel Bunny. The result is the
Caramel Nibbles Scarf -
an exclusive and limited edition design inspired by the bitesize
caramel nibbles product, following on from Deacon's polka dot number
for the Bunny herself.
The campaign, created by
Hyper London, centres around a realtime live online pop-up shop - The Caramel Nibbles Boutique - created by
Stink Digital,
London. The store is based in Carnaby Street but only accessible via
the internet. To track down the elusive shop to its locations about the
internet, clues are being posted and shared on the brand's facebook
page (
www.facebook.com/caramelbunny)
and linked to from www.nibblesboutique.com, helping fans to get their
hands on a limited number of scarves that will be available for free.
The online pop-up shops will launch on 29 and 30 October.
When
a pop-up shop has been located, you can claim your place in a virtual
queue and wait to be served by assistants at the real boutique (which
will be based immediately outside the Contagious offices, located just
off Carnaby Street). Of course the internet is nothing if not helpful
in solving a mystery. Pop-up shop hunters can make use of twitter and
the
#nibbles to track down the latest appearances of the shop online.
Marcel Kornblum, creative technologist at Stink
Digital explains: 'A widget representing a clothes shop that is open in
different places at different times will sit on some fashion blogs, as
well as a few bigger sites like MSN, ASOS and handbag.com. The idea is
to follow it round various sites by finding clues on the widget and
using the Facebook fan page as the hub of the activity. If you're lucky
enough to find an open shop you could win one of the Deacon-designed
scarves. This is a live face-to-face transaction - winners can watch
their freebie being packaged up and shipped out to them live via the
widget.'
Simeon Rose, creative at Hyper explains the creative
reasoning behind the campaign's execution: 'The idea for creating the
world's first live digital pop-up shop came from wanting to recreate
the normal hysteria around a limited edition fashion launch - but doing
so on a much bigger scale. Instead of just focusing our efforts on a
London-centric launch, online enables us to create a nationwide frenzy
- with queues that span whole networks of friends instead of just a few
streets. And online also lets our shop pop up and down much quicker
than its physical equivalent could. The shop will jump from one fashion
blog or retailer to another and all interactions inside it will be live
and face-to-face. All you have to do to get your hands on one of the
Giles Deacon designed scarves is get in line.'
And those who miss out on the chance of claiming a free scarf can head to John Lewis where they can buy one for £15.
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