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Ads
Silence the Critics
TV still

Silence the Critics

IKEA · 2019

Agency
Mother
Campaign
Silence the Critics

Analysis

A rabbit-shaped jug appears among household objects in IKEA's Christmas commercial. The campaign gives ordinary decorations voices that criticize a home's condition.

Object charactersHumorDomestic setting

Why it worked

The familiar household object makes the imagined criticism easy to recognize. A modest setting keeps the home improvement problem within reach.

Lesson

Give a familiar object a voice that expresses the customer's real concern.

Image source

© IKEA. Shown for study and commentary.

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