Levi's

Buy Better. Wear Longer.

Details

Levi’s, known for their durability and staying power, have been a wardrobe staple for generations. This legacy of longevity is not only timeless; it is a timeless contribution to sustainability.

AKQA and production company Megaforce turned this unchanging truth of longevity into an emotive tale, telling the visual story of a single pair of 501 Levi’s® as they gracefully age from the 1960s to the present day. The 501s are the icon in every passing story, transforming with each new owner and finding a new purpose.


Details

Levi’s, known for their durability and staying power, have been a wardrobe staple for generations. This legacy of longevity is not only timeless; it is a timeless contribution to sustainability.

AKQA and production company Megaforce turned this unchanging truth of longevity into an emotive tale, telling the visual story of a single pair of 501 Levi’s® as they gracefully age from the 1960s to the present day. The 501s are the icon in every passing story, transforming with each new owner and finding a new purpose.


Role

Associate Art Director

Project Type

Integrated Campaign

The Process

To stay true to the real product, we literally aged a pair of 501 jeans, using proprietary laser technology showing them exactly as they would look if worn by seven different people over the course of several generations.

Assets

From a retail store in Bangkok to the global social channels, everything we created was designed to tell the story of individual pairs of Levi’s. We delivered somewhere around 1000 of them all said and done.

Campaign Impact

An integrated campaign took that same pair of jeans around the world, to 83 different markets. In retail stores, digital, social, out of home and experiential. According to the Levi's team it was the “best testing Levi’s spot in 20 years.”

Awards

Cannes - Shortlist
Shots Award - Bronze
AICP - Winner
ADC - Gold
Gail - Gold Best in Film

Team

ECD Tim McDonnell

CD Bryan Ortiz Dempler

CD Eli Tan

SAD Laura Pol

SCW Alexis Justman

SD Angelique Herring

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