2013 Winners & Shortlists

THE SMALLEST IKEA STORE IN THE WORLD

Short List
BrandIKEA
Product/ServiceIKEA
EntrantMEMAC OGILVY Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
CategoryDIRECT RESPONSE DIGITAL MEDIA
Entrant Company MEMAC OGILVY Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Advertising Agency MEMAC OGILVY Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

The Brief

IKEA wanted to demonstrate that you can make the most of any space in a unique and engaging way. Our target audience was city dwellers looking for 1-2 bedroom apartments in busy Cities across Germany. These people live busy lives and do not have the time to visit large out-of-town stores like the typical IKEA department stores.

Creative Execution

IKEA stands for smarter storage solutions. This banner ad showcased this and for the first time people looking for small space living could find all the solutions they needed to make the most of their space.

Describe the creative solution to the brief/objective.

We brought the store to the consumers in a place where they would be thinking of space. Across Community websites we took banner space in the Real Estate sections. We built an entire IKEA store in the banner. Consumers could browse by department, click on an item and buy it direct from the IKEA site. This solution made shopping at IKEA a fast and simple experience.

Results

The banner ad had a click through rate of 101% during its time live on the Real Estate sections of community websites.

Credits

Name Company Role
Robin Smith OgilvyAction Regional Creative Director
Ben Knight OgilvyAction Creative Director
Gary Rolf OgilvyAction Art Director/Copywriter/Graphic Design
James Bisset OgilvyAction Copywriter
Sascha Kuntze Memac Ogilvy Copywriter
Jens Steffen OgilvyOne Technical Director
Niv Baniahmad OgilvyOne Technical Director
Hamza Afaq OgilvyOne Technical Director
Farnoush Pourebrahim OgilvyOne Technical Director
Lina Safstrom OgilvyAction Technical Assistance
Nadia Rahman OgilvyAction Technical Assistance
Claus Adams OgilvyAction Regional Director
Katja Sottmeier Ikea Crm Online Manager