Hornbach: Man Cave

Credits & Description:

Entrant: HEIMAT, Berlin
Brand: Hornbach
Number of Episodes/Elements: 5
Corporate Name of Sponsoring Client: HORNBACH Baumarkt AG
Client Marketing Directors: Thomas Schnaitmann/Julia Ziegelmann
Agency Account Director: Frauke Bielefeldt
Agency Account Managers: Xenia Kraider/Franziska Lequen
Agency: HEIMAT, Berlin
Chief Creative Officer: Guido Heffels
Creative Director: Guido Heffels
Copywriters: Corbinian Hennies/Nicolas Blättry
Junior Copywriter: Natalie Schaaf
Art Directors: Jonas von Schwedes/Lukas Kölling
Graphic Designer: Jonas Sebastian Weber
Agency Producer: Katrin Kaiser
Online Company: For Sale Digital, Hamburg
Creative Director Digital: Gün Aydemir
Photographer: Frank Groll
Production Company: EASYdoesit, Berlin
Director: Chehad Abdallah
Executive Producer: Sebastian von Gumpert
Producer: Gregor Moellers
Director of Photography: Phillip Kaminiak
Production Design & Construction: Neulant Van Exel
Post-Production Company: Vivid Grey, Berlin
Post Producer: Simon Geis
Color Grading Company: Arri Mitte, Berlin
Sound Design Company: Hesse Studios, Berlin
Actor: Herold Vomeer
Website URL: http://hornbach-mancave.eu
The Campaign
Everyone needs a place to retreat. A spot where the inner madness can be acted out. This place was invented by HORNBACH. And it's called "Man Cave".
The manliest place on earth - where whiskers grow on wood.
In this room HORNBACH made armchairs fly and beer flow through a hall. It brought the forest into a huge wheel and a fishing pond into a living room. Created and explained by an authentic quick-witted man who entertained the masses with anecdotes. But a good project also needs a serious core. The Man Cave projects function. There are no tricks. No double bottom. Users can download the construction guides on the microsite and they find each tiny screw in every HORNBACH Market.
This professional madness was spread all over the internet and revolutionized the genre of online tutorials.
Creative Execution
Every fridays. At 2 pm. The Man Cave ruled the HORNBACH Facebook Channel. After the online community got used to this rhythm, it cried out to see the next episode already on Wednesday.
During 5 weeks this digital campaign was spreaded in different social media channels. On Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter all these heroic projects were broadcasted in a short video. On YouTube as pre-role ads, on Facebook the whole episode was shown, on Instagram 15 sec. versions of the episodes as loops and on Twitter as sponsored ads. First it was teased with a short trailer on these channels. Afterwards the full video of each project was published. Moreover there was a trailer shown in cinemas. In all these playouts was a link to the "Man Cave" microsite integrated. On this site people found all projects including the construction plans.