Hornbach: Man Cave [image]

Credits & Description:

Agency: Heimat Berlin, Germany
Client: Hornbach
Product: Diy Home Improvements Superstores
Entrant: Heimat Berlin, Germany
Title: Man Cave
Product/Service: Diy Home Improvements Superstores
Idea Creation: Heimat Berlin, Germany
Production: Easydoesit Berlin, Germany
Additional Company: For Sale Digital Hamburg, Germany
Additional Company 2: Hesse Studios Berlin, Germany
Additional Company 3: Vividgrey.De Berlin, Germany
Additional Company 4: Neulant Van Exel Berlin, Germany
Additional Company 5: Flix Agency Berlin, Germany
Client Marketing Director: Thomas Schnaitmann (Hornbach)
Client Marketing Director: Julia Ziegelmann (Hornbach)
Chief Creative Officer: Guido Heffels (HEIMAT Berlin)
Creative Director: Guido Heffels (Guido Heffels)
Creative Director Digital: Gün Aydemir (HEIMAT Berlin)
Senior Art Director: Jonas von Schwedes (HEIMAT Berlin)
Senior Copywriter: Corbinian Hennies (HEIMAT Berlin)
Junior Copywriter: Natalie Schaaf (HEIMAT Berlin)
Copywriter: Nicolas Blättry (HEIMAT Berlin)
Graphic Designer: Jonas Sebastian Weber (HEIMAT Berlin)
Agency Account Director: Frauke Bielefeldt (HEIMAT Berlin)
Agency Account Manager: Xenia Kraider (HEIMAT Berlin)
Agency Account Manager: Franziska Lequen (HEIMAT Berlin)
Agency Producer: Katrin Kaiser (HEIMAT Berlin)
Director: Chehad Abdallah
Director of Photography: Phillip Kaminiak
Executive Producer: Sebastian von Gumpert
Producer: Gregor Moellers
Actor: Herold Vomeer
Photographer: Frank Groll
Post Producer: Simon Geis
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.