The winners of the global WARC Innovation
Awards, recognising innovative thinking that delivers tangible results,
are revealed with Saatchi & Saatchi Australia taking top honours by
winning both the Grand Prix and the Product Innovation Special Award for
Toyota LandCruiser. McCann Melbourne was also awarded Gold and a
Special Award for Non-for-Profit for Vision Australia 'Free Puppies
Forever'.
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campaign for car manufacturer Toyota brought emergency communications
to the 5.3 million square kilometres of Australia's landmass that
currently receives no mobile signal, by installing signal-providing
devices in its LandCruiser models.
WARC Innovation judge Hugo Pinto - innovation services leader EMEA, IBM
Interactive Experience, described why this innovation on the part of
Toyota was such a stand-out case study: "There is nothing like this
particular car to get you through rough terrain. Toyota is leveraging an
asset here, creating a crowdsourced emergency network, where every
Toyota LandCruiser owner can sign up to do their fair share and give
back to their communities. This shows people that they can have a much
bigger impact because they own a specific vehicle. It blurs the
boundaries between personal and professional. This will be the next
stage of sharing economy."
In addition to the Grand Prix, the
25-strong eminent judging panel of client- and agency-side experts,
chaired by Dana Anderson, senior VP and CMO for Mondelez International
and soon to be CMO of MediaLink, also awarded six Golds, four Silvers,
three Bronzes and four more Special Awards recognising specific areas of
excellence.
Grand Prix + Special Award for Product Innovation • Saatchi & Saatchi, Australia, Toyota, LandCruiser Emergency Network (L.E.N.)
Gold • McCann, Australia, Vision Australia, Free Puppies Forever + Special Award for Non-for-Profit
• Kindred, UK, Penguin Random House, Tim Weaver's MISSING + Special Award for Channel Innovation
• J. Walter Thompson Beirut, Lebanon, Bou Khalil Supermarché, The Good Note
• AMV BBDO / Blue 449, UK, Currys PC World, Drop A Hint + Special Award for Co-Created Content
• DigitasLBi, USA, Whirlpool, Care Counts
• AMV BBDO, UK, Bodyform, No Blood Should Hold Us Back + Special Award for Category Innovation
Silver • Formitas BBDO, Slovenia, Spar Interspar, Start It Up Slovenia
• BBDO Bangkok, Thailand, Helpmet - Thai Health Promotion Foundation, Injury Detecting
Helmet
• FP7/DXB (a part of McCann Worldgroup), UAE, NHI-Daman, Giving People Vitamin D
• FP7/CAI, Egypt, Baheya Cancer Hospital, The Sweet Donation
Bronze • FP7/DXB (a part of McCann Worldgroup) / MediaVest Spark , UAE, Emirates NBD, The A/C Vests
• Livity, UK, Dyson, Rethinking Recruitment
• FP7/DXB (a part of McCann Worldgroup), UAE, MasterCard, 'A Priceless Delivery'
The winners of the WARC Innovation 2017 Grand Prix and Special Awards share a $10,000 prize fund.
View here the case studies of all the winners.