These hilarious Organic Valley ads are a riff off hipster coffee culture. “We’re going to need one of those modern logos with an x in it!” Via Adweek:
“It’s pretty obvious coffee culture has become a parody of itself, considering how seriously it takes itself,” David Littlejohn, creative chief at Humanaut, which crafted the campaign (as well as Organic Valley’s earlier lauded efforts), tells Adweek. “The truth is, Organic Valley dairy farmers have the same amount of craft and passion for their product, but they would never talk about organic milk with the same level of pretension. We knew there was a funny tension between farmers and baristas we could play with.”
In the store, the coffee itself was placed off to the side in stainless steel carafes, and available free of charge—just like milk, cream and, yes, half-and-half are in more traditional cafes.
“What surprised us most is that people didn’t seem that thrown off or confused by a coffee shop that only sold organic half-and-half,” says Littlejohn. “No one had a problem paying $2 for a pour of organic half-and-half. In the end, the idea wasn’t as crazy as we thought it was.”
Credits
Client: Organic Valley
Agency: Humanaut
Chief Creative Director: David Littlejohn
Chief Strategist: Andrew Clark
Copywriters: Liza Behles, Andy Pearson, Tyler Sharkey
Design Director: Stephanie Gelabert
Designer: Coleson Amon
Account Director: Elizabeth Cates
Production Company: The Bindery
Director: Eric Ryan Anderson
Executive Producer: Greg Beauchamp
Director of Photography: Josh Goleman
Producer: Bo Armstrong
Production Manager: Lee Manne
Editor: Tyler Beasley / Fancy Rhino
Post Producer: Katie Nelson / Fancy Rhino
Music: Carl Cadwell / Skypunch Studios
Store Design: Pink Sparrow Scenic