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Durex / A campaign story

A familiar game.
A different conversation.

Cricket had the screen. Durex wanted couples to make a little room for each other. D20 turned a national obsession into a playful invitation for two.

ClientDurex
CategoryTVCs & Digital Films
The taskMake intimacy part of the IPL conversation
Colour pencil artwork for Durex

During the IPL, cricket takes over screens, schedules and conversations. For Durex, that created a particular challenge: how could a brand associated with intimacy find a place in a moment when everyone’s attention was on the match?

D20 took its cue from T20. The idea was to invite couples to take a twenty-minute timeout for themselves, using the language of the season to make a different kind of suggestion. That gave the campaign an immediate connection to cricket and a suggestion the audience could understand in a moment.

The films leaned into situational humour and cheeky double meanings. A lighter delivery suited the invitation. It allowed the work to retain Durex’s familiar boldness while giving people something they could enjoy, recognise and share without the message becoming heavy-handed. The pace of the films also belonged to the high-energy world around the IPL.

The campaign went on to receive more than ten million online views and a silver at the Goa Effies for effectiveness, and was cleared for television. Those results followed a simple creative decision: meet people inside the conversation they were already having, then give that conversation a playful new direction.

The pleasure of a good idea is the moment you get it.

The D20 collection.

A different brief.
The same curiosity.

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