Lexus Hoverboard

Lexus Hoverboard campaign

monty verdi advertising creative director awards
 

Over 40 million views and 92 awards including Cannes Gold Cyber Lion and Eurobest Grand Prix for Branded Content & Entertainment

Instead of making an ad, we designed and built the world's first fully working Hoverboard, then revealed it to a global audience.

The research showed that Lexus occupied a very rational space in the mind of potential customers: well made, great customer service, but lacking in excitement. 

Rather than tell people that Lexus was a visionary and exciting company, we decided to show them. 

With very little media money we worked with influencers in relevant online communities– tech lovers, petrol heads and sci fi fans – to make sure that the content would reach a global audience.

 The campaign generated an estimated $64m worth of coverage – there were 40,000 social media posts on launch day alone.  More importantly that year saw Lexus achieve record car sales.

 

 

The Teaser Film

 

The Hero Film

 

The Case Study Film

 

The Documentary Film