CRAFTMAN.SHIPS
Brand
SHIPS
Entrant Agency
HAKUHODO GRAVITY
Category
Design
Award
Silver
Festival & Year
Cannes Lions (2026)
Case Study Details
“Craftman.Ships”
Brand & Advertiser: Ships
Agency: Hakuhodo Gravity Inc., Tokyo/Hakuhodo Cabin Inc., Tokyo
Film Production Company: Hakuhodo Cabin Inc., Tokyo
Presentation Board
2.5km of Thread. 600 hours of Craft. A 50- Year Voyage, Stitched by Hand.
IDEA: The Heat of the Beginning EXECUTION: Craft over Al RESULTS: AShared Heritage 100% positive Sentiment from 1010 user Message
For its S0th anniversary, SHIPS moved beyond mere nostalgia. To convey the raw, uncooled heat of loving clothes to no end,” we chose’ __Inan era where Al can generate fis in minutes, we chose the Beyond digital media, the hundreds of physical frames used in
to declare its future: mitment to authentic craftsr idery over polished digital effects. We sourced most arduous path: hundreds of individual frames of hand-stitched production were exhibited across 80 SHIPS nationwide.
materials directly from our heritage—repurposng leftover threads and stop-motion. We believed the physical "vibration" and texture By placing the actual craft where employees and customers meet, 3
canvas scraps, traditionally used for sil, that hadlong been tucked away ofthe thread were the only ways to manifest the brand’s $0- the campaign transformed from a!mere advertisement into 2 145 % UP
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