LITTLE BREAKS
Brand
KITKAT
Entrant Agency
VML
Category
Design
Award
Bronze
Festival & Year
Cannes Lions (2026)
Presentation Board
( Little Breaks
Hand-drawn reminders of how good a little break can feel.
For70 years, KitKat has given the same advice: have a break.
But in today’s world of noisy advertising, we decided to stop
telling people and started showing them instead. Rather
than adding to the noise, we turned to design, bringing an
array of delicate hand-drawn characters to life within the
iconic logo. Each one acting as a visual pause, peacefully
prompting our audience to slow down, bringing the brand
and the break closer than ever.
JCDecaux
Drawing hundreds of characters in each crop
allowed us to find a balance. Using positions that
showed complete comfort within the anatomy of
the type but designed to stand out just enough
to catch the eye of our audience.
