Motion Sickness’ Andrew Hathaway and Kelly France take out top spot at 2022 Pixel Awards
After a receiving a record number of entries, LUMO has announced that Andrew Hathaway and Kelly France of Motion Sickness have won the 2022 Pixel Awards, with their campaign for Melanoma New Zealand. The innovative campaign uses LUMO’s DOOH technology to display a ‘live skin burn reading’ on billboards across the country, to remind New Zealanders about the danger of sun exposure.
This year’s awards garnered a huge amount of interest and enthusiasm from the creative industry, in particular the independent agencies, which led to the judges also awarding three highly commended entries to Pitchblack Partners, Daylight Creative, and Yarn Agency.
Says 2022 Pixel Awards judge Tom Johnson, creative director at Special: “The winning entries were chosen based on their innovative use of DOOH technology, as well as being visually captivating.
“The Melanoma New Zealand campaign used the digital out-of-home medium particularly well – it was a clever way to use LUMO’s technology to educate New Zealanders about the dangers of sun exposure.”
Says Hathaway and France: “We all know the New Zealand sun is unforgiving, but it can be hard to remember the dangers when you can’t see them. In a partnership with Melanoma NZ, we wanted to expose the risks the New Zealand sun poses by having LUMO’s billboard sites display a ‘live skin burn’, which accurately reflects skin that has been exposed to that UV level throughout the day. By syncing LUMO’s billboards up to the official UV index, we will be able to show Kiwis exactly how at-risk they are at any given time.”
The Melanoma New Zealand campaign will receive $40,000 worth of media placement across the LUMO digital network to showcase the creative. Plus the Motion Sickness creative team will also take home a $5,000 cash prize, as well as a Pixel trophy designed by New Zealand artist, Simon Lewis Wards.
The highly commended entries from Pitch Black, Daylight Creative, and Yarn Agency will also see their campaigns on screens across the country.
Says Hamish Smith, CMO, LUMO: “We’ve been blown away by the interest and engagement from the creative industry in the Pixel Awards; the calibre of entries was truly impressive. The record number of entries indicates an increasing understanding of the technologies and creative possibilities that Digital Out-Of-Home affords. We hope the success of the awards serves as a catalyst for more dynamic and creative campaigns moving forward.”
Awarded Campaigns:
- Motion Sickness – Melanoma New Zealand
- Pitchblack Partners – Burger King
- Daylight Creative – Arepa
- Yarn Agency – Hell Pizza
6 Comments
Congrats to Yarn, the only team that won without a judge on the panel.
Yes, those independent agencies are doing a lot of judging lately, but that’s what happens and that’s what gets skewered, when the big agencies are too big, too busy and some might say, too arrogant to participate
Didn’t realise Motion Sickness had Melanoma New Zealand as a client. Good to see the first prize did go to a charity scam ad
Pays to be a judge if you want to win I guess. Would love to see some of the ideas that didn’t make the cut.
So obvious. Amateur comp and judges.
Agree. Get that it happens all the time in award shows, but they could have at least tried to make it less obvious.