Velveeta:
Fondue what you want

Shortlisted Young Ones submission, 2024.

We made a fondue candle!

The Young Ones ask: Create an activation as part of La Dolce Velveeta, Vel’s campaign that encourages Gen Z to “live lives of outrageous pleasure.”

Problem: Twenty-somethings are self-conscious about entertaining, so they feel obligated to serve ‘fancy’ foods and aren’t considering Velveeta.

Insight: Young adults are facing an epidemic of performative adulthood. They’re taught they need to do the absolute most to prove they’re adults.

Strategy: Melt away your obligations.

Objective: Create an indulgent, shareable, Velveeta-based alternative to the charcuterie board, the embodiment of performative adulthood.

(Or you can serve it with your charcuterie — whatever brings you outrageous pleasure.)

TEAM

Hazel Cimino: art direction, acting, product design
Anari Fleming: strategy, script
Ed Keithly (me): strategy, voice over
Taylor Martin: art direction, video editing, product design

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