Visi is seen as the curator of all things creative and beautiful, whether that be in graphic design, architecture or industrial design.
Our brief was to create posters and wobblers that could be placed in stores and on products that got Visi’s stamp of approval within the Cape Quarter shopping mall in Cape Town.
We were tasked with transforming Visi magazine non-subscribers into repeat buyers.
We partnered with acclaimed designer Heath Nash to create an exclusive lamp, constructed of three separate pieces. We inserted the pieces into three consecutive issues of VISI. In order to build the lamp, you had to buy every issue.
The problem VISI faced was that subscription ads tend to be boring, information-intensive pieces that feel disconnected from the magazines they are supposed to be selling.
Visi Magazine is the ultimate reference tool for designers, decorators, architects and anyone else who is looking for the coolest and most cutting edge stuff. So, why not use a Visi magazine to sell Visi magazines?
Our solution? Imagine you opened up what you thought was an issue of Visi, jam-packed with awesome stuff, only to discover that someone else had seen it first. Even worse, the stuff was so cool they’d actually cut out all the pictures.
All we then had to do was hijack the normal distribution chain of the magazine, placing cut-out magazines in waiting rooms, salons, design school foyers and office receptions.
VISI Magazine is a South African magazine that showcases design, interiors and architecture. The brief was to increase sales and create collateral that would appeal to the magazine’s creative target market.