Okamoto Condoms Rebranding
2021
A final year project done with Fang Kee (behance.net/fangkee)
View it on behance too @ tinyurl.com/34yjywns

AWARDS - CROWBAR AWARDS 2021

BRANDING | B09
Illustration & Graphic Design

GOLD
BRANDING | B08
Design

SILVER
BRANDING | B04
Corporate / Branding Identity

BRONZE
DESIGN | C14
Illustration & Graphic Design

BRONZE
DESIGN | C01 
Corporate / Branding

BRONZE

Zi Yen

Illustrations / Gift Box / Merchandise / Retail / Copywriting 

Fang Kee

Logo / Packaging / Website

CURRENT BRANDING

BRAND ISSUES 
  1. Okamoto lacks brand awareness and brand character.

  1. Not many people have heard of their name due to being overshadowed by direct competitor Durex, leading to lack of trust in the brand (which is super important for a condom brand).

  1. Their brand character also feels generic and lacks distinctiveness that could set themselves apart from other brands. Sometimes, it feels like they are trying to be Durex with the cheeky tone, but it comes off as crass and unoriginal.

OUR PLAN

OBJECTIVE

Reposition Okamoto as a trustable brand that will be memorable.


INSIGHT #1

Okamoto has a wide variety of thin condoms, making
it their niche. 

INSIGHT #2

Customers recognise them by their packaging.

INSIGHT #3

Buying condoms is generally seen as embarassing due to societal stigma towards sex.


TARGET AUDIENCE #1

Anxious First Timers
‌Who need something subtle but exciting

TARGET AUDIENCE #2

Confident Couples
Who need something closest to doing raw while staying safe


CONCEPT

Trustable + Not Crass + Always has your back

A Best Friend

ILLUSTRATIONS 

Inspired by Japanese Illustrator, Daisuke Nimura, whose works show expressive body language with a deadpan face, we want to convey the same feeling of "a best friend" doing stupid things with you. This type of contradicting expressiveness also goes back to making Okamoto embrace it's proudly Japanese roots.

Each illustration conveys the type of condom in a fun and cheeky manner, while not bordering on crude or crass. 

GIFT BOX

We also created gift boxes made for any occasion: Weddings, Anniversaries, Valentines' day etc. Because best friends give the best gifts while looking out for you in ways more than one.

What's inside this Valentine's day box?
1. 4 Packs of Okamoto Roman Rose  because Valentines' Day isn't complete without roses.
2. Pocky  to play the pocky game
3. Diffuser  to combat the smell of sex
4. Wet wipes 
to clean your fingers (sexy time isn't always the neatest time)
5. Salonpas  
just in case you strain your muscle from trying a new position

MERCHANDISE

RETAIL