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Umbro’s cunning new boot

LOVE’s all new global ad campaign for Umbro’s Stealth football boot launched over the weekend and is already causing a bit of a stir by posing a simple question:

‘ARE YOU FOX OR CHICKEN?’

The premise; quick, light and deadly, Stealth wearers become cunning predators on the pitch, allowing them to hunt down and obliterate the competition.

Media includes print, retail, digital, in-stadia, video and guerilla.

The print executions, shot by Tom van Schelven, feature a combination of predator and victim scenarios while the video, directed by LOVE’s own Mike Hughes, sees a more abstract on-pitch hunt play out. See below.

Here’s the press and retail executions:

And here’s some shots from a guerilla projection live from Manchester’s Northern Quarter.

3 Responses to Umbro’s cunning new boot

  1. Are you using DIN 1451 Std Engschrift for the print ads? Tis a gorgeous font, glorious ads too – nice work!

    on March 8, 2010 by Jamesp0p
  2. Sorry for late reply, yes it is the very lovely DIN 1451 Engschrift (even nicer with a bit of extra letter spacing). Excellent font recognition

    on March 31, 2010 by Chrism
  3. Great thinking! That ralely breaks the mold!

    on May 7, 2011 by Eddie

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