Argos - Trev's Dreamworld

Creating core memories for Christmas shoppers with a conversational AI.

Creating core memories for Christmas shoppers with a conversational AI.

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” - Arthur C Clarke

My first foray into experiential, in collaboration with Muster.

At Christmas it's hard to know what to get people. Wouldn't it be great i you could just ask a green plastic dinosaur for advice in a small commercial unit on Manchester city center? Totally.

Step into a welcoming red door and you're welcomed by the adorable west country T-Rex Trevor, from the Argos TV ads. He will use cutting edge voice recognition, innovative animation techniques and a bespoke tech stack to interrogate you on your Christmas list needs and even give you a plus version of himself to celebrate the day. Maximum Trev.

I was largely focussed on bring Trev to life, leading to a lot of legal wrangling to record the necessary footage to create the AI voice and a VERY fun session with Charlie Cooper in which he read children's books in character.


Technology really can create magic.

TEAM

MY ROLE

AGENCY

ECD

CD

CTD

CREATIVE TECH

CREATIVE DESIGN

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

T&P

ALEC BRAUN

CASPAR MASON

MATT MUSE

JULIA N'DIAMOI

JADE PUGH

Where next?