Campbell Company of Canada is putting the AI in pAIntings with its latest marketing campaign aimed to help modernise its iconic red and white condensed soup can. The soup brand is leveraging generative artificial intelligence (AI) to reimagine artwork of its iconic can through various artistic styles, which will debut on social.
For decades, Campbell鈥檚 has been a leading food brand and an art inspiration. The soup brand has brought to life engaging visualisations of how its famous red and white can could have been painted in a range of styles from the past, intended to reconnect Campbell鈥檚 with creativity.
As part of their 'Campbell鈥檚 pAIntings' campaign, the brand鈥檚 Instagram page @campbellcanada, will be transformed into a virtual gallery featuring over a dozen reimagined artistic AI outputs, to surprise and delight consumers and art lovers alike. The artwork will also pop up on transit shelters.
鈥淐ampbell鈥檚 soup is a brand grounded in a great deal of tradition,鈥 Mackenzie Davison, VP of marketing at Campbell Company of Canada says, 鈥渂ut it鈥檚 equally important to evolve and engage with modern trends to continue to stay relevant today and for years to come. Campbell鈥檚 pAIntings immediately drew us in as a way to tap into today鈥檚 culture that stays true to the brand鈥檚 history.鈥
鈥淭his was an exciting project because there was no way for us to know exactly what the output would look like. AI prompts are a bit of an art unto themselves,鈥 said Brian Murray, chief creative officer at Zulu Alpha Kilo. 鈥淎lso, to keep the experiment pure, Campbell鈥檚 asked us not to retouch the art in any way, even leaving in any typos on the cans鈥 labels.鈥
Campbell鈥檚 pAIntings was developed in collaboration with agency partner Zulu Alpha Kilo for the creative, paid media partner Spark Foundry, and spPR was engaged for PR outreach and earned media.