Adam Jackson · Creative Executive · Brooklyn NY

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Bringing the fun back to the brand

Bringing the fun back to the brand

Bringing the fun back to the brand

A bright, whimsical brand language alongside a new TV campaign

A bright, whimsical brand language alongside a new TV campaign

Bringing the fun back to the brand
Bringing the fun back to the brand

My role

My role

Brand Design Director, Droga5

The problem

The problem

The problem

Chasing millennials, IHOP had lost the goofy, warm personality and pile-it-high, have-it-your-way menu people loved. The refresh brought IHOP back home: the pancake house everyone grew up with, where breakfast for dinner is always on the table.

Chasing millennials, IHOP had lost the goofy, warm personality and pile-it-high, have-it-your-way menu people loved. The refresh brought IHOP back home: the pancake house everyone grew up with, where breakfast for dinner is always on the table.

Vision

Vision

Vision

  1. Win it with design.Led design for the new business pitch, then the brand evolution that followed.

  2. Bring the fun back.A bright, whimsical brand language launched alongside a new TV campaign, reconnecting IHOP with its roots.

  1. Win it with design.Led design for the new business pitch, then the brand evolution that followed.

  2. Bring the fun back.A bright, whimsical brand language launched alongside a new TV campaign, reconnecting IHOP with its roots.

  1. Win it with design.Led design for the new business pitch, then the brand evolution that followed.

  2. Bring the fun back.A bright, whimsical brand language launched alongside a new TV campaign, reconnecting IHOP with its roots.

The work

The work

The work

Imagery: Playing With Our Food
Imagery: Playing With Our Food

Visual tone: Playful Food
Visual tone: Playful Food

Visual tone: Charmingly Eccentric graphics and illustration
Visual tone: Charmingly Eccentric graphics and illustration

Graphic elements: Smile, You’re at IHOP
Graphic elements: Smile, You’re at IHOP

Pancakes. Pancakes. Pancakes.
Pancakes. Pancakes. Pancakes.
IHOP print ads: All the pancakes you can pancakes, and A burger is just a meat pancake
IHOP print ads: All the pancakes you can pancakes, and A burger is just a meat pancake
Pancakes. Burgers. joined by the IHOP smile
Pancakes. Burgers. joined by the IHOP smile
Pancakes. Pancakes. Pancakes. pattern
Pancakes. Pancakes. Pancakes. pattern

Next step

Start with a
30-minute call

Hiring a creative leader, or need one for a project? I’m open to full-time leadership roles in New York, fractional work and fixed-scope consulting. Tell me what your team is up against.

Next step

Start with a
30-minute call

Hiring a creative leader, or need one for a project? I’m open to full-time leadership roles in New York, fractional work and fixed-scope consulting. Tell me what your team is up against.

Adam Jackson · Creative Executive · Brooklyn NY