Edu Menezes

Inequality Balls

Two balls side by side, the same ball at two sizes. The small one is the share women get.

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Client
espnW / ESPN + Penalty
Agency
Africa Creative DDB
Role
Motion Design
Year
2018

The brief

Everybody knows inequality in sport exists. Nobody knows how big the numbers are: sponsorship, league investment and media content all skew to the men's game.

The idea

Put the numbers in everyone's heads, hands and feet. Penalty made a pair of balls for football, basketball, handball and volleyball, one at full size and one scaled down to the women's share, and espnW sent them to 50 influencers.

The result

15.3 million people reached, 7.5 million social interactions and searches for inequality in sport up 240%. The balls sold on Netshoes, with the money going to Think Olga. Silver and Bronze Lions in Design at Cannes 2018 and the Clio Sports Grand in 2019.

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Credits

Creative Direction — Sergio Gordilho

Creative — Guzera Alves, Bill Queiroga

Direction / Photography — Nixon Freire

Editing — Matheus Razera Tibira, Cadu Silveira

Motion Graphics — Edu Menezes

Production — PBA

Sound — Quiet City Music + Sound

Awards
Cannes Lions 2018Silver · Design-driven EffectivenessBronze · Promotional Item Design
Clio Sports 2019Grand Award · Social Good
The One Show 2019Merit · Direct Marketing
D&AD 2019Shortlist · Direct Mail