Diesel

Fall 2020 Ad Campaign


Diesel unveils a new campaign which humorously explores the importance and absence of memory during the locked-down summer of 2020. With the slogan “Make beautiful memories of what you didn’t do,” the multi-platform campaign invites fans to reimagine all of their cancelled plans.

The centerpiece of the Fall 2020 campaign is Diesel’s new customizable denim collection. Through a special portal on Diesel’s website – and in select stores worldwide – clients will be able to personalize the leather tags on denim with something they could not participate in this year. The intention is to commemorate what they did not do, and the memory-making moments that ensued in the absence of those plans. This theme of failed plans and alternate memories is realized in a photography campaign lensed JP Bonino. Energetic photographs juxtapose the would-be events with the real memories that replaced them.

The customizable collection and its campaign are somewhat concept-heavy, and it remains to be seen whether fans will embrace the gimmick. However, Diesel deserves to be commended for the smart recognition of one of 2020’s most defining failures, and for slickly translating it into a visual medium. Even if this year hasn’t gotten any better with age, a good pair of jeans always does.

Agency Credits 
Creative Agency | Publicis Italy 
Global CCO Publicis WW | Bruno Bertelli 
CCO Publicis Italy | Cristana Boccassini 
Global Executive Creative Director | Mihnea Gheorghiu 
Global Creative Director | Eoin Sherry 
Head of Art | Costanza Rossi 
Associate Creative Director/ Art Director | Arthur Amorim 
Associate Creative Director/ Copywriter | Dan Arango 
Art Director | Daniele Tesi 
Copywriter | Nicolò Santovincenzo 
Designer/Art Director | Luca Villa 
Strategic Planner | Monica Radulescu 
Group Account Director | Ilaria Castiglioni 
Account Supervisor | Gonzalo Gutierrez 
Head of TV Production | Francesca Zazzera 
TV Producers | Erica Lora Lamia & Beatrice Pepe 
Art Buyers | Caterina Collesano & Marcella Garutti
Social Media Manager | Saraluna Goodloe 
Head of Social Client Services and Strategy | Alessandro Bochicchio 

Film credits
Director | Pantera
Director of Photography | Jake Hunter 
Production Company | SOMESUCH & CO LTD X ANONYMOUS CONTENT
Executive Producer | Tor Fitzwilliams 
Producer | James Greenall 

Music credits 
Music | Sizzer – original composition with Jackie T & the Jetpacks 
Music Supervision | Michael Bertoldini 

Print campaign 
Photographer | JP Bonino 
Post Production | Numerique 


Senior Fashion Writer | The Impression