DARI

Art direction and a launch campaign for a new way to discover places.

DARI case study by Bricks

DARI needed a launch world that felt selective, cinematic, and immediately ownable. Bricks shaped the art direction around access and anticipation, then translated it into a flexible campaign system.

A launch language that moves from teaser to reveal to service posts without losing its sense of mystery.

  • Launch strategy
  • Art direction
  • Campaign
  • Photo & video

The brief

DARI came to us before launch with a service that had to feel selective from the first frame. The ask was a world that promises access, not another listing app. We started by deciding what the campaign would refuse to explain.

The first thing anyone saw. A waiting list, a phone off the hook, and no explanation.
The first thing anyone saw. A waiting list, a phone off the hook, and no explanation.

Say less

We built the art direction around what stays hidden. Closed doors, gloved hands and single objects carry the story, so every teaser asks a question instead of answering one. The copy stayed short enough to read at a glance inside a story.

Shot through a door lens, so you are outside a room that is already open for someone else.
Shot through a door lens, so you are outside a room that is already open for someone else.

The places

The service is only as good as the rooms it opens, so we shot spaces as places you would want to be let into. Night, warm light and empty floors do more for that than a wide daytime tour. Each location was covered vertical and square in the same visit.

One of the spaces, shot after hours with the city left in the window.
One of the spaces, shot after hours with the city left in the window.

The people

Then we put people back in. The lifestyle frames are deliberately ordinary moments, someone checking a phone or holding a card, because the promise is easier to believe when it looks like a normal evening. It also gave the feed something warm to sit between the teasers.

A booking happening in real time, lit like the evening it belongs to.
A booking happening in real time, lit like the evening it belongs to.

The system

One palette, one type treatment and a fixed set of frames keep the campaign consistent from teaser to reveal to service posts. We handed it over with enough range to run for months without repeating itself. The same language now carries every new announcement.

The product in hand, shot to work as a still and as the last frame of a reel.
The product in hand, shot to work as a still and as the last frame of a reel.

Next case study

All work

Work with us

Start a project.

Tell us about the brief and who it is for.