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The Purple Café

Six live-action Korean micro-dramas for Colgate Optic White Purple were extended by using generative AI to create bespoke toolkits for influencers across Asia. Audiences suggested alternate endings, which became generated versions of the stories.

Client
Colgate-Palmolive
Agencies
Ogilvy ANZ (creative)WPP Production (generative AI production)
Role
Generative production strategy
Period
2026

The campaign needed a modular generative system that could produce a wide range of scenarios on short timelines, while the underlying video models kept evolving. It was a fun and challenging design, built in close collaboration with several teams across Asia Pacific.

The Purple Café campaign artwork, combining Colgate Optic White Purple products with a collage of characters from the series and its AI activation.
A lead from The Purple Café series smiles at the purple café table, in a lilac blazer, with the Colgate and Purple Café marks in frame.

Credits

Client

  • EVP Marketing, Asia PacificSamir Singh
  • Sr. Director, Marketing APACWen Zhu
  • Director, Marketing APACAnaswar Rajagopal
  • Senior Brand Manager APACLiz Yang
  • Head Content Lab, APACKenny Choo
  • Content Production Manager, APACJacinta Francis
  • Senior Digital Art Director, APACKatelyn Chen
  • Shopper Design Manager, APACAudrey Lee

Creative & Media

  • Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy Group Hong KongSarah-Leith Izzard
  • Senior Art Director APAC, WPPCPKen Kaneko
  • Copywriter, WPPCPOliver Samuelson
  • Executive Director APAC, WPPCPDaniel Cullen
  • Business Director, APAC, WPPCPKunal Rasania
  • Associate Account Director, WPPCPMark Tan
  • Associate Strategy Director, WPPCPInes Rubio
  • President – Client Solutions, WPP MediaVidhyadhar Kale
  • APAC Strategy Partner, WPP MediaPranay Shah Singh
  • APAC Regional Strategy Director, WPP MediaRana Mughees Nawaz
  • Senior Regional Manager, Strategy & Planning, WPP Media SingaporeBenjamin Lee
  • Director, Social and Influence Strategy, Ogilvy PR ANZBrenda Ho
  • Head of Consumer Health, Ogilvy PR ANZBen Hickey
  • Senior Social Specialist, Ogilvy PR ANZAndrea Rutgers
  • Business Director, Ogilvy KoreaSiyoung Sung
  • Account Executive, Ogilvy KoreaMinchae Kwak

Production

  • Head of Moving Image, WPP Production SingaporeJacinta Loo
  • Integrated Producer, WPP Production SingaporeRenee Lim
  • Head of Office, WPP Production SingaporeShu Pin Lee
  • Head of Production, WPP Production AustraliaZivy Johnson
  • Head of Product & Innovation, WPP Production AustraliaRaphael Ruz
  • Senior Content Producer, WPP Production AustraliaBen Wallace
  • Craft Lead, WPP Production AustraliaSam Martin
  • Gen AI Creative Director, WPP Production ChennaiSudarshan Raghunathan
  • Production HouseWhynot Media Co., Ltd
  • DirectorGyubin Lee
  • DOPSado Choi
  • ScreenwriterSurin Song
  • Head of ProductionSohee Cho
  • Executive ProducerMinseok Lee
  • Project ManagerSonghee Ko (Grace)