Founded in 1933, api is a historic trademark for the distribution of petroleum products in Italy and has consolidated its primary position among the Italian players in the market of reference. From the year of its founding to the present, it has played an active role in the Italian market, following both its evolutions and vicissitudes.
The company’s external image was conveyed and supported by communication campaigns with high visibility and sedimentation, especially during the 1970s (“con api si vola”, literally “with api you fly”). An important milestone in the company's history occurred in 2005 when api acquired IP. The acquisition allowed api to achieve a dominant position of leadership in Italy with over 4,200 sales points and a market share of about 10%.
One consequence of the acquisition was the merging of two business realities that, beyond the specific characteristics and peculiarities of each, also had different cultures and identities:
∞ api, a brand with a noble past, is small, close and reassuring.
∞ IP, is the stronger, more dynamic brand.
For more than 12 months, this has translated into the physical implementation, throughout the network of a new, unique commercial brand, “IP Gruppo api”. The trademark originates from the union of the two existing brands and the need to give both equal weight, with the api group elevated to the rank of corporate and the IP trademark becoming the commercial brand.
The process of Rebranding the entire network will continue through all of 2010 and conclude in 2011.
这是什么？
在这一步中，您将看到要求您提供解决方案的品牌 Builder 相关信息。他会自我介绍 (当然是作为品牌 :) 您对品牌的了解越深入，您的作品被接受的可能性越大。
重要事项：可能出于保密原因，品牌 Builder 不愿透露自己的身份。此类 Brief 将以匿名方式发布。这种情况下，品牌 Builder 想介绍多少，就介绍多少。
这里有两个例子
如果愿意透露其身份（可见）：
“NMN -No More Nicotine- 是一个承诺能抵消吸烟对皮肤造成的损害的品牌。NMN 通过药房销售，价格定位处于中高档；该品牌主要通过专业人士推荐，没有大量的广告宣传。”
如果品牌不希望透露其身份（匿名）：
“能抵消吸烟对皮肤造成的损害的品牌。其产品通过药房销售，价格定位处于中高档；他们主要通过专业人士推荐，没有大量的广告宣传。”
简而言之：谁是您的客户 (无论是可见还是“匿名” :)
api and IP have their own product lines that, until the present, have traveled in parallel with separate brands. With the birth of the single IP Gruppo api trademark, the need emerged for a restyling of the entire Lubricant product line, whose objective is to standardize the two trademarks in a single brand and define the new graphic line for all the packages and labels of each product. In fact, the new Lubricant offering will require the replacement of several api and IP products and the introduction of a single product portfolio.
IP offers a broad range of Lubricant products intended for numerous applications that fall within the medium and high bands of the market segment both in terms of performance level and technical specifications. Lubricants are a complementary business to the offering of petroleum products and are marketed through a variety of sales channels.
It requires the creation of a new line of IP Lubricants for distribution throughout the entire IP sales network and outside of it: industry, service garages, specialized stores and large organized distribution. The tender offer in question requires the ideation of the new packaging and the development of the general graphic line of the product labels, broken down by type and size.
The Key focus of the communication will be the new IP brand and its Italianness. Italianness is a cardinal value deeply linked to the origins of the two Italian realities (api and IP), which is, today, expressed in the new IP Gruppo api brand, whose colors are the blue background of IP and three colors of the api Group spark. Italianness must be graphically translated with a reference/symbol that characterizes it, and that can be associated to either the packaging and/or the labels and is associated to the concept of “power” (the performance offered).
这是什么？
这是品牌 Builder 要求您完成的任务。如果您不了解，那您就彻底没戏了。
例子
“我们想让 Creator 设计一个印刷品广告宣传来增加品牌知名度。将在今春投放到全国媒体杂志上。”
简而言之，这是客户的目标，因此也是您的目标！
The targets are all the users of the Lubricant products:
∞ Wholesalers and resellers;
∞ Owners of car service shops/garages;
∞ Parts dealers;
∞ Sales point operators;
∞ Car dealers;
∞ Car drivers and owners of motorcycles.
这是什么？
品牌 Builder 希望您让他们高兴，并说服他们想到、感觉到或使用您的创作做某些事的人。通常您会读到他们的年龄、性别、社会阶层和行为。您在创作过程始终应把这些信息牢记在心，因为目标受众才是最终接受您作品的人。
例子
“想要戒烟但无法做到的女子。通常是关注自己外表、注意健康的成年人。他们对于自己吸烟感到愧疚，因为他们知道吸烟有害。他们阅读相关书籍。这对他们来说是一个真正的问题，就像：“我的脑袋要某样东西，但我的身体却不听使唤”。他们和我的品牌无关，他们只是在等待值得信赖的“援助之手。”
简而言之：把握他们的想法！
The new packaging should stimulate the targets of reference and Prospects (potential customers) to buy the new IP lubricants created from the unification of the two product lines with different qualities and brands.
Products capable of providing quality and reliability (since they are composed of basic minerals and suitably selected synthetics) and providing the engine the maximum protection against wear.
这是什么？
品牌 Builder 想要目标受众从您的创作中，思考 / 感觉 / 有所行动的东西。
以下是一些具体示例：
∞ 人们会想到 / 感觉到的一些事：
- 出现了一个新的品牌（或产品或创意或...）
- 这个品牌比其它的或以前的更好
- 这个品牌值得多花点钱
∞ 人们会做的一些事：
- 开始购买该品牌的产品
- 更经常购买该品牌的产品
- 在零售店里库存更多该品牌的产品
上面这些例子非常具体，而通常 Brief 提案是感性的。那样更好，因为可以带来灵感！
例子
“我们想要鼓励吸烟者使用 NMN，将对他们健康的影响降至最低，让他们继续尝试戒烟（尤其如果他们已经尝试过，但是未成功）。”
简而言之：进入他们的脑袋！
In deciding to purchase IP Lubricants, the targets can perceive the following characteristics linked to the image and performance offered by the product:
∞ Quality: guaranteed by the certification that all the products conform to the specifications of the ACEA (European Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association), under which each lubricant is considered to be in line with the principle of Fuel Economy, which guarantees fuel savings of about 2.5%;
∞ Reliability/efficiency: translated as the possibility that IP products have of providing the motor the maximum efficiency under all operating conditions, low consumption and long intervals between oil changes and reduced costs.
Both must be combined with the look & feel of the new packaging and the graphic line.
这是什么？
这是实现目标的关键；是支持提案，使其可信的内容。通常是理性的陈述。
例子
“您吸的每一根烟都对您的外表造成损害。最近的一项研究选取了多对一模一样的双胞胎，其中一个吸了一辈子烟，另一个则从未吸过烟。吸烟者的皮肤比不吸烟者的薄四分之一，有些差别甚至多达40%。NMN 含有能阻止皮肤变薄的抗氧化剂，抵消了尼古丁对皮肤的影响。”
简而言之：需要理由吗？就在这里！
Below, we list some of the most important adjectives that could best convey the imagined new packaging:
∞ in line with the new corporate brand;
∞ a reference to the concept of “power” (power in the engine);
∞ elegant;
∞ handy/practical;
∞ new.
这是什么？
这是品牌的个性。对...是个性！
将品牌视为一个人，有自己的个性。了解“客户”的个性对于完成度身定制的工作来说至关重要。所以，请仔细阅读所列的形容词...
例子
“科学、值得信赖、注重结果，实现您目标的‘良师益友’。”
简而言之：将其想象成一个活生生的人物！
The graphic will be applied to all the material contained in Attachment A.
Please note Attachment B, it contains important information for designing packaging that respects production limits.
这是什么？
列出了目标受众将能够看见您创作成果的地方（或媒介或事物）。这一步中，有时品牌还会告知您该制作的预计投资金额。此信息有助于您决定项目的规模大小。 :)
例子
“此广告活动将于 2009 年春季投放于侧重于生活方式和健康的新西兰妇女杂志上。我们计划投资 500000 美元，可以购买大约 100 张单页。”
简而言之：考虑媒介！
Functional attachments to the brief:
∞ List of materials to be designed (Attachment A - in English language);
∞ Technical requirements for developing the packaging and labels, which are distinct for each different type of package (Attachment B - in English language).
∞ New corporate communication format with spark and pantone colors (file: format);
∞ New IP and IP Gruppo api brands (file: Logo Gruppo API – Logo IP);
∞ Graphic kit for the new IP and IP Gruppo api brand(file: Linee Guida IP - Linee Guida GRUPPO api);
Useful and informative attachments:
∞ Competitive analysis (file: Analisi della concorrenza);
∞ Graphic of the front and back of the labels currently used for both the api and IP trademarks;
∞ Technical sheets and photo gallery of the current api and IP packages (file: attuali imballi api e IP)
Request for technical specifications:
∞ Technical sheets for each creative proposal: formats, dimensions and dies for all the required pieces.
∞ Indicate the chromatic references for each proposed piece and indicate the color scale per line/range/category.
We ask that you also specify the references (rights management and photo source) for any images that will have to be acquired on api's behalf.
Keep in mind that the technical content (specifications, chemical compounds, etc.) to be shown on the body of the back of each label will be developed at a later time and are not the object of the tender.
So, proposals can be presented in PDF or JPG format. The delivery of the definitive format is not required.
如果品牌有任何的偏好选择或解决方案必须达到的技术要求，会在这里提供说明。
这部分可能包括：
∞ 指导方针或必须包含的事项（注意事项）
∞ 商业目标
∞ 市场和竞争者概述
∞ 正面和反面样本
取决于 Brief 的不同，您可能会发现一些随附的文件，比如徽标、产品图片，您提交创意时使用的模板，或任何品牌想要与您分享的其他文件。所以，开始创作前先研究一下随附文件。
简而言之：所有需要您知道的其他事项（之前七步中没写的）！
