[HYUNDAI]

insteroid

[2025]
[01] CONCEPT

THE INSTEROID

A glitch in the car industry.

Hyundai took their smallest EV model, the Inster, and gave it some steroids. The result? The Insteroid, their latest concept car. Half real, half race car, half straight out of an arcade (yes, I know that's three halves already), it puts the fun back in driving, even if only as an exercise.

To launch it, we came up with a concept that shows exactly what the Insteroid is: a glitch in the car industry.
And we took that quite literally, focusing the execution on the glitch that takes it from Inster to Insteroid, from a small EV to a badass racing car.

[02] TEASER

Teasing
the Insteroid

Before the launch, we started building anticipation in the automotive community by introducing the campaign concept and showing the transformation from Inster to supercar.
The teaser, directed at car enthusiasts, was posted on Hyundai's social and digital channels, alongside the reveal date.

[03] REVEAL

Revealing
the design

On April 1st, 2025, the Insteroid was out in the world. Some people thought it was an April Fool's joke, but we were for real.
Once again, Instagram and social were the playground to flex the bold design lines and the name.

[04] HERO FILM

The launch

After weeks of anticipation, it was time to really show what the Insteroid was all about. For that, we created a 90" hero film, focusing on the design elements, performance and distinctive character of the car. We created a world inspired in cyberpunk futuristic videogames, and made the Insteroid drive through a racetrack in a post-apocallyptic city covered in neons. 

[05] HIGHLIGHTS
[06] CREDITS

Year: 2023
My Role: Creative Direction

Client: Hyundai Motors

Agency: Innocean Berlin

Chief Creative Officer: Gabriel Mattar
Executive Creative Director: Ricardo Wolff
Creative Directors: Pedro Lourenço,
José Filipe Gomes 
Senior Art Director: Ahmet Kilic
Senior Copywriter: Nicolás Montanaro
Copywriter: Edu Muñoz
Art Director: Konstantinos Alexandrakis
Senior Account Director: Sven Kuebler

Senior Account Manager: Keta Kavlashvili, Oliver Soufan
Account Manager: Sheena Rajgarhia

Head of Production: Fabian Barz
Senior Producer: Allison Markert
Strategy Director: Anna Nowak-Otto
Strategist: Ilaria Traverso

Production Company: Felga

Director: Pawel Jermak
DOP: Bartek Hlawka
Editor: Igor Kaczmarek
Production Coordinator: Judyta Staniszewska

Postproduction: VEIN Post

Post Producer: Dana Sakaieva
Online: Krzysztof Ligocki

Music & Sound Design: UN.STUDIOS

Colorists: Szymon Obrostek, Piotr Nowicki

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