W+K have teamed up with Finish to promote their Dishwasher Cleaner product. The ‘Who Cleans The Cleaner?’ film launched on 10th August 2015 and is Wieden+Kennedy London’s second campaign for RB’s Finish brand since winning the account in 2014.

The aim of the new campaign is to make consumers think (for the first time) about the cleanliness – or indeed the dirtiness – of their machine by reminding them of the amount of dirty, greasy, sticky dishes they throw at their dishwasher, day in, day out.

Dishwashers have so much thrown at them day after day, season after season. Finish knows that cleaning dishes is a dirty business and those taken-for-granted dishwashers need cleaning too.

The campaign is based on the insight that there is a low awareness amongst consumers that dishwashers themselves need to be cleaned. The ‘Who Cleans The Cleaner?’ spot aims to spur them into action, by bringing viewers’ attention to the dishwasher itself in an innovative way by asking “Who cleans the cleaner?”

The film imagines what a year of dirty dishes looks like for a dishwasher. From the point of view of the machine, the same kitchen setting repeatedly glides towards viewers. Each time, they meet the same family, loading the machine with dirty dishes at different moments throughout the year.

From mucky breakfast plates in January, right through to sticky cake bowls at Christmas. The 30” film continues the unique, dish-obsessed voice and playful visual style established by Wieden+Kennedy London’s first brand campaign, ‘Dishes.’ The story was brought to life by directing duo RBG6 through Friend, with seamless post-production provided by Time Based Arts.

We’ve been trying to be more thoughtful here at W+K recently and we’ve even gone so far as to think about the welfare of our poor, overused dishwashers. Our new campaign for Finish’s Dishwasher Cleaner product kicks off with a 30” TV spot and asks, 'Who Cleans The Cleaner?'.

Let's admit it, we all take our dishwashers for granted. We throw rather a lot at them day after day, season after season. But cleaning dishes is a dirty business, and when you think about it, our dishwashers need cleaning too.

Our new campaign aims to make consumers think (for the first time) about the cleanliness – or indeed the dirtiness – of their machines by reminding them of the amount of dirty, greasy, sticky dishes they throw at their dishwashers, day in, day out.

The ‘Who Cleans The Cleaner?’ film launched today and is our second campaign for Finish since we won the account in 2014. With this new campaign, we wanted to continue the unique, dish-obsessed voice and playful visual style we established with our first Finish brand campaign, ‘Dishes.’ 

The film imagines what a year of dirty dishes looks like for a dishwasher. From the point of view of the machine, the same kitchen setting repeatedly glides towards viewers. Each time, they meet the same family, loading the machine with dirty dishes at different moments throughout the year… from mucky breakfast plates in January, right through to sticky cake bowls at Christmas. The story was brought to life by directing duo RBG6 through Friend, with the VFX wizards at Time Based Arts stitching the whole thing together seamlessly. 

The moral of the story? Spare a thought for your poor dishwashers, friends, and clean your cleaner!