Body Badalada Launch

Body Badalada Launch

Body Badalada Launch

Sol de Janeiro

Sol de Janeiro

Sol de Janeiro

Sol de Janeiro's biggest launch since Bum Bum Cream, turned "the hottest thing" into a number one Gen Z body care product.

Sol de Janeiro's biggest launch since Bum Bum Cream, turned "the hottest thing" into a number one Gen Z body care product.

Concept Development, Art Direction, Creative Direction, Design Direction, Pre + Post Production

2025

Main Character Energy, On Repeat

I was part of the core creative team behind Sol de Janeiro’s biggest body care launch since Bum Bum Cream, leading creative development and on-set execution alongside the team. The campaign was built around Badalada, Portuguese slang for “the hottest thing,” giving the launch a cultural identity designed for how Gen Z discovers and shares beauty.

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My Role

Senior Art Director

Agency / Brand

Sol de Janeiro

Creative Team

Klitos Teklos – Chief Creative Officer Nick Wright – Sr. Art Director Chelsea Goodwin – Sr. Art Director Yoann Benhamida – Sr. Art Director Bartavious Weaver – Art Director Taylor Lewis – Art Director Paula Flocke – Senior Designer Julia Reed – Associate Director Copy Mauricio Sierra – Director & Photographer Marcello Peschiera – DP Alex Saladrigas – Director & Photographer Unit 2 Chris Cabrera – DP Unit 2 Thomas Albdorf – Still Life Director & Photographer Travis Knight – 1st AD Panos Papandrianos – Hair Sil Bruinsma – Makeup Anita Szymczak & Krista Ynostrosa – Fashion Stylist Gabriela Soto – Set Design Aude Angot – Prop Stylist Alex Seiler & Britt Kubat – Editors Produced By – Ghibli Meida

Building the hype

To tease the launch of Badalada, we developed a few launch assets, including a trailer-style film that played at Cannes.

Bringing the Main Character Energy

For the social and digital we leveraged the talent's own main character energy which influenced the films and the content.

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© Nicholas Wright, 2026

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