Big Campaigns / 2024

Google x McLaren

24 hours, zero brief, Lando Norris, and a McLaren race car.

Client
Google
Partner
McLaren Racing
Role
Creative Direction & Design
Year
2024

The work

One day to turn "put Pixel on the car" into a graphics package the car actually wears on track.

Pitched it, designed it, sent it to McLaren overnight. The car raced the next day wearing it.

Pixel x McLaren livery, Las Vegas GP 2024
Pixel x McLaren livery ยท Las Vegas GP
Livery detail
Car on track, Las Vegas GP
24
hours
to track
Las Vegas · 11.21.2024 · 22:14
The graphics package
Graphics package sheet 01
Graphics package sheet 02
Graphics package sheet 03
Graphics package sheet 04
01 / 04

No briefing. No asset library. No second draft.

On track.
Wrap detail, mid-stint
Livery, rear quarter
Pit lane, race morning
Wrap detail, mid-stint
01 / 03

Evidently, "yesterday" is a real deadline in race car graphics. Who knew.

Livery detail
Client
Google
Partner
McLaren Racing
Talent
Lando Norris
Creative Direction
Noah Charnow
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