{"id":285011,"date":"2025-06-10T04:27:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T04:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/art\/beyond-the-worker-bees-how-f37s-billboard-campaign-ditched-the-manchester-cliches\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T04:27:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T04:27:32","slug":"beyond-the-worker-bees-how-f37s-billboard-campaign-ditched-the-manchester-cliches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=285011","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the worker bees: How F37&#8217;s billboard campaign ditched the Manchester clich\u00e9s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"first-letter:text-5xl first-letter:font-display first-letter:font-medium first-letter:mr-3 first-letter:float-left first-letter:leading-[74px]\">At Creative Boom, we&#8217;re passionate about Manchester. It&#8217;s where we were born, where we continue to thrive, and somewhere we&#8217;d encourage anyone and everyone to visit. But we&#8217;ll be the first to admit that Manchester has a problem with its own mythology. <\/p>\n<p>For decades, the city&#8217;s creative identity has been wrapped up in the same tired tropes. Worker bees. Yellow and black colour schemes. Endless references to Tony Wilson&#8217;s Factory Records era. So we were overjoyed to see a recent city-wide campaign for the launch of F37&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/f37foundry.com\/fonts\/f37-mancunio\" target=\"_blank\">Mancunio typeface<\/a> deliberately turn its back on these well-worn clich\u00e9s\u2026 choosing instead to celebrate the city&#8217;s sharp wit and hyperlocal humour.<\/p>\n<h2>Factory was 40 years ago<\/h2>\n<p>Creative copywriter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ellen-ling-937b7096\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ellen Ling<\/a>, campaign lead on the project, is refreshingly direct about why they chose this approach. &#8220;It&#8217;s like 40 years on,&#8221; she says of the Factory Records legacy. &#8220;There&#8217;s nothing wrong with it, but we&#8217;re living here day in, day out, and you just see it a lot. Particularly in corporate campaigns, or on hoardings for new developments\u2014which are not going to be marketed to, or bought by, anyone local.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-media not-prose grid md:grid-cols-2 gap-6 my-12 md:my-16\">\n<figure class=\"col-span-2\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full bg-cream-900\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.4673469387755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/2c\/2c75eda86603a58497d5ef5ba5cd035d0ec6a6f6_944.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/2c\/2c75eda86603a58497d5ef5ba5cd035d0ec6a6f6_944.png 944w, https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/2c\/2c75eda86603a58497d5ef5ba5cd035d0ec6a6f6_1888.png 1888w\" alt=\"\" width=\"944\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n        <meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/2c\/2c75eda86603a58497d5ef5ba5cd035d0ec6a6f6_944.png\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"944\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"643\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-media not-prose grid md:grid-cols-2 gap-6 my-12 md:my-16\">\n<figure class=\"col-span-2\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full bg-cream-900\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7518987341772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/11\/11eb7336369ae10210b249d51e42d9deadb77de3_944.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/11\/11eb7336369ae10210b249d51e42d9deadb77de3_944.png 944w, https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/11\/11eb7336369ae10210b249d51e42d9deadb77de3_1888.png 1888w\" alt=\"\" width=\"944\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n        <meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/11\/11eb7336369ae10210b249d51e42d9deadb77de3_944.png\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"944\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"538\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The campaign, which she led for font foundry <a href=\"https:\/\/f37foundry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">F37<\/a>, was born from an unusual discovery. The typeface itself was modelled on Manchester&#8217;s last-surviving original wooden signs, hidden behind railway brambles at St Michael&#8217;s Place. &#8220;There are some really lovely details in it,&#8221; explains Ellen. &#8220;Particularly the S and the C.&#8221; The name comes from Mancunio, the Roman fort that once stood in what&#8217;s now Castlefield.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than launch with typical design industry fanfare, F37 wanted something that gave back to the city that inspired it. &#8220;The brief came to us with a lot of stuff of what they <em>didn&#8217;t<\/em> want,&#8221; recalls Ellen, who collaborated with designer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/inspiration\/craig-oldham\/\" target=\"_blank\">Craig Oldham<\/a> on the project. &#8220;It said: We don&#8217;t want bees near it. We don&#8217;t want it to be yellow and black. We don&#8217;t want to lean into the established Tony Wilson references.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Deadpan humour<\/h2>\n<p>The solution was a black-and-white billboard campaign that leaned heavily into Manchester&#8217;s characteristic blend of sarcasm and sincerity. &#8220;We chose black and white really quickly because we were like, it&#8217;s right for the sense of humour. It&#8217;s right for that sort of deadpan,&#8221; Ellen says.<br \/>\nThe team also drew inspiration from John Carpenter&#8217;s 1988 sci-fi horror film They Live and its iconic &#8216;obey&#8217; aesthetic.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the campaign&#8217;s nine hero messages, displayed across six billboard locations and social media, were designed to entertain rather than sell. &#8220;We wanted it to be like, what&#8217;s this for?&#8221; Ellen explains. &#8220;It was kind of a bit of fun. Suppose no one looks at the font; cool. At least you&#8217;ve made an impact and got people talking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-media not-prose grid md:grid-cols-2 gap-6 my-12 md:my-16\">\n<figure class=\"col-span-2\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full bg-cream-900\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7785817655572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/cc\/cc8fd5137180049d5f40bc3e3b6ecdf7664c6713_944.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/cc\/cc8fd5137180049d5f40bc3e3b6ecdf7664c6713_944.png 944w, https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/cc\/cc8fd5137180049d5f40bc3e3b6ecdf7664c6713_1888.png 1888w\" alt=\"\" width=\"944\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n        <meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/cc\/cc8fd5137180049d5f40bc3e3b6ecdf7664c6713_944.png\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"944\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"530\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-media not-prose grid md:grid-cols-2 gap-6 my-12 md:my-16\">\n<figure class=\"col-span-2\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full bg-cream-900\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7785817655572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/c4\/c43d9c5683790aa4339d2fa9756de877ced5571b_944.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/c4\/c43d9c5683790aa4339d2fa9756de877ced5571b_944.png 944w, https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/c4\/c43d9c5683790aa4339d2fa9756de877ced5571b_1888.png 1888w\" alt=\"\" width=\"944\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n        <meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/c4\/c43d9c5683790aa4339d2fa9756de877ced5571b_944.png\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"944\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"530\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This approach paid off spectacularly with one particular execution. One billboard poking fun at Simply Red sparked a heated debate on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/sam-jones-84158414_i-dont-know-why-simply-red-always-catch-activity-7335935295546138625-Fa6E\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_ios&amp;rcm=ACoAABR2IDsBQsro825uVsaFYsXeLCwJz1HycSE\">LinkedIn<\/a>, with dozens of comments defending the maligned Mancunian pop group. &#8220;I love it so much,&#8221; Ellen laughs. &#8220;Just people being so staunchly protective.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the campaign&#8217;s standout moment, though, came with its tribute to Boombox Barry, a beloved local character who spreads joy around the city&#8217;s parks with his portable sound system. &#8220;He&#8217;s someone that passes by this office,&#8221; Ellen explains. &#8220;He&#8217;s often in the park with his boombox. We were like, if there&#8217;s a way that we can do something for him&#8230;&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Consequently, the largest billboard in the campaign was dedicated to Barry. This required the team to track him down for permission, a charmingly old-school process involving phone calls and meetings in the park.<\/p>\n<h2>Authentic outsider perspective<\/h2>\n<p>Ellen&#8217;s approach to the campaign was informed by her own experience as a transplant to Manchester. Originally from London and adopted, she found herself drawn to the city&#8217;s distinctive character. &#8220;It&#8217;s that sarcasm and sincerity, but also irreverence and not taking itself too seriously, and always this understated confidence,&#8221; she reflects. &#8220;Confident in any room at any level, and a real put-you-at-ease quality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This outsider-insider perspective was crucial to the campaign&#8217;s success. &#8220;You can insult somewhere because it&#8217;s yours,&#8221; Ellen notes, acknowledging the delicate balance required. &#8220;That sarcasm had to come from the right place, a good place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-media not-prose grid md:grid-cols-2 gap-6 my-12 md:my-16\">\n<figure class=\"col-span-2\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full bg-cream-900\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2.0193704600484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/62\/624c3cde94a3a64f0bec9cbbece8858f1b4e2be5_944.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/62\/624c3cde94a3a64f0bec9cbbece8858f1b4e2be5_944.png 944w, https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/62\/624c3cde94a3a64f0bec9cbbece8858f1b4e2be5_1888.png 1888w\" alt=\"\" width=\"944\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n        <meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/62\/624c3cde94a3a64f0bec9cbbece8858f1b4e2be5_944.png\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"944\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"467\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-media not-prose grid md:grid-cols-2 gap-6 my-12 md:my-16\">\n<figure class=\"col-span-2\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full bg-cream-900\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.2965235173824\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/2c\/2c35f5d97b8f3cd6a0a6628e2c9750abeba12c95_944.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/2c\/2c35f5d97b8f3cd6a0a6628e2c9750abeba12c95_944.png 944w, https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/2c\/2c35f5d97b8f3cd6a0a6628e2c9750abeba12c95_1888.png 1888w\" alt=\"\" width=\"944\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n        <meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeboom.com\/upload\/articles\/2c\/2c35f5d97b8f3cd6a0a6628e2c9750abeba12c95_944.png\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"944\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"728\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The campaign also addressed Manchester&#8217;s ongoing gentrification with characteristic wit. One billboard declared, &#8216;Stockport is the new Berlin, Prestwich is the new Paris, nowhere is the new Manchester&#8217; \u2013 a pointed response to the trend of comparing emerging areas to established cultural capitals. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For all its faults or the way that it&#8217;s evolving at the moment, actually, nowhere can be a replica,&#8221; Ellen says. &#8220;It&#8217;s a one-off. Not for reprint.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Moving beyond nostalgia<\/h2>\n<p>Perhaps the campaign&#8217;s greatest achievement is proving that Manchester&#8217;s creative identity doesn&#8217;t need to rely on its past glories. While respecting the city&#8217;s musical heritage, the work carved out space for a new, more authentic approach to local pride, one that&#8217;s simultaneously loving and ruthlessly honest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re going to say something nice, then it has to go the other way,&#8221; Ellen explains of the campaign&#8217;s philosophy. &#8220;You don&#8217;t want to give them too much.&#8221; This reflects something essential about Manchester&#8217;s character: the city&#8217;s ability to celebrate itself while staying firmly grounded.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve always loved how Manchester carries its history in everyday places, like old street<br \/>\nsigns tucked away in quiet corners,&#8221; adds F37 founder Rick Banks. &#8220;This campaign isn&#8217;t about being loud; it&#8217;s local-first, subtle and authentic, with smart, warm type designed for those who truly understand what makes this city unique.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked to define Manchester&#8217;s unique appeal, Ellen admits it&#8217;s hard to describe. &#8220;It&#8217;s something I felt like a big connection to from the minute I thought about moving here,&#8221; she explains. &#8220;There&#8217;s a warmth, humour, embrace. It&#8217;s a great city made more wonderful by its people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In an era of corporate place-making and developer-led regeneration, the Mancunio campaign stands as a reminder that the best way to capture a city&#8217;s spirit isn&#8217;t through its official branding or tourist board slogans but through the sharp wit and genuine affection of the people who call it home. No worker bees required.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Creative Boom, we&#8217;re passionate about Manchester. It&#8217;s where we were born, where we continue to thrive, and somewhere we&#8217;d encourage anyone and everyone to visit. But we&#8217;ll be the first to admit that Manchester has a problem with its own mythology. 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