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Experiential Campaign

McDonald’s:
The Sauce Drawer

Client: McDonald’s
Agency: IW Group
Role: Art Director · Multimedia Designer · Concept Development · Fabrication
Year: 2024


✦ Overview

The McDonald’s Sauce Drawer in NYC was an experiential activation designed to introduce McCrispy Strips & Creamy Chili Strip Dip by rethinking how fans interact with sauce. Informed by Asian American dining etiquette and long-established routines around McDonald’s chicken products, the experience invited guests to experiment with a new set of “rules” through hands-on interaction.

Visitors could mix and match McDonald’s sauces, bottle their custom blends to take home, and use an AI-powered label maker to name and share their creations. As Art Director, I led concept development and visual direction across the physical build and interactive moments, shaping the experience from design through fabrication.

Woman in a blue cap holding a card with a game illustration at a table with another woman looking at a digital device in an indoor setting.
Two human hands holding a fried chicken drumstick and an orange yolk egg in a small glass bowl against a yellow and white wavy patterned background.
Exterior of Sauce Drawer Activation
Hero Sauce Neon Sign
Yellow sign with red text reading "The Sauce Drawer" and McDonald's logo, mounted outside a building with a colorful menu or advertisement display in the background.
Stack of six vintage televisions on a wooden cabinet and a metal stand against a light-colored brick wall, all turned on displaying colorful abstract images and reflections.
A McDonald's sauce customization order sheet on a yellow surface, with a spoon nearby and a cup of ketchup.
McDonald's Sauce Drawer Activation Experiential Campaign in NYC

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