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Metamorphosis
Krebsliga Zurich x Numéro Switzerland x Closnea












Role:  Creative Direction/ Production/ Editing  

Release:  7/24/ Zurich

Client:  Krebsliga Zürich/ Numéro Switzerland/ Closnea




Metamorphosis
 Awareness Campaign for and by young cancer patients


Type
    Campaign



Role
     Creative Direction
     Conception
     Production
     Editing 

Partner
    Krebsliga Zürich
    Numéro Switzerland
    Studio Closnea

Awards
    Winner New Talent Award 2024 - Eyes&Ears Europe
    Awarded - ADC Switzerland 2025
    











In collaboration with Krebsliga Zurich, this award-winning campaign turned streetwear into impact — spotlighting real stories at the heart of Zurich’s youth culture.






















Campaign Case Movie 



Around 1.3 million young people are diagnosed with cancer every year globally. 

They experience a youth strongly influenced by the threat of the illness and daily therapy. Still a big percentage of them can be cured and reenter life after a long time of uncertainty.




Coming back to their old daily lifes can be challenging & lonely.

Transcience, month long therapy and sometimes lasting health conditions often isolates them from their peers. Reintegration is therefore particularly supported psychologically by aid organizations such as the Cancer League Zurich. Very often, cancer survivors fall into a slump after defeating cancer and suffer from loneliness or a lack of understanding from their surroundings. Young people, in particular, who are highly dependent on their peer group, are affected by this.

Starring in a fashion campaign, patients raise their voice

& open the conversation about stereotypes. Together with the Cancer League Zurich we searched for unconventional ways young cancer patients can share their experiences with peers.






Project Website

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Metamorphosis puts patients in the spotlight of a streetwear editorial. While being in full creative control of their image, they tell stories, regain confidence and reconnect with communities.
























Numéro Switzerland

“Clothes being a source of control and comfort during a time in which the three survivors dealt with physical and mental changes during their illness.”


Click to read the feature.














“Touching, inspiring & beautiful - a mesmerezing blend of art, urgency, design & advertising. 
Deserved winner of 2024 New Talent Award.” 


Corina Krampfhausen, CEO, Eyes&Ears Europe Award of Design






Using Streetwear to create and inform a young community of peers. 

EditorialThe fashion editorial, outfits and the fashion4me content all tell about the personal development and shift in identity the illness brought to the patients. Styling, colors, clothes - all are realigned with their stories. 
Personal StoriesAn important part of the project was a shortform-series about the realities of young cancer patients. In an intimate interview format they talk about their story.
Education
Together with the Krebsliga Zürich we set up a micro documentary about the psychology behind a cancer diagnosis. Together with a psychooncologist we share the scientif background to trauma, mental wellbeing and posttraumatic growth. 











“This Project gave me the chance to show and tell my story in a way I felt truly comfortable and myself.”

Audrey, 22, Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma








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