Contest Open:
August 10, 2025
Applications Close:
August 22, 2025
Submissions Close:
September 9, 2025
MAISON BACKYARDS × OHHH! CONTEST — 2025
Gather. Surround Yourself With Positive Energy.
Because the world needs more reasons to come together.
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Skip The Agency. Own The Story.
Where Briefs Become Culture.
TWO BRANDS. ONE PHILOSOPHY. Maison Backyards was founded in 2012 with one goal, to turn outdoor spaces into places where life actually happens. Patios, poolsides, gardens. Built to gather in.
Maison Huis
its sister brand established in 1992, brings that same warmth indoors, kitchen tools designed for joyful, everyday cooking. Inside or outside, the feeling is the same: this is where home feels most like home.
THE BRIEF
It started over dinner.
When We First Met Mr. Lougang — The CEO — We Knew Immediately He Was Different.
A genuine leader. A warm human being. He invited our entire team to his home for dinner, and over the table he said something that stayed with us:"Why don't we feel the same warmth today that we used to feel in the '90s?"
hat question became this contest.We didn't ask filmmakers to make ads. We asked them to gather someone who mattered — a childhood friend, an old neighbor, a grandparent — and capture what that reunion actually feels like. The product was just the reason to meet. The story was always human.
Applications received
Filmmakers shortlisted
Products sent worldwide
Grand Prize
THE WINNER
And the torch goes to
Colin Costello & Team
Colin didn't just make a film about gathering — he made you feel the warmth of it. His team brought the concept to life exactly as it was intended: human, real, and impossible to scroll past.
$5,000
Grand Prize
