Folkoperan, an opera house in Stockholm, is currently presenting God Disguised (Förklädd gud), a lyrical suite composed in 1940 by Swedish composer Lars-Erik Larsson to lyrics by Hjalmar Gullberg. The production features EU citizens who helped promote the show by holding signs about their performance and offering free tickets to passers-by. This is what happened: https://youtu.be/5jUt1SSxerE This campaign …
84 Lumber Opens The Door To Opportunity
84 Lumber is a company with a heart. The Pennsylvania-based is also a company with their finger on the pulse. The story was initially rejected by Fox for being "too controversial for T.V.," forcing the company to edit it and cut it down. Let's see the piece in full frame now: https://youtu.be/nPo2B-vjZ28 Rob Schapiro, chief creative officer of 84 Lumber's ad agency Brunner, told Business Insider, "This is a …
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Consciousness Comes To Carvertising
European luxury wagons are not just personal transporters to efficiently and safely get you to and from work—they're $45,000 sleds that you can ride to freedom. https://youtu.be/Ey2SL5kOtnM Volvo's agency, Forsman & Bodenfors, went deep into the archive for this Alan Watts speech: There is no use planning for a future which when you get to it and it becomes a present, you won't be there, you'll be living …
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Budweiser Taps the Perfect Theme for This Time
What could be more American than an immigrant's story of arriving in America? One immigrant, Adolphus Busch, found his way from Germany to St. Louis in 1857. This is his arrival story in 60 seconds. https://youtu.be/HtBZvl7dIu4 "When Budweiser told us they wanted to celebrate those who embody the American spirit, we realized the ultimate story lived within their own brand history," said Anomaly Global Chief …
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Strong Brew Needed In Time of Trump
We live in a nation divided. Today, no company is safe from a presidential reprimand or widespread outrage and backlash, including damaging boycotts (well deserved, or not). In my estimation, brands must stand for something now more than ever. What's always been true about differentiating on product attributes is now also true about the community around the product, and the people who make and market the product. …
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Project Arachnid Is Wiping The Dark Web With A Vengeance
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection has released Project Arachnid, a groundbreaking tool that detects and helps remove images of child sexual abuse on the Internet. The centre, which operates in partnership with police forces across Canada, recently posed questions to 128 adults who had been sexually exploited as children and whose abuse had been recorded on camera. Almost three-quarters of respondents said …
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Activate Your Voice for Freedom
We are at the dawn of 2017 and the modern world is teetering. Or it is steaming full ahead, according to your news sources and consequent points of view. One thing is clear. It's high time to speak up and out. In many places around the world, democracy and the rule of law are being undermined, human rights violated and their universal nature denied. https://youtu.be/mjiHGOwGl6U In order to dramatize the …
Urban Violence Epidemic Spreads Fear, Sadness and Rage
Wieden+Kennedy has something to say about the rampant violence in our society, and they're saying it with a homepage takeover on WK.com. I like it when a company takes a strong stand about things that matter in the world. Things beyond the bottom line. Therefore, I see this as a good thing. Thankfully, timid is not something that's part of W+K's DNA. In addition to the statement above, the agency is …
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