The best agencies are staffed by people with big ideas. Sadly, most of these ideas are wasted on ads for clueless clients. But, when it can help it, Taxi doesn’t play that game.
To commemorate the shop’s 15th year in the culture-shaping business, they sought a truly big idea, one that would give back to the community. The brief was sent out, and executive creative director, Steve Mykolyn, came back with The 15 Below Project. Its first initiative—a jacket for the homeless.
According to Digital Journal, Mykolyn contacted a college friend, designer Lida Baday, and together they worked on an all-season lightweight weatherproof coat insulated with newsprint.
Taxi will distribute 3,000 coats free of cost in 2008 in the cities where the agency has set up shop, including Toronto, Calgary, Montreal, Vancouver and New York.
[via Agency Spy]