Cannes Lions - Innovation - BAIDU KUAISOU
The Chinese search-engine giant rolled out a so-called set of “smart chopsticks,” known as Kuaisou in Chinese, that it says can detect oils containing unsanitary levels of contamination. (http://blogs.wsj.com)
Life Saving Dot
Millions of women across rural India suffer from breast cancer, fibrocystic breast disease and complications during pregnancy. In most of these cases, it is linked to iodine deficiency. Almost every Indian woman wears a ‘bindi’, an Indian forehead art worn with a dot. In a nation of 500 million women, this little dot can make all the difference between life and death. T ...
The North Face has a practical function and simple design that are essential for everyday life. With the launch of 'McMurdo' is now possible to live a variety of indirect experiences without going outside.
McMurde provided in a pop-upstore the opportunity for customers to experience Antarctica in a 3D virtual reality wearing a down jacket. Customers have taken their dog sleds in virtual reality ...
We made it our mission to better understand the human senses. What is been realized was that the sense of smell is most closely linked to memory and emotions. The strategy was to demonstrate the feelings and emotions of smell in a VISUAL way that would come through a screen.
Strangers wore blindfolds and we had them describe their emotions as they smelled each other. It was remarkable how accura ...
#THEREWILLBEHATERS is a bulletproof campaign that actively encourages 'hate'. A brutally simple and unexpectedly honest film calls out the trolls before they've even said a word. Supported by a real-time social response campaign, the brand responded to consumer's posts both positive and negative. We reframed the brand's role from kit maker to Supplier of Confidence. Players need full confidence to ...
Gaming startup Bytro Labs wanted to convince potential investors and merger partners of not only their game developing skills, but their economic expertise, too. So, Serviceplan built the first business report that's also a playable game. Distributed as a simple text file containing Bytro Labs' regular business report, the text was written and formatted in a way that allowed it to function as prog ...
IKEA distributes millions of catalogues every year to homes for free. In a time where tech devices are replacing books, how could we get people excited about the arrival of the catalogue in their mailboxes? By launching it like anything but a book. (http://www.bartleboglehegarty.com)
CHECT’s ads encourage people to put their phones to better use, and help detect and defeat a rare, deadly childhood eye cancer called retinoblastoma (Rb). Rb tumours can develop in the eyes of babies and young children, destroying their vision and threatening their life. The signs of Rb can be very subtle and a child may not appear unwell otherwise, which is why detection is so vital. ...
Guinness is an iconic drink that has more look, more taste and more soul than any other beer. Which is true of a generation of Africans who are carving their own path through life because they can’t rely on the traditional, formal career opportunities. We united this distinctive beer with these entrepreneurial people under the guise of a simple brand idea called Made of Black. Guinness’ role is to ...
This audience is young, fickle and living their lives online. So, we created the Xpandinator – a device that was designed to socially engage fans in a way our competitors simply couldn’t. It was big, audacious and a bit ridiculous - and it soon became the most shared drink in Australia – in the physical world and the digital one. (https://www.leoburnett.com)
With Creating more play in MENA, it reinvented the soft drink's strategy in the region with a distinctive teen engagement platform based on gaming.
(https://www.warc.com)
Mountain Dew's core audience are practitioners of extreme sports and, amongst them, skateboarders. Skaters spend much of their time conquering new tricks and improving what they already know. The rest of their time is spent repairing their skateboards due to the tricks they can't yet land properly. To build upon Mountain Dew's relationship with this culture, Sancho BBDO developed the Dew Bottle To ...
The group of workers come from almost all the south Asian & African countries looking to touch dreams that are perhaps very much out of their reach.
SmartLife has the aim the development and overall benefit is what we consider our priority. Whether that’s by setting them up with free English language lessons every week or by providing mentoring, even occasional trips outside the labour camps ...
'How to Drink Properly’ aimed to make the ongoing trend of drinking to get drunk less socially acceptable among young drinkers, and to encourage those already drinking in safe and moderate ways to continue to do so. The campaign targets 18 to 24 year olds, challenging them to ‘stay classy’ by moderating the intensity and frequency of their drinking. The campaign provides advice and tips that ...
We needed to get Dell’s corporate IT solutions on the consideration list for Germany’s IT Decision Makers, with specific objective of obtaining 12,000 leads with this hard-to-convince B2B audience. However, to do so, we needed to overcome long-held prejudices that Dell was just a bunch of Americans who sold value laptops. (http://mediacombeyondadvertising.com)
BBDO worked with local artists to install a super-sized portrait of a child in the fields of the heavily bombed north-west border region of Pakistan. Drone operators are confronted with the image, rather than anonymous ‘bug-like’ dots on their camera screen, persuading them to think twice. Aamir Allibhoy, General Manager of BBDO Pakistan said of the win: “Having consistently seen the wonderfu ...
With cheap imports flooding the market, Australian’s oldest fruit processing company was under threat. 3000 jobs were unsafe and the Government refused to help. One everyday Australian took a stand. Linda Drummond posted the #SPCSunday hashtag, encouraging friends to eat SPC in support.
We recognised this could be embraced by the nation. So we immediately connected Linda with media, and orchestr ...
The campaign around this “British Villains” insight allowing Jaguar to make a lasting impression, authentically setting itself apart from the Germans. With the help of Sir Ben Kingsley, Mark Strong and Tom Hiddleston, we planned to Jaguar a new desirable brand globally. A true alternative in a sea of sameness. Social, CRM, outdoor, digital video, display ads and an optimised website for mobile use ...
Intermarché launched the Inglorious Fruits&Vegetables, a film, print, poster and radio campaign, celebrating the beauty of the Grotesque Apple, the Ridiculous Potato, the Hideous Orange, the Failed Lemon, the Disfigured Eggplant, the Ugly Carrot, and the Unfortunate Clementine. Now you can eat five a day inglorious fruits and vegetables. As good, but 30% cheaper. The inglorious Fruits&Vege ...
Project Architeuthis is the first Alternate Reality Game ever launched by a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces for recruitment purposes. Its mission was to engage those with a mind for Cryptology, a hard-to-find (and harder-to–recruit) target that represents less than .0004% of the U.S. population. For 18 days, Project Architeuthis played out across Navy social media platforms, challenging born probl ...
