Tag: Ocean

23red and City to Sea use Ocean screens to offer water on tap in run up to National Refill Day

Stuart Mitchell

In the run up to National Refill Day (June 19), 23red and award-winning environmental campaigning organisation City to Sea are using the creative power of Ocean’s connected outdoor screens to encourage people to use refill stations and reusable water bottles, rather than buying water in single-use plastic bottles.   In a UK media first, the campaign turns three full motion screens in Manchester, Birmingham and London into “Hydration Stations” where people can refill their water bottles, an action to highlight the need to protect our seas from plastic pollution and how…

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Engine and Spinal Injuries Association fast forward the outdoor ad to mark Disabled Access Day

Stuart Mitchell

Challenges of life as a spinal cord injured person highlighted in advertising world first which was launched in Manchester on Saturday 16 March. In a remarkable media first for digital out-of-home (DOOH), people are actively encouraged to fast-forward the advert on Ocean’s full motion city centre Loop network in Manchester. Filmed from a first person perspective, Donate to Accelerate fully immerses people in how arduous everyday tasks are for thousands of people who are spinal cord injured. Created by Engine to raise awareness and funds for Spinal Injuries Association (SIA),…

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To preserve our oceans: adidas to produce more shoes using recycled plastic waste in 2019

Stuart Mitchell

In 2018 adidas produced more than five million pairs of shoes containing recycled plastic waste. The company now plans to more than double that figure this year. As outcome of a cooperation between the sporting goods manufacturer and the environmental organization and global collaboration network Parley for the Oceans, plastic waste is intercepted on beaches, such as the Maldives, before it can reach the oceans. That upcycled plastic waste is made into a yarn becoming a key component of the upper material of adidas footwear. In addition to footwear, the…

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Leo Burnett and British Dyslexia Association create a moment of collective dyslexia

Stuart Mitchell

One in every 10 people in the UK has some level of dyslexia, affecting their memory, personal organisation or literacy, but not their capability to succeed. To encourage a more dyslexic-friendly society, Leo Burnett London and The British Dyslexia Association are using facial detection technology on Ocean’s digital out of home screens to give everyone an idea what it’s like to live with dyslexia. Created by Leo Burnett London for the Association, A Moment of Dyslexia was awarded the Charity first prize in Ocean’s annual digital creative competition which celebrates…

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