THE 2 EURO T-SHIRT - A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

Short List
TitleTHE 2 EURO T-SHIRT - A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
BrandFASHION REVOLUTION (NGO)
Product/ServiceSOCIAL ACTIVATION
Category C04. Installation (Sculptural/ Spatial) & Environment
Entrant Company BBDO GROUP GERMANY Berlin, GERMANY
Advertising Agency BBDO GROUP GERMANY Berlin, GERMANY
Production Company UNIT9 Berlin, GERMANY
Credits
Name Company Position
Wolfgang Schneider Bbdo Group Germany Gmbh Chief Creative Officer
Jan Harbeck / David Mously Bbdo Berlin Gmbh Creative Managing Director
Jan Harbeck / Michael Schachtner Bbdo Berlin Gmbh Executive Creative Director
Michail Paderin / Jessica Witt Bbdo Berlin Gmbh Art Director / Script
Mike Kannowski Bbdo Berlin Gmbh Senior Account Manager
Steffen Gentis Bbdo Group Germany Gmbh Chief Production Officer
Silke Rochow Bbdo Berlin Gmbh Agency Producer
Cathrin Barbe Bbdo Berlin Gmbh Art Buyer
Christian H. Hasselbusch Photographer
Craftwork Düsseldorf Post Production Company
Robert Bader Director
Alessandro Rovere / Kevin Krefta Director Of Photography
Kevin Krefta Craftwork Editor
Nicolas Moles Bbdo Berlin Gmbh Animation
Maciej Zasada / Kamil Chruscinski / Thomasz Sapinski/Christian Hergarten/Beode Rebitsch/Merlin Ortner/Christoph Klose Unit9 Digital Development
Stefan Bader Unit9 Executive Producer
Ketchum Pleon Gmbh Pr Agency

Brief Explanation

Fashion Revolution is an organisation fighting for better working conditions for those working in sweatshops. Fashion Revolution started in response to the Rana Plaza collapsing on April 24, 2013, which killed over 1,00 people. Their mission is to get people world wide concerned enough to help put a stop to the social and environmental catastrophes that continue to happen in our fashion supply chain.

The Brief

Fashion Revolution needed us to get consumers more aware and consciously thinking about how their clothes were made. We decided that this was not a matter of education, but a matter of capturing consumers at the right time. We wanted to get the world talking about the issue.

How the final design was conceived

Research & Strategy: There are millions of people enslaved in life threatening sweatshops. This problem is a result of fast fashion perpetuated by the western world. People are aware of this problem, yet it evades their conscience at the time of purchase. Execution: We wanted to see if people would still buy a T-shirt if they knew how it was made. We developed a vending machine, filled with T-shirts, but instead of receiving the T-shirt they are shown a video connecting them to who made it and the conditions under which it was made. They were then given the option to buy, donate or cancel. A video was posted online and sparked a bigger discussion, between consumers and most importantly, between consumers and brands. We would create a video documenting the results and use it to spark an online discussion.

Indication of how successful the outcome was in the market

The good news is that 90% of the people using the vending machine decided to donate the money to the Fashion Revolution cause rather than buy the 2 Euro T-Shirt. The better news is that the experiment illustrated the issue of global sweatshops in a way that traditional and social media couldn't wait to share. In the first 7 days: - 3+ million views on YouTube - #1 in the global ads chart - 25 million social media impressions - the film reached over 200 countries - Worldwide press coverage with over 50 million media impressions - The film was Broadcasted on Germany's largest news networks - 50% of all social media and news posts where shared further.