SMART ELECTRIC SYMPHONY

TitleSMART ELECTRIC SYMPHONY
BrandDAIMLER AG / SMART
Product/ServiceSMART ELECTRIC DRIVE
Category D04. Live Advertising and Events
Entrant BBDO GROUP GERMANY Berlin, GERMANY
Idea Creation BBDO GROUP GERMANY Berlin, GERMANY
Media Placement FUEL@VIVAKI Düsseldorf, GERMANY
Production EFFEKTSCHMIEDE Cologne, GERMANY
Production 2 KLANG ID BERLIN, GERMANY
Production 3 CRAFTWORK Düsseldorf, GERMANY
Additional Company BBDO GROUP GERMANY Berlin, GERMANY
Credits
Name Company Position
Wolfgang Schneider BBDO Group Germany GmbH Chief Creative Officer
Mirko Stolz BBDO Berlin GmbH Creative Managing Director
Tobias Grimm BBDO Berlin GmbH Creative Managing Director
Michael Schachtner BBDO Berlin GmbH Executive Creative Director
Fedja Kehl, David Missing BBDO Berlin GmbH Creative Director
Angelo Maia, Shelley Lui BBDO Berlin GmbH Art Director
David Braun BBDO Live Senior Art Director
Dany Rothemund, Nico Baumann, Julian Stölting, Chen Yaari BBDO Berlin GmbH Copywriter
Jan Hendrik Oelckers, Lindsay Jönsson, Olga Lorenz BBDO Berlin GmbH Account Team
Daniela Haake, Ann-Kathrin Zänger BBDO Live Account Team
Silke Rochow BBDO Berlin GmbH Agency Producer
Steffen Gentis BBDO Group Germany GmbH Chief Production Officer
Johannes von Liebenstein, David Müllenborn CraftWork - a brand of ad agencyservices GmbH Producer
Christian Becker klang ID berlin Composer
Christopher Häring Klemes Klempkes Director
Jacob Ipsen - Editor
- Gahrens + Battermann GmbH Technical Partner
- Henn Project GmbH Technical Partner
. Nüssli (Germany) GmbH Technical Partner

Brief Explanation

The “Electric Symphony” was a spectacular live event that took place during the annual Berlin Festival of Lights, a city wide festival for light art with over 2 million visitors. In an unprecedented synergy of electricity and music, we coupled giant high-voltage coils to conduct incredible 1.5 million Volts to smart electric drive models on stage. This created a spectacular lightning choreography and unique sounds – turning the cars into never heard before electric instruments. Official festival DJ Chris Bekker controlled the lightning strikes and vehicles using a mixer.