THE MOST HUMAN INSTINCT

TitleTHE MOST HUMAN INSTINCT
BrandUNICEF
Product/ServiceINFANT MORTALITY AWARENESS
Category D04. Live Advertising & Events
Entrant WEBER SHANDWICK London, UNITED KINGDOM
Idea Creation WEBER SHANDWICK London, UNITED KINGDOM
Production WEBER SHANDWICK London, UNITED KINGDOM
Additional Company MILLENNIUM Aylesbury, UNITED KINGDOM
Credits
Name Company Position
James Nester Weber Shandwick Executive Creative Director
Luke Walker Weber Shandwick Creative Director
Brigitta Szaszfai Weber Shandwick Producer
Jason Noraika Weber Shandwick Head of Design
Laetitia Laporte Weber Shandwick Senior Manager, Client Experience
Rob Chan Weber Shandwick Senior Content Producer
David Ranson Weber Shandwick Video Content Producer
Brian Tjugum Weber Shandwick Managing Director

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Protecting babies is a basic human instinct. So why aren’t we stopping to help the 7,000 newborns who die every day? We raised this question with an extraordinary social experiment. Partnering with a robotics company and special effects artists, we developed a hyper-realistic animatronic which looked, moved and cried just like a real newborn. We placed our baby alone and seemingly abandoned on the streets of Geneva, where world leaders were gathering for the World Health Assembly. Would people stop to help, if a vulnerable newborn was right in front of them? Crew and technicians were out of shot, while we captured the public's response. Next to our baby lay a message 'why aren't we stopping to help the 7000 newborns who die every day?' with a petition that called upon world leaders to invest in healthcare for every mother and child, through a series of programmes around the world.

Cultural/Context information for the jury

The Most Human Instinct took place in Geneva, Switzerland, as this is where the World Health Assembly congregates every year.