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Interactive piano stairs

Thefuntheory.com, a Volkswagen viral campaign in Sweden by DDB Stockholm, encourages people to make changes for the better by making the changes more fun. Interactive technology used as piano key stair steps that sound when you walk on them or a cavernous trash can that plays sound effects get people to change behaviors through play.

 

Even cooler than the fact they got a ton of people to ignore the escalator is the fact they could actually improve upon artist Remo Saraceni's walking piano. There is something about a piano you can walk on that is so awesome that you have to become a little kid and play with it. I've never seen anyone who didn't like playing on one. But now it's (gasp!) stairs that make noise! The best part is: No magic is taken away by guessing at how they work.

The Wall Project

The eastern wall of our agency is hideous. Right now it is nothing more than giant mauve wall.

Mauve is an eyesore.

To remedy this problem, we nabbed a few local artists and have asked them to go nuts on it. They said yes, and came up with a pretty amazing collaborative idea that we are excited to make happen.

These are the guys:

Jeff Jacobson

Shawn Diaz

Sam Wallace

We're really excited to be working with them.

We've been kicking ideas around for a few weeks now, and things are shaping up nicely. We've also been getting some good attention in the local press, which hopefully will help with raising the funds to bring this thing home.

Right now we're still figuring out all the specifics of it, but stay posted for new and exciting developments as they occur.

Jim Becomes $5 closer to his dream

We all know of Jim's ongoing dream to return the Kingdome to Seattle. Well several weeks ago a five dollar bill appeared in our Bring Back the Kingdome revival fund. Yes seriously $5.00! After a year of nickels, pennies, and Canadian currency a five dollar bill ups the odds that Jim's dream can happen. We only hope that someone can top five dollars.  So dig deep in those pockets, sell some clothes to crossroads, borrow money from your mom or just simply don't drink coffee tomorrow. The Kingdome needs us and it's revival is depending on you!

TACO NIGHT

Matt, Jim, Peter and I (Adam) went to Taco Nite at Roanoke this past Wednesday. Very good deal - $1 tacos and $1 PBR's. But it's not as simple as it seems, and luckily for Peter and I, we went with a couple very experienced Taco Nite veterans in Matt and Jim. There are a number of things we learned about Taco Nite before going and we'd like to share them.

1. Order a spare. If you think you want three tacos, order four. If you want four tacos, order five. Mathematically, this rule can be written: (# of tacos ordered) = (# of tacos you think you want) + (1 taco)
2. Do not bet with Jim about how many tacos you think you can eat UNTIL YOU FIND OUT HOW MANY TACOS ROANOKE HAS LEFT! In an earlier Taco Nite trip someone bet Jim that he could eat 13 tacos. Roanoke only had 12 tacos left. Jim won the bet.
3. Order some chips too. These are for scooping up the leftover taco bits.
4. Prepare your tongue for the cheese. As opposed to most tacos, Roanoke's Taco Nite tacos have the cheese UNDER the meat (between the taco shell and meat) as opposed to on top of the meat (between the meat and the lettuce).
5. If you see a group of ladies, order them about 15 tacos and make sure the waitress says, "These are from the gentleman in the corner." When the ladies look at you, wink.
6. Taco Nite leads to Taco Morning After.