Posts Tagged ‘Human Rights’

Amnesty International: Indifference turns reality into contradiction.


2010
09.07

Publicis (Caracas) created for Amnesty International – Venezuela – a campaign which tackles social issues, saying: « Indifference turns reality into contradiction».

Two subjects are underlined in this campaign: shanty towns and prisons (seems like it). The effect is created by the words chosen to name streets. In the first print, we can read El Paraiso/Paradise and see in the background a shanty town. Even if it’s sunny, we all know that living there is nothing like heaven. In the second one, the name La Paz/Peace is on a building wall which looks like a prison. We can consider this association kind of ironic. The opposition between environment and names is strengthened by the catch phrase in the logo.

I don’t think that the first goal of this campaign is to encourage people to take action immediately but think about elements which constitute society and the effect of indifference to poverty. So it is a nice driving force behind social reflection at a local and international level.

Source: osocio.org

Amnesty International: Ignore us, Ignore Human Rights


2010
05.23

I want to share with you a great campaign organized by Amnesty International New Zealand and created by Colenso BBDO, Auckland, New Zealand.

This is one of the best examples of prints that don’t need text to pass on a message. The visual is really strong; with people with different gender, origin and style, anyone is able find himself in it. Moreover, the scenes in the center are so violent and shocking that no one can be unaffected. Those words “Ignore Us, Ignore Human Rights” are powerful because of the repetition of “ignore” creating cause-effect logic and the link between « us » and « Human Rights » reminding what Amnesty is fighting for.  Sometimes we just forgot what would happen if they weren’t there and that we have to take action. I really like this campaign and the realization. Good job!

Source: Adsoftheworld.com