Team
Kien Quan (AD), Jillian Young (CW/AD)
Over 100 awards and publications. 23 countries. This project went so viral that the FBI paid me a visit.
D&AD Awards (Adobe), D&AD Awards (Dropbox), Chip Shop Awards, CNN, United Nations, Huffington Post, Pix11 News, NBC, Sinovision, Upworthy, Ad Age, Adweek, The Drum, ATTN:, Yahoo!, NextShark, Global Citizen, DNAinfo, Quartz, Carbonated.TV, Bored Panda, StumbleUpon, Raw Story, A Plus, Azure Magazine, Daily News, Mass Appeal, Luzer's Archive, Miami Ad School (Miami), Miami Ad School (Spain), Comillas (Spain), VN Express (Vietnam), Saigoneer (Vietnam), inVietnam, TVTS (Vietnam), Three Oaks (Vietnam), MMR (Russia), Plaid Zebra (Canada), Tabi Labo (Japan), World Journal (China), Maximum Pop! (UK), Make Me Feed (UK), Invest Money UK (UK), Resumé (Sweden), Le Point (France), Boursorama (France), WN (France), NewsR (India), Izmir Post (Turkey), Media Cat (Turkey), Brekend (Netherlands), El Español (Spain), Mirror Media (China), ZDF (German Broadcast Channel), Tagesspiegel (Germany), Kurier (Germany), Kirtch Un Leben (Germany), Zeitt Online (Germany), Flüechtlingshilfe (Germany), Hate Free (Czechslovakia), Protagon (Greece), TVXS (Greece), Sarc (Greece), Cypress News (Greece), Marketing Oops! (Thailand), Carta Di Roma (Italy), West Welfare (Italy), Reddit, Pinterest, NewCo Shift, ScoopNest, BizPac Review (Alt-Right), Long Room (Alt-Right), Junk Host, A Great Big City, The Whimn, StumbleUpon, Action 4 Media Education, Deviant World, Migratory Notes, URoft, Viral Lay, BuzzLike, Elevtrtrax, Herald & Review, MT Standard, Cupcast, Journal Star, Find Your Good, Goodspire, Best of Viral Online, SocialFeed.info, Dolphnsix, Tech2, No Comment Diary, It's Nice That, John Doe Club, Webstagram, World Economic Forum, Emergenturd, True Viral Online, Chimera, News Breaki, Supervisor Wire, Zootopia, What Inspires Us, Follow News, Franko Polo, Trump24H, eWallStreeter, Notey, Tag the Bird, FbToday.info, Fatima Kahn, Red G Consultancy, Squib, Beyond, Live News Today, One News Page, Fribliss, Top Adlesse, Found it Elsewhere, Matter Concern, Quoshe, Muckrack, Vitraffic, True Viral News, Daily Stir, The Helpful News, Top Viral Buzz, Viral Hit List, Interceder, Surprising News, New York City Informer, List Lunatic, Press Reader, Algo, Insharee, A News, Citycise
While most countries have strong disapproval for refugees, we created these posters and stickers to remind the world that they have always made impactful contributions to humanity.
Stickers
We got the message across to shoppers by pasting it onto consumer goods. If you would like to join the movement, here is a downloadable sticker sheet that can be printed. If you send us a shot of the label on your product, we will repost it on our Facebook page.
Behind the scenes
David Tran - Founder of Sriracha - Vietnamese refugee
Carl Djerassi - Inventor of birth control - Austrian refugee
Bob Marley - Musician - Jamaican refugee
Alex Issigonis - Designer of the MINI - Greek refugee
Lakshmibhai Pathak - Founder of Patak's - Kenyan refugee
Albert Einstein - Revolutionary physicist, Nobel Peace Prize winner - German refugee
Freddy Mercury - Lead singer of Queen - East African refugee
Felix Salten - Author of Bambi - Austrian refugee
Virgin Mary & Jesus Christ - Mother and son of God - Refugees of Nazarath
Anne Frank - Diarist - German refugee
Tenzin Gyatso - 14th Dalai Lama, Champion of peace - Chinese refugee
Sigmund Freud - Neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis - Austrian refugee
Mural
To bring even more attention, we installed a mural in Bushwick, Brooklyn. This stopped pedestrians in their track and left them with a new perception.
We assembling the images together using four printed tabloids and a little bit of tape.
Early in the morning, the posters were quietly wheatpasted.
From top left to bottom right:
Rosary Beads - made by the mother of Jesus, Mary - Israeli refugee
Les Miserables - made by the poet / novelist / dramatist, Victor Hugo - French refugee
Mini - designed by inventor, Sir Alec Issigonis - Greek refugee
Birth Control - invented by Carl Djerassi - Austrian refugee
Sriracha - founded by entrepreneur, David Tran - Vietnamese refugee
Bambi - written by author, Felix Salten - Austro-Hungarian refugee
Theory of Relativity - written by theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein - German refugee
Nocturne - written by composer, Chopin - Polish refugee
The Diary of Anne Frank - German refugee
Legend - made by musician, Bob Marley - Jamaican refugee
