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Born out of an ambitious whitepaper, STOKR is a peer-to-peer crowdfunding platform that leverages the Ethereum blockchain to connect innovative ventures and everyday investors. The platform has been developed with the use of market analysis, iterative prototyping and a bold identity. Every aspect is designed to ensure users get the most of their investments seamlessly.
As this moment catalyses self-education, listening, learning and action, we realise we will not have the right solutions as quickly as we want them, but our pledge is that we will make actionable short-term and long-term steps that we can activate on. We each have the power to confront white supremacy, by educating ourselves about the ways racism manifests, by interrogating our own actions, and by committing to change. It is our responsibility to learn, reflect, and help to build a fairer world. Please use the resources at AKQA.com to contribute to the collective goal of defeating racism.
The iconic boutique hotelier and New York Times bestselling author, Chip Conley, helped Airbnb’s founders turn their fast-growing tech start-up into a global hospitality brand by becoming a mentor and an intern at the age of 52.. He shares his own story of growth and transformation in his 50s with AKQA Chief People Officer, Amy Oliver. They discuss how we can re-think our mindset and re-define the second half of our lives.
Blockdown Simulator is a free Minecraft map where players can learn about social distancing, through a zombie pandemic. In the custom-built map, players simulate a zombie outbreak in a medieval village, before applying social distancing measures in generated houses. The map contains an underground hospital with intensive care units where players can play doctors to heal infected villagers using the right potions and apples. The simple, playable model demonstrates how various social measures can mitigate a pandemic and its resultant effects on healthcare services.
“Our relationship with nature is very out of balance, which comes from a 250-year experiment called the Industrial Revolution, and we need to address it.” Miriam Plon Sauer, General Manager at AKQA in Copenhagen welcomes Carolyn Steel; architect and author of Sitopia. Together they discuss her provocative and exhilarating vision for how food can save the world.
While isolation is prevention, now is a time of unity, connection and imagination. Here are some of the many ways AKQA is developing initiatives and collaborating with clients to navigate the Covid-19 crisis as one team and hopefully emerge more closely connected than ever.
Deezer and AKQA’s Silêncio, for Emicida has received the top honour of a Grand Prix in the fifth edition of the CICLOPE Latino awards. The one minute film was created for the release of rapper Emicida’s album AmarElo. Entitled Silêncio, the track translates music into audiovisual language.
For the third consecutive year, AKQA is positioned highest for its ability to execute and this year also for its completeness of vision in the Leaders quadrant of Gartner’s annual independent evaluation on global marketing agencies that we believe provides a competitive positioning of four types of technology providers, in markets where growth is high and provider differentiation is distinct.
Nike has released a limited-edition shoe that celebrates the spirit of Shanghai’s architectural “golden age,” paying homage to multiple generations of the city. The honour to the city even extends to the packaging, in a way that truly lives the ‘Just Do It’ message and gets people moving at the moment of unboxing.
“Behaviour will change, buying trends will change, so now is the time that brands should really be speaking to young people.” Jeremiah Emmanuel BEM; youth activist, entrepreneur, and author, joined AKQA Managing Partner Sam Kelly for a conversation about his unique journey, the valuable lessons he’s learned along the way, and the impact - positive and negative - that he’s seeing Covid-19 having on the youth of today.
