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Now if I was an important person at the agency working for NIKE in Germany today I would camp in front of their offices and just to make them publish this tactical ad on the 12th of April this year.
This picture shows the adjuration of Joseph “Joschka” Fischer, an important German politician, former minister of foreign affairs and famous runner. On the day, this picture was taken, he was member of a small but upcoming party called “Die Grünen” and was going to be environment minister of Hesse. But above all this picture would make him famous for being the “Sneaker Minister” as he was wearing NIKE kicks in the parliament. What obviously was a scandal.
Now on the 12th of April this year he will be 60 years old. And why shouldn’t NIKE congratulate with an ad celebrating the only wordwide “Sneaker Minister” ever?
Sorry Lauren, I know you hate me for all that NIKE appreciation posts.
This entry was written by , posted on März 27, 2008 at 12:56 am, filed under Advertising. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
This post is really delayed. I mean really, really. We had our last day at Wieden+Kennedy on the 21st of December and until now I didn’t manage or was too lazy to put the pictures from that lovely last evening at the Golden Heart on my flickr. But now it’s done. You can see them all in the special flickr set. And here on this blog is a quick snap.
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Over the last days the conflict in Tibet excalated. Now journalists, activists world-wide and a lot of other people jumping on that bandwagon call for a boycott of the Olympic Games in Beijing. Well, it’s absolutely right and I fully agree and understand why these people ask for consequences of the crime that the People’s Republic of China is commiting in Tibet.
But it is wrong. Not, as the IOC stated, for the athletes but wrong for Tibet. Just think of the chance you will have in Beijing. Thousands of journalists, an audience of billions and right there, in the lion’s den, you can raise your voice for a free Tibet. But the lion is in chains and can’t do anything.
Just think of Mexico 1968.
Forty years later Mexico can happen again. in Beijing.
With one gesture Tommie Smith and John Carlos show a worldwide audience that there was black power. Now instead of boycotting the Olympic Games, because as a lot of people stated the last boycott didn’t get any single Soviet soldier out of Afghanistan, why not make Beijing 2008 a gesture for Tibet?
Just imagine the picture of thousands of athletes opening the Olympic Games while holding signs that say “Free Tibet”. Or imagine if every winner holds up “Free Tibet” sign. And imagine every athlete wearing a “Free Tibet” sweater all the time. All this of course excludes the Chinese athletes. But just imagine the power behind that gesture. It would be bigger than any boycott and, more important, China couldn’t do anything against it.
All this may be unrealistic. But in Beijing every athlete can show if they are only athletes or sportsmen as well. The world can demonstrate that one single country can’t act against the values of the rest of the civilised world. The seed can be sown in Beijing. Because nothing is impossible, if you just do it.
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May it be because he’s too much of a sportsman or whatever other reason I can’t think of right now.
Being lazy he simply could have used this, as well:
That would have been a perfect win. Now it’s a disqualified one.
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If you have a minute, please go here and vote for whatever you feel like. But only if you feel like “post off”. Whatever that means. This blog will be back soon. Word.
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