a LBi company

GE

Ecomagination

Broadcast, Digital, Video, Product

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2009

As the interactive agency of record for GE Ecomagination Syrup created two major websites, 10 films, experiential installations, illustrations and even a custom "Earth Rewards" credit card that put 1% of your spending towards off-setting your carbon footprint. The online films were so succesful they ran as long-format commercials on CNBC. The campaign won gold in the first "Green" category at the Effies.

Syrup worked side-by-side with GE’s marketing and product teams around the world to handpick the products that would best demonstrate the power of ecomagination. The site launched in January 2007 with four powerful stories: a desalination facility in Algiers, Algeria where a plant will convert salt sea water to drinking water for over 1 million people; a vineyard in Napa, California that uses solar panels to power nearly 100% of their energy needs; Arklow Ireland, where a 7-turbine GE off-shore wind farm powers a town of 16,000 people; and GE’s Evolution Series locomotive, which lowers pollution while conserving energy.

 

The Outcome

37th Creativity Annual Awards 2007, Silver: Business to Business, Gold: Corporate Film/VideoEffie Award 2008, Gold: Green, Grand Effie Finalist, New York Festivals 2008, Finalist Award Winner: ecomagination.com and Finalist Award Winner: ecoShowcase Films, Telly Awards 2008, Silver: Public Relations, Silver: Video/Cinematography, Bronze: Information, Interactive Media Awards 2007 Best in Class: Science and Technology, The Communicator Awards 2008, Excellence: Video or Motion Graphics, Excellence: Interactive Multimedia/Corporate Image, Distinction: Stucture and Navigation, Distinction: Promotional/Branding (ecoShowcase Films), The American Business Awards (The Stevie Awards) 2008, Best Sales Video, W3 2008, Gold: Best Video/Motion Graphics, Gold: Branding, Silver: Best Home Page, Gold: Promotional/ Branding (ecoShowcase Film)

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Film
Content

From inception to final production of the films, Syrup drew on our reserve of expertise including film direction, cinematography, scripting, editing, art direction, and illustration and web development. Whether it was developing each product story into a solid film concept and shooting on location around the world, writing and recording the narration and then obtaining the considerable talent of actor Kevin Kline to star as narrator, or shaping the films in final edit, the films demonstrate the benefit of a truly integrated advertising and design agency working on all cylinders.

Credit Card Design
Branding
DVD Menu
Digital

With a new positioning, brand character and ideas around how to bring it all to life in hand we collected, packaged and designed all films into a DVD that GE could use for internal and external use.

 

Illustrations
3D, Mixed Media

Syrup also visualized the backgrounds for the website where each piece represented a location from the films. We used a mix of handmade watercolor paintings together with computer-generated craftsmanship into 3D artwork that were later also used as print for GE.

 

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