Creative Corner: Burn out in Denmark, Adidas' collab with Muslim hiking group Wiggle and Roman Kemp's £10k Creme Egg

Candle in the wind

We head to Denmark first with a fantastically gripping visual campaign from public broadcaster P3 Missionen.

A recent study found that 44% of Danish youth are feeling the impacts of burnout, while the World Health Organisation has classified burnout as a disease.

Which is why human statues made of candles have popped up in Denmark to raise awareness of the burnout crisis the country faces. These striking candle statues will burn for two months, launching a mental health day in schools, and acting as a reminder of the state of youth mental health and what’s at stake if things don’t change.

Spotted via James Hayward-Browne, co-founder of Bottled Imagination, on LinkedIn.

Adidas backs Muslim hikers

Love this collab between Adidas and the Muslim hiking group Wiggle for Ramadan!

Last year, Muslim hikers reported racist abuse while out walking in the countryside. To tackle the lack of inclusivity in outdoor pursuits, the two organisations have teamed up to create prayer mats for outdoor use and installed signs pointing to Mecca along popular hiking routes in the Peak District.

This a fabulous example of creative thinking and brand activation that’s genuinely designed to improve inclusivity in an area where it’s needed.

Hello grief, can you hear me?

I, like far too many people I know, have very recent experience with grief and the grieving process, so seeing Sue Ryder’s safe place to grieve installation on the seafront in Brighton was a poignant moment this week.

The national bereavement charity transformed an old red telephone box into a safe place for people to open up as part of its ‘To Be Honest’ campaign after a survey revealed fear of guilt and embarrassment causes emotions of grief to be downplayed or internalised.

People can use the phone inside to say their true feelings about grief out loud, similar to leaving a voicemail, and have the option to have their message sent back to them so they can share it with their own support network.

Having seen the devastating damage not opening up about grief can do to a person, I love this campaign and it’s a great example of using creative thinking to tackle important issues with compassion and empathy.

Eggs-cruciating

Maybe I’m getting too cynical in my old age (I did have a birthday last week) BUT if it looks like a stunt, smells like a stunt, and isn’t tagged #ad then…

At least that’s what came to mind when I spotted DJ Roman Kemp’s tweet that he’d eaten one of only 146 half and half Creme Eggs worth £10,000 on Sunday.

Now, I might be wrong, but that story has had such cracking coverage from one tweet that it does make me wonder if Cadbury put all its eggs in Roman’s basket, so to speak.

Logan Roy opens London Stock Exchange

That’s it. That’s the stunt. 

This morning, Scottish actor Brian Cox appeared at the LSE in character as Succession’s Logan Roy to start trading.

A lovely little stunt to celebrate the fourth and final season of Succession which streams on Now TV and Sky from Monday 27th March. 

Kudos to everyone involved in arranging this gem!