Posts tagged with ‘sxsw’
Grand Ex 2019: HBO, Giant Spoon and the Experiential Campaign of the Year
How HBO’s ambitious SXSWestworld campaign leveraged hyper personalization and content at scale to captivate festivalgoers—and an entire industry Loyal fans of the HBO series “Westworld” might have thought twice about the roundtrip ticket to Sweetwater. The fictional town is home, after all, to more than a few gunfights, ambushes and bloody massacres that are...
SXSW 2019 Part Deux: Experiential in Austin, From Dell to Bumble to Twitter
From augmented reality-enabled audio journeys to a library of President Donald Trump’s tweets to “Project Runway” music videos, we bring you part two in our coverage of SXSW’s opening weekend, March 8-10. What stood out: how many scooters cruised the streets of Austin, how many puppies there were to cuddle, how brand ambassadors’ passion (or...
EM Executive Chat: Inside Amazon Prime Video’s ‘Garden of Earthly Delights’ at SXSW
Amazon Prime Video made its SXSW debut in Austin this year with a garden of earthly delights filled with festival-friendly activities like hair braiding, Boomerangs, puppy cuddling and live music. Each touchpoint reflected the storyline of Amazon’s upcoming series “Good Omens,” in which an angel and a demon partner up to save the world ahead...
Courting Casual Gamers, Activision Blizzard Media Asks SXSW Attendees to ‘Unlock the Gamer Within’
Activision Blizzard Media created a two-story arcade for attendees of SXSW in Austin this year, activating March 8-11 at its first-ever appearance at the festival. The publisher is best known for intense, immersive games like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, but with the recent acquisition of mobile game publisher King (Candy Crush, Farm...