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December 16, 2013

Tommy John: Upgrade Your Briefs

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If she can't get away with this, why would men think they can? That is the question behind this elegant, playfully seductive video. SS+K's latest work from SS+K for upscale men's underwear brand, Tommy John. See for yourself: … [Read more...] about Tommy John: Upgrade Your Briefs

October 29, 2013

#20SomethingProblems

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Jake and Amir, and their pal Josh Ruben, did a short comedy video for American Student Assistance, an organization dedicated to helping students handle their post-graduate finances. SS+K created the campaign as a follow up to "the Red", a short horror film depicting the terrors new college grads can experience leaving school and dragging with them a mountain of debt. … [Read more...] about #20SomethingProblems

June 19, 2013

FWD.us

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Taking off on the iconic Emma Lazarus poem, "The New Colossus," this spot from FWD.us calls on America to support comprehensive immigration reform, and the bill currently before the Senate. "Emma" :30s … [Read more...] about FWD.us

May 1, 2013

The Red

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Directed by the Sundance-award-winning trio of Borderline Films – the team behind critically-acclaimed movies Martha Marcy May Marlene and Simon Killer - this short thriller depicts the terror experienced by many college graduates saddled with enormous student loan debt. SS+K wrote and produced the film for the non-profit, American Student Assistance (ASA), to promote their online debt management resource, SALT. Press: NYTimes AdWeek Short film: Trailer: … [Read more...] about The Red

March 22, 2013

Capture the Night

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Steve Angelo, one-third of the electronic dance music DJ team, Swedish House Mafia, marks his solo debut, launching a new track in a promotion for Kraft Mio. The campaign, Capture the Night. , encourages Steve's fans to help unlock the track by tagging their instagrams between the hours of 6PM and 6AM. As each section of the gallery fills, a new section of the track is made available. Once all sections become unlocked, the song is made available for download. Instagram photos shared to the site … [Read more...] about Capture the Night

March 7, 2013

South by Six Seconds

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The 2013 South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival as told through the six-second video uploads to Vine from the event. Highlight reel: Teaser / call for entries: … [Read more...] about South by Six Seconds

February 4, 2013

VineViewer

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An SS+K Labs project developed with the sole purpose of allowing people to search and browse the world of 6-second videos on Vine™. We called it VineViewer. Early 2013, Twitter launched Vine, its video-sharing platform. It’s basically Instagram for video. As Twitter limits texts to 140 characters, it likewise constrains vines to :06 seconds. Because Vine launched without any real way to browse its content, we built a web app that allows you to view Vine videos (called vines) by keyword or … [Read more...] about VineViewer

November 5, 2012

For All: Obama 2012

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Democracy is not a neat thing. But there's a beauty in the plurality of voices that bring together the many values we hold dear. These power these voices have can be expressed in a single word: Vote. Shot by David Gordon Green, and edited by Hank Corwin and Jay Rabinowitz, “For All” is the final piece we released as part of our work for the Obama 2012 campaign. … [Read more...] about For All: Obama 2012

October 26, 2012

Lena Dunham: “My First Time”

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Building off our voter registration campaign for OFA (Obama for America), we created this short video wherein Lena Dunham talks about her "first time" as a voter. Her brand of smart, awkward, personal comedy helped make the case to young voters that there's nothing to be afraid of. Voting is cool. :60second … [Read more...] about Lena Dunham: “My First Time”

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