Seeing Red

Here's a neat snippet of the Product Red initiative I found over at my Digitas comrade's Digital Hive blog.  From the post:

"Can a tank top change the world?

So asks the October 9^th issue of The New Yorker, or more specifically, the thirty (30!) Gap print ads featured within. These ads are part of Product Red (styled: (PRODUCT) ^RED), an initiative started by Bono and Bobby Shriver in order to raise money for the Global Fund to Fights AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The Product Red brand is licensed by iconic companies such as American Express, Motorola and Giorgio Armani, in order to create a product with the (RED) logo, and ultimately give a percentage of sales profits to the Global Fund.

The Gap ads have the same look and feel as your generic Gap ads and feature Jennifer Gardner, Steven Spielberg, Chris Rock and a bra-less Christy Turlington. Though I wish the ads were a bit more provocative (after all, we ARE talking about AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria), (RED) wants to be clear that they are not a charity. They are a business model. And a simple one at that: “We believe that if consumers are offered this choice, and the products meet their needs, they will choose (RED). And if they choose (RED) over non-(RED), then more brands will choose to become (RED) because it will make good business sense to do so. And more lives will be saved.”

http://www.joinred.com/

www.gap.com/red 

On a personal note, I recently saw an interview with Bono, and the man is simply amazing.  He has such a genuine heart for those suffering in far away lands and he has done great things to raise the awareness of AIDS in these places.  Bono has become a serious role model for me.  So buy red.  That AMEX card looks pretty cool anyway.

"Can a tank top change the world?

So asks the October 9^th issue of The New Yorker, or more specifically, the thirty (30!) Gap print ads featured within. These ads are part of Product Red (styled: (PRODUCT) ^RED), an initiative started by Bono and Bobby Shriver in order to raise money for the Global Fund to Fights AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The Product Red brand is licensed by iconic companies such as American Express, Motorola and Giorgio Armani, in order to create a product with the (RED) logo, and ultimately give a percentage of sales profits to the Global Fund.

The Gap ads have the same look and feel as your generic Gap ads and feature Jennifer Gardner, Steven Spielberg, Chris Rock and a bra-less Christy Turlington. Though I wish the ads were a bit more provocative (after all, we ARE talking about AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria), (RED) wants to be clear that they are not a charity. They are a business model. And a simple one at that: “We believe that if consumers are offered this choice, and the products meet their needs, they will choose (RED). And if they choose (RED) over non-(RED), then more brands will choose to become (RED) because it will make good business sense to do so. And more lives will be saved.”

http://www.joinred.com/

www.gap.com/red 

On a personal note, I recently saw an interview with Bono, and the man is simply amazing.  He has such a genuine heart for those suffering in far away lands and he has done great things to raise the awareness of AIDS in these places.  Bono has become a serious role model for me.  So buy red.  That AMEX card looks pretty cool anyway.