2014 Winners & Shortlists

Brief Explanation

For the Lebanese, violence and brutality became commonplace, which made indifference their natural response to humanitarian initiatives. Our goal was to change behavior and get more people to take action.

The Brief

With the rise of conflict and instability in Lebanon and across the region, how do we get people to respond to blood donation pleas?

How the final design was conceived

We appealed to them by using a message they could relate to; a colloquial expression that is part of their every day communication. "Eza Endak Dam", literally translates to, "If you have blood", but is used in our colloquial dialect to also mean, "If you have an ounce of humanity”. Using the Kufic Arabic script for its flexible quality and innate geometric form, we designed our message to form the Red Cross.

Indication of how successful the outcome was in the market

Placed in universities, hospitals and other strategic locations, the designed posters generated an overwhelming response, with many phone calls received and a major increase in footfall to blood donation centers. People took notice and reacted.