BRIEF 2: HELP A LOCAL BUSINESS NEAR YOU

Challenge: Combine your knowledge in design, storytelling and experience to help small businesses near you who’s been affected by Covid-19.

BRIEF 3: DRINK RESPONSIBLY. DON’T BOTTLE YOUR FEELINGS.

Challenge: To help people to not lean on alcohol but to speak up about their mental health and encourage a responsibility towards your drinking habits.

BRIEF 4: ENCOURAGE GEN Z & MILLENIALS TO SIGN UP TO VERO

Challenge: Come up with an idea that would get people to sign up for VERO. You can go serious, or you can go silly. It doesn’t matter, as long as it gets people to think differently about their social networking habits.

BRIEF 5: RAISE ADOPTION FOR CONTACT TRACING APPS

Challenge: There’s no one simple catch-all solution for a global pandemic. But as creatives we can try to solve tough targeted problems as part of a larger mitigation strategy. This month you’ll be exploring how we might raise adoption of contact tracing apps for use now and for future pandemics.

BRIEF 6: DIVERSIFY THE GREAT OUTDOORS

Problem: Nature is everywhere, but it’s not for everyone. In fact, in the UK only 1% of visitors to national parks are from Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
In the US, only 6% of visitors are Black.

Challenge: Come up with an idea that increases Black and minority participation in the great outdoors.

BRIEF 7: NEW NORMAL EVENTS

Challenge: Design an attendee experience for an event of your choice in a way that encourages interaction between IRL attendees and online participants, without compromising either’s experience.

BRIEF 8: SAFE RUSSIAN PROTESTS

Problem: In Russia, there is an ever-increasing clampdown on the freedom of speech and political expression. Today, it's not just the ardent political activists who routinely face jail time, but regular “discontented citizens” as well.

Challenge: Think of a safe, non-political* way to help Russian’s materialize their protest energy.