portfolio

Aluma Social Welfare - putting homeless people on the digital map

The Fan Club wanted people to notice the homeless in Malmö. With $0 budget. While people were busy playing gowalla and 4square on their phones.
Dabitch 1 min read
Aluma Social Welfare - putting homeless people on the digital map
Spot the pale ghost on the left

Challenge

The Fanclub wanted people to notice the homeless in Malmö. With $0 budget. While people were busy playing Gowalla and 4square on their phones.

Solution

Since I knew how to hack both Gowalla & 4Square's geo-location, the Fan Club contacted me for help, and we spent an evening at the agency making check-in spots for homeless peoples "homes". Benches, parks and bus stops. A little hackathon for the homeless, if you will.

Result

The media impact was worth approx $365,000, reaching 1.1 million people in Sweden, it was covered on national and local news, on the radio and in newspapers.

Share
Comments
More from Everything is so random there must be a pattern.

Everything is so random there must be a pattern.

Hi, I'm Åsk, I'm a geeky art director working in advertising and industrial design. Here I share whatever is on my mind and the occasional script.

Great! You’ve successfully signed up.

Welcome back! You've successfully signed in.

You've successfully subscribed to Everything is so random there must be a pattern. .

Success! Check your email for magic link to sign-in.

Success! Your billing info has been updated.

Your billing was not updated.