SITUATION


The 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis

 

Founded in 2007, the Balsillie School of International Affairs is an advanced research centre located in the Centre for International Governance Innovation. A project of critical importance in The Cuban Missle Crisis needed a creative digital media team to deliver the historical moments of this world changing event to the internet.

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SERVICES

  • Marketing strategy
  • Technology strategy
  • Transmedia communications
  • Requirements analysis
  • User interface design
  • Website development
  • Content management system
  • Drupal development
  • CMS implementation
  • Social media support
  • Social media launch planning
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SOLUTION


A transmedia project, animated videos, books, podcasts, blogging, short films, and storytelling in comic book strip style share the story of the historical moments of the events leading up to the day in October 1963, when human civilization came close to being destroyed.

 

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SUCCESS


With worldwide publicity and attention, The Armageddon Letters featured a virtual John F. Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro, blogging in “real time” to create a reenactment of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

 

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COLLABORATIONS
 

  • Case Study
    Budweiser

    Mad Hatter Technology with Budweiser, Grip Limited, and the telco providers a group designed the user interface and mobile application for the famously free Bud Phone.

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    Alarmforce

    Mad Hatter was enlisted to help AlarmForce improve its home surveillance systems, a mobile application needs to be designed and developed for secure monitoring.

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    Huron University

    Huron University College was established in 1863 as the founding college of The University of Western Ontario. The institution was in need of a rebrand of its own kind.

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    CASP

    With an outdated system a digital rebranding and new website was needed to reach out to people suffering within communities across Canada.