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Brief:
Gothenburg Homeless Aid is a voluntary organisation that helps the homeless, substance abusers and other vulnerable people. People are a bit more generous around Christmas and tend to give more to those less fortunate than themselves. That’s why Christmas is a very important time for the Gothenburg Homeless Aid, a time when a large proportion of the entire year’s funding is collected. But what can be done to stand out in the onslaught of mailings and Christmas cards? Actually, we created another Christmas card.

Solution:
To draw attention to all the people with no fixed abode in Gothenburg we sent out the Christmas cards in envelopes addressed to: “Lasse Persson, a doorway/tunnel/stairwell, Hisingen (a part of Gothenburg)” and wrote the details of the actual intended recipient on the back of the envelope. Obviously the Swedish post office couldn’t find Lasse because he has no real address. The mail therefore had to be returned to the ‘Sender’ address on the back of the envelope with a post office stamp saying ‘Not known at this address’. The yellow label on the envelope not only highlights the fact that there are people in Gothenburg who have nowhere to live. It makes it virtually impossible for the recipient to simply discard it without opening it and seeing what it’s all about.

Results:
The yellow label on the envelope not only highlights the fact that there are people in Gothenburg who have nowhere to live. It makes it virtually impossible for the recipient to simply discard it without opening it and seeing what it’s all about. The Christmas card was sent to 20,000 people in Gothenburg, in the days before and after Christmas. The campaign raised SEK 1.6 million (around EUR 170,000), which is more than any other campaign for Gothenburg Homeless Aid. The result was also an increase by 60% compared to the previous Christmas campaign.

Advertising Agency: GOSS, Gothenburg, Sweden
Copywriter: Elisabeth Berlander, Micke Schultz, Ulrika Good
Art Director: Mimmi Andersson, Mattias Frendberg, Jan Eneroth, Albin Larsson
Production Designers: Louise Christiansson, Elin Andreasson, Lena Björklund Henriksson
Account Supervisors: Fredrik Toreskog, Johan Good, Stig Lundstedt
Account Managers: Lena Kling, Anna Troglin, Malin Berggren, Karolina Mindhammar, Monica N. Persson
Web Director: Robert German
Art Director: Gunnar Skarland

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Advertising Agency: Acne Advertising, Stockholm, Sweden
Photographer: Martin Runeborg

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Advertising Agency: Acne Advertising, Stockholm, Sweden
Photographer: Martin Runeborg

Advertising Agency: DDB, Stockholm, Sweden
Copywriter: Magnus Jakobsson
Art Director: Fredrik simonsson
Creative Director: Andreas Dahlqvist

Advertising Agency: DDB, Sweden
Copywriter: Magnus Jakobsson
art director: Fredrik Simonsson
Creative Director: Andreas Dahlqvist

Advertising Agency: DDB, Sweden
Copywriter: Magnus Jakobsson
art director: Fredrik Simonsson
Creative Director: Andreas Dahlqvist

Advertising Agency: Volt, Stockholm, Sweden
Creative Director: Mans Jacobsson Hosk
Art Director: Alexander Hansen
Copywriters: Jens Thelfer, Joakim Hutchinson-Kay
Photographer: Vostro
Other additional credits: Louise Wallgren, Björn Ekdahl
Released: April 2008

Advertising Agency: DDB Stockholm, Sweden
Copywriter: Magnus Jakobsson
Art Director: Fredrik Simonsson

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Advertising Agency: GOSS, Gothenburg, Sweden
Art Directors: Mattias Frendberg, Mimmi Andersson, Jan Eneroth, Albin Larsson, Gunnar Skarland
Copywriters: Michael Schultz, Elisabeth Berlander, Ulrika Good
Illustrator / Photographer: Fredrik Persson
Published: December 2007 – February 2008