Steinway & Sons - “Piano for Peace”

Steinway & Sons


TitlePiano for Peace
AgencyDDB Worldwide Inc.
AdvertiserSteinway & Sons
BrandSteinway & Sons
Product CategoryMusical Instruments
Campaign NamePiano for Peace
Country of ProductionGermany
Date of First Broadcast/Publication2012
Media TypeInteractive
Length121 Seconds
Awards CLIO Awards, 2013 (Gold) for Digital/Mobile
Agency DDB Tribal

Story

To commemorate the 'Bed-in' by jon Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969, Steinway and Sons and Hilton joined forces for an interactive event via DDB Tribal Dusseldorf. A microsite let people compose their own peace song from March 23-25, using their computer keyboard which connected to a custom-built robotic arm, upload it alonside a photo of themselves. On March 26, the songs were played on a special edition Steinway Imagine Series peion in the same suite that Lennon and Ono stayed in.