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Watch Kareem in this Spot: Adidas’ Past Creates Its Future (VIDEO)

January 20, 2017

 

Adidas is doing it its own way—and it’s working. As part of the relaunch of its EQT shoe line, the footwear brand is debuting a global campaign centered around the idea of originality and creation. On Wednesday, the company introduced a 90-second film “Original is never finished,” which features a mix of modern creators such as Snoop Dogg, hip-hop artist Stormzy, basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and artist Petra Collins, set to the classic crooning of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.”

“We have in the past challenged ‘outward’-facing concepts like what it meant to be a superstar, or the dystopian notion of the future,” explained Alegra O’Hare, VP-global communications at Adidas Originals & Core. “For the first time ever, we decided to point the attention in, and challenge the very ethos of our brand and the notion of what it means to be a true original.”

Read more at adage.com

 

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