After two members of the fascist British National Party won seats in the European Parliament last month, BSD client Hope Not Hate started collecting names and faces for a petition proclaiming that their election was "not in my name." Hope Note Hate released a video that compiled all of the names and faces on a standalone site, NotInMyName.tv, encouraging viewers share it on Twitter and upload their own picture.... more
This week, Blue State Digital lent a hand at NOI's Bootcamp 2009. As part of their training, all of the attendees were split up into groups, where they ran mock campaigns for superheroes in their bid for DC Mayor. Three of the eight mayoral candidates - Superman, The Green Lantern and The Atom - built full campaign websites with Blue State Digital's tools. They then used our advocacy platform to sign up new supporters, invite friends to join their cause, and mass mail their voters for Friday's election.... more
BSD is proud to have worked with the Sundance Institute to launch festival.sundance.com - the website for next year's Sundance Film Festival, with a fresh new look for 2010. Building off of the success of the 2009 festival site, the institute is working with BSD to grow the online presence of the event beyond its ten day run-time in January.... more
In February, BSD London started working with the Communication Workers Union to help them prevent the planned privatisation of the UK postal service, Royal Mail. This week the government decided to shelve the plans, and many commentators credited the CWU's vigorous campaign.... more
Earlier this week, Blue State Digital helped launch a new look and feel for Welcome Back Veterans. Welcome Back Veterans is dedicated to easing the transition for service members returning from combat overseas, focusing specifically on the challenges of finding employment and mental health care.... more
Last but certainly not least, Blue State Digital would like to congratulate its final winning campaign of 2008: Senator Al Franken of Minnesota. Al Franken has been a BSD client since the very beginning of our company, working together on three separate projects since 2004.... more
This weekend, the Obama campaign recieved two major awards at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival for its mix of new media, community and television advertising.... more
Chino was brought on to Blue State Digital as Director of Motion Graphics after his work on the Barack Obama presidential campaign. Prior to working with Obama for America, Chino spent a decade designing and making animations for film, television, Internet, mobile and outdoor audiences. He has been responsible for design and animation at the Food Network and the Walt Disney Internet Group, and has managed motion graphics teams at advertising agencies such as Draftfcb.... more
Longtime BSD client Wal-Mart Watch has always run "site fight" campaigns directed at individual communities fighting to keep Wal-Mart out. Its most recent local campaign might be its biggest yet: activating populations in the three biggest cities in the U.S.: New York, Chicago and LA (where Wal-Mart has almost no stores, but is looking now to start building). So far, it's been a great success.
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It's a classic love story. Boy works for Blue State Digital. Girl works for Blue State Digital. Boy and girl reconnect after leaving Blue State Digital, fall in love, get married, and live happily ever after.
Congratulations to Tom Cochran and Erin Skinner, two of Blue State Digital's first employees who were married this past Saturday.... more
