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Dushan Stojkovikj

Ripple

Crypto Means Business, phase 2

Phase 2 of Ripple’s “Crypto Means Business” campaign for the financial districts of New York, London, Dubai, Singapore and São Paulo, from Underground panels to a special build in Dubai.

My role
Concept and art direction of the phase-2 executions. I led their rollout across five markets.
Agency
Iris Worldwide, supporting the lead agency team in San Francisco
Year
2023
Channels
OOH, Special-build OOH, Static and animated DOOH, Social, Newspaper
Markets
New York, London, Dubai, Singapore, São Paulo

2.1M

foot traffic in high-traffic zones

Client figure

Ripple screens on the buildings of Times Square, New York, seen from the street.

The story

Context

Crypto Means Business ran in two phases for financial-district audiences in New York, London, Dubai, Singapore and São Paulo. The lead agency team sat in San Francisco; at Iris I art-directed the phase-2 executions and led their rollout.

Challenge

Five cities, local languages and a regulator in every market. Feedback arrived market by market, and each city still had to go live on time.

Idea

Keep one line, “Crypto means business”, and pair it with pixel-built skyline artwork that can be rebuilt for each city: big enough for a Times Square tower, simple enough for an Underground panel.

Execution

Hundreds of assets in local languages across OOH, DOOH, social and print, including Times Square and a special build over a road in Dubai. Regulators in each market fed back on the work, so the team stayed reactive and turned changes around quickly for San Francisco.

Result

2.1M foot traffic in high-traffic zones. Source: client figure.

The work

01

Special build, Dubai

The wrap for a structure over a road in Dubai, in Arabic and English: the artwork flat, then on site.

Flat artwork for the Dubai special build: a long V-shaped wrap with the Ripple logo and Arabic and English copy above a pixel-built skyline.
Artwork, flat
The finished Ripple wrap on a structure spanning a road in Dubai, with traffic below.
On site

02

London Underground

Platform panels and animated DOOH, with the skyline artwork rebuilt for London.

Wide digital screen on an Underground platform reading “Crypto means business.” beside pixel-built skyline artwork.
Animated DOOH
Ripple poster on an Underground platform wall reading “The time to innovate is always now.”
Platform panel
Ripple panel on an Underground platform next to a train, asking “Think crypto is none of your business?”
Platform panel

03

Times Square, New York

A tall blue Ripple screen on a Times Square building, looking up from the street.

Credits

Client
Ripple
Agency
Iris Worldwide, supporting the lead agency team in San Francisco
Dushan Stojkovikj
Concept and art direction of the phase-2 executions. I led their rollout across five markets. I led the digital and artwork teams, and every asset passed my review before it went back to the lead agency.

Available

Hiring a Creative Lead or Design Director?

Open to Creative Lead, Design Director and Art Director roles in the UK, Europe and the US, on site or remote, and to a few art direction projects with agencies and brands.

dushan-s@live.com