by Worked with the brilliant Geometry Global to bring every son, brother and father’s incredible stories back to life. 60,083 unique poppy pins with profound meaning and story behind them were made from shells and earth from the battlefields – each one dedicated to an individual soldier.
We directed users from the press ads to our mobile experience where they could unlock a more immersive poppy experience. Through AR technology, we turned the pin into a portal to the muddy trenches to discover more about the soldiers who fought and died at Passchendaele. When the box was scanned with Blippar on smartphones and tablets, mud would appear to fill the box on screen, flowing around the poppy, to show the horrible conditions of the infamous battle.
After the mud disperses a letter emerges from the pin, “voices of the fallen” were recreated with regional accents to bring the soldier back to life. Users could then swipe through the dozens of emotive stories, diary entries and old photographs to learn more about the soldier, what else they achieved in life and who they left behind.