Sunday, May 13, 2018

OUGD602 Making London Event: Google


Andre Le Masurier



Andre Le Masurier, the group creative director at Google Brand Studio took the time to talk about Google’s latest project for good dubbed Searching for Syria.  They were asked by the UNHCR (the UN refugee agency) to do a project that gives people more information about what’s going in in Syria.  The Google team came up with a concept that focuses on the 5 most searched questions asked about Syria on Google.  These questions were:

            What was Syria like before the war?

            What is going on in Syria?

            What is a refugee?

            Where are Syrian refugees going?

            How can I help Syrian refugees?

The Searching for Syria website has images to accompany each of these questions that really put what is going on in Syria into perspective and to help people understand what is happening in the country and what they can do to help (there is definitely a theme as to how creativity can help to shape the world for the better with these last few speakers).  I did not get a chance to speak with Andre at the end of his presentation as he was shooting off back to America.

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