{"id":12762,"date":"2009-11-09T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T05:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BrandTwist.com\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2018-10-18T20:14:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T20:14:41","slug":"steal-this-chair-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandtwist.com\/blog\/brand-experience\/steal-this-chair-please\/","title":{"rendered":"Steal this Chair, Please."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1051\" title=\"chair\" src=\"http:\/\/BrandTwist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/chair-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"chair\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Mono (of Minneapolis) have created an unusual campaign for Client Blu Dot design.<\/p>\n<p>They are putting 25 &#8220;Real Good Chairs&#8221; in key locations in Manhattan and hoping people will steal them.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s because each chair contains a GPS tracking device and has it&#8217;s own <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/realgoodchair\">Twitter feed <\/a>which link to the <a href=\"http:\/\/realgood.bludot.com\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The pick-ups are being filmed cloak and dagger style by a camera crew hidden in a van.<\/p>\n<p>You can literally follow the journey of these chairs as they make there way through Manhattan and beyond (one, not surprisingly, has already ended up in Park Slope).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s gotten some interesting initial press including this piece in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/blog\/michael-cannell\/cannell\/blu-dot-drops-25-chairs-new-york-sidewalks-and-tracks-their-movements-c\">Fast Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cool premise. It will be fun to see how it plays out.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s my point of view. What&#8217;s your twist?<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of this campaign?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mono (of Minneapolis) have created an unusual campaign for Client Blu Dot design. They are putting 25 &#8220;Real Good Chairs&#8221; in key locations in Manhattan and hoping people will steal them. That&#8217;s because each chair contains a GPS tracking device and has it&#8217;s own Twitter feed which link to the website. 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