We really do love Adidas and their unbelievably super cool projects that unite people with their brand in unique and larger than life ways. The highest goal digest film catalogs one of the projects in which the shoe manufacturer created an event to unite and engage football fans throughout Japan in support of their national football (read soccer) team, while allowing the public to generate social connections amongst themselves. Fantastic!

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We had mentioned about a week or so ago that North was up for a couple SoMe awards for their work with shoe manufacturer, Keen. We're happy to follow up that they were took two awards at the Social Media Awards event: Best Agency and Best Breaking Social, the later of which is awarded for “Most innovative or unique use of a social tool, platform or application.” Huge congrats to the team (consisting of Dave Allen, Jessica Williams (center) and Alison Reilly (right) on their stellar work. You can read about more details in their recent blog post about the win.

Made by Hand / No 5 The Bike Maker from Made by Hand on Vimeo.

The newest installment in the Made by Hand series is out. This edition looks to bike maker Ezra Caldwell (Fast Boy Cycles) and tells the story of how he faced cancer and overcame adversity. The series is produced by Bureau of Common Goods and as with the other installments is gorgeously shot and edited. This is swiftly becoming one of our favorite short form documentary series.