Client—Samsung
Role—Art Director
Samsung Galaxy S8 Global Campaign

↳ Art Direction
↳ Layout Design

The new Samsung Galaxy S8 has
the world’s first Infinity Screen –
an expansive display that stretches
all the way to the edges of the device
and makes everything feel
more immersive.

The official launch "Unbox Your Phone"
took place in the biggest way imaginable:
A massive life-sized blue whale swimming
through Times Square.

R/GA synchronized 45 different billboards
to create a single, connected experience
that immersed everyone who witnessed it,
as the whale moved seamlessly from
screen to screen.

As part of the campaign, I was lucky to
art direct the motion of the whale inside
New York's Oculus and T-Mobiles flagship
store that also took a huge part
in the "Time Square Takeover."

Our execution won a Bronze Lion at Cannes 2017
for Design Craft: Video / Moving Images.












Client—Samsung
Agency—R/GA
Partners— Esther Rosenberg, Lead Producer
                       Nicole Speath, Rachel Murad,
                       Account Production
                       Kathy Monohan, Content Production
                       James Dick, Wing Luo, Natasha Saenko, Cristina Kuong,                              
                       Reginald Ross, Thomas Parrinello, Mark Yagos, Dan                                        
                       Augsburger, Seth Gollub, Cg/Motion Graphics
                       Tristan Kincaid, Qian Qian, Chris Knight, Dagmar Hoogland,
                       Chris Cyran, Andy Bull, Ben Peppernell, Ash Mendez,
                       Creatives
                       Pam Carden, Business Affairs
                       Helder Santo, Chad Wilson, Kristina Mccauley,
                       Katie Cahill, Account Team












Samsung Team:
Chief Marketing Officer: Marc Mathieu
Chief Creative Officer: Jesse Coulter
Head Of Brand Creative Marketing: Kristin Harrer
Head Of Brand Design & Experience: John Moon
Director, Brand Creative Marketing: John T Field
Creative Director: Valentine Freeman
Senior Manager, Brand Creative Marketing: Monique Nanclares









CAD Sketches - T-Mobile Flagship Store (Times SQ)

Shown are the CAD Sketches of how we were able to think through
the placement and movement of the whale throughout the store.
















CAD Sketches - Oculous (World Trade)


Shown are the CAD Sketches of how we were able to think through the placement and movement
of the whale throughout the Oculous Building. Since there were big screens throughout the building,
this gave us a lot of room to place with space and trasfering the whale to other screens.








©Ash Mendez
2024