Nike New York City Marathon by 2×4
June 1st, 2010 Yanda



“In this city, every day’s a marathon. Living in New York is daily endurance test, a real time obstacle course, a sensorial avalanche. There is a beautiful brutality to a city where everything is in flux, in process, under construction; where nothing is straight or finished or fully functional. New York is our beast: its ugly and dangerous but show it some affection and its a loyal friend forever. We’re proud because we’re tough. We can take it. We can absorb punishing heat and spiraling rent and bitter wind and appalling smells and it only makes us love it all the more. “Fire is the test of gold,” the old saying goes, “adversity the test of strong men.” Its not that we’re arrogant, its just that we feel we are tested every day and every day we prove we’ve got the metal. 26.2? That’s nothing. I commute from Queens.”
2×4 produced Nike’s branding for the 2009 New York City Marathon. The campaign included broadcast, posters, store windows, point of purchase displays and general morale boosts along the road.






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