Newborn Kosova

Double Win for Ogilvy Kosova

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on June 19, 2008

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On June 17th Fisnik Ismaili (Executive Creative Director) of Ogilvy Kosova receives a phone-call late at night from Cannes Lions telling him he has to fly out early in the morning to Cannes to collect Gold for the NEWBORN.

There’s few things in life you can say you’ve done, or rather there’s few things you can add to your “Things I want to do before I reach 30″ list - Gold in the Permanent Environmental Category at Cannes Lions would have topped that. Gold in Cannes comes to Prishtina and joins its buddy Silver Clio received few weeks back in Miami, Florida.

The team at Ogilvy and all who worked on this monument that represents a day etched deep in history of Kosova are proud to say that they were once part of this art piece that moved hearts, and still electrifies chills on my neck.

Writing & talking about this feat seems not to fulfill my appetite towards NEWBORN. Simply enjoying the moment and smiling back in pride seems nice enough to simply say ‘wow’ with a cute little question mark for an intonation.

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Cannes Lions: NEWBORN wins Gold
Clio Awards: NEWBORN wins Silver

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NEWBORN Shortlisted for Clio Award

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arian

on May 7, 2008

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Ogilvy Kosova has been shortlisted in the 49th Annual Clio Award Festival, the world leading awarding body for advertising, design and interactive. NEWBORN is in the short list of contenders in Design Category. (www.clioawards.com)

Every year, over 30 000 best adverts, campaigns, designs and websites compete for a Clio, and only a handful receives one.

It is said that “What Oscar is to movies and Grammy is to music, Clio is to advertising”. It is a great honour for us to reach this far.

Some of our team members will attend the Clio Festival in South Beach, FL, on 14-17 May, hoping to come back with a gleaming Clio statue.

Keep your fingers crossed, root and cheer for NEWBORN’s latest international success.

FLORIDA, HERE WE COME!!!

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NEWBORN is a monument marking the Kosova Declaration of Independence Day, 17 February 2008.

Made of steel, weighing about 9 tonnes, NEWBORN is 3m high, 22m long and 1m thick.

First to put their signatures into NEWBORN in black permanent markers were Kosovar President, Fatmir Sejdiu, and Prime-Minister, Hashim Thaçi, at 18:30 (GMT+1), 17 Feb 2008, followed by thousands of other people celebrating on the day, until 24:00.

NEWBORN has become a historical symbol and is now under the protection of the Government of Kosova.

It took 10 days for the creators, Ogilvy Kosova, to give birth to NEWBORN, from idea to final product.

NEWBORN has become the shrine for the team who created it. Every one of us has to see it at least once a day in order to recharge ourselves with that feeling of peace, excitement, love and pride all intertwined in one.

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Enjoying the Breeze

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valoni

on March 31, 2008

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NEWBORN is growing up and enjoying the breeze outside. I haven’t passed along there in awhile, but to refresh my memory I plan to walk down there and see if anything has changed. I know there’s few spray-painted marks done by some few weeks back, which remind me that nothing is invincible. We must work and protect all that we stand for.

Cheers.

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Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

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on February 29, 2008

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Roughly two weeks after the Declaration we’re inviting all to gather around the NEWBORN and party on through drinks and fine tunes!!

Location: te NEWBORN
Hour: 20:00
Day: Saturday, March 1st

NEWBORN Party !!

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Growing Up

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valoni

on February 25, 2008

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Now that NEWBORN is a week old, we’re thinking of what to do next with it - as far as its permanent location goes. Our discussion on this topic is an ongoing thing, thus we have created a separate page on this website where we’re asking you to discuss your ideas on this topic.

Where do you think NEWBORN should end up?

Click on [Discussion] for your follow-up.

NOTE: To post your comments please click on the Discussion link above.

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It was a Masterpiece though!

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on February 22, 2008

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It has to be “huge“, it must be particular, unique even better.

Everybody wanted to be included, everyone wanted to participate in a way or another just to feel it from near enough so to say loudly and proudly “I even was part of it!“.

(foto credit to Bashkim Hajrizi)

Our NEWBORN seems to have raised very much attention, gained a lot of reputation. We are proud of ourselfs for this creature, even I personally feel proud that I helped in in one way or another. It’s something that can never be forgotten.
Joy and happiness is floating above us as those yellow-helium-filled balloons flew up on Prishtina’s sky that night.
I hope that we, you, everybody, in particular people of Kosova enjoy this newborn life within their newborn country.

In a nutshell, on behalf of NEWBORN today we’ve created a new page on this blog on which we are going to include every possible edge we can be aware of where NEWBORN sculpture has been posted, filmed, mentioned at least, let that be a whole article, a small paragraph and/or even a single word though.

Hence, here it is, visit the Newborn on the Media page and enjoy exploring.

Update: seems that the term NEWBORN was very quickly absorbed by the people and every one who displayed something about Kosova that day referred to it usually with this term.
Google proves it more if you wanna know
Google It! to see for yourself.

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Inseparable!

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on February 20, 2008

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There has always been something that tightened us together and made us inseparable.

Our flag never touched the ground, red & black has perpetually been highly appraised.
On the independence day the same happened, hundreds of people kept the flag off the ground and carried it with kilometers.
We put a sign on memory (foto credit to Muja).

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Touched

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on February 20, 2008

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These are the markings on the last letter N.

Kosova is Born.

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Dreams Do Come True

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valoni

on February 19, 2008

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Everything happens for a reason and good things do happen. I’ve witnessed many things in my personal life that have changed me and helped me grow. There’s much more to live and learn, but this moment in time I believe has changed us all and helped us see ourselves as a country that is free and ready to meet its challenges and obstacles just so it climb right up to the top and see itself as part of the group of nations that fully enjoy its freedom and sovereignty.

There’s no words that can describe the feeling you get when people walk by and talk loud and clear about NEWBORN and its meaning to Kosova. My father said - “This sculpture marks the independence of Kosova.”

Yes, the Declaration of Independence was signed by the members of the parliament of Kosova on February 17, 2008 around 4pm. On the other side of the town, people had a chance to sign that same Declaration through the NEWBORN Sculpture.

Typography above typography, this art piece marks the beginning of a new era in the history of people of Kosova, and I mean getting chills is not enough. Dropping down and recklessly yelling out unarticulated sounds could be well enough the exhilaration you get from this.

I salute all who worked on this and those who made it come to life by signing it.

Cheers.

Fisi…having a meltdown after the touchdown and Feeling Good.

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We’ve got it on the ground

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on February 17, 2008

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While my colleague Valoni describes about the ongoings in the capital city of NEWBORN state Kosova, in Prishtina, I am going to counter-report for the celebrity events in the second most important city of Kosova, my hometown Prizren.

Although in almost every edge of the land festivity activities were present today, each part had prepared something special on their own way.
People mobs who went out to celebrate today with the whole nation were astonishing. From the population that gushed on the roads, proper movement virtually was made impossible. Cheerings, music, national dancing, fire-works, inscriptions, sutures, everything looked wonderful. Dressed up in various ways, covered by national flags, characteristic two-color hats, with national turfs on heads, old and youth, men and women, attended today in the downtown of the city, in Shadervan to be more exact, marched through the roads and all around the city.
Everything emerged it’s beauty, but above all, the most spectacular ones actually were the presence of persistent and inexhaustible smilies in people faces. Everybody seemed to be so overjoyed.
Even the cold weather didn’t keep them away from celebrating the most important event, so long expected, this unforgettable day that was pinned today on each ones mind, the day to be remembered within all generations, a footprint in history.

Everyone surprised with something unique on his/her own, nevertheless, the most impressive surprise was the appearance of the longest national flag ever seen. With a height of 3500m carried from nearly 1200 persons it began from the suburban part of the town and was lifted and waived until to the monumental complex of the Albanian League of Prizren. It was amazing, hilarious, indescribable, not only exciting but also emotionally very touchy.
To get a closer understanding at what I’m talking about see the jam for your self and get shocked (foto credit to Amir.S).

Finally, among all other beauties I managed to get a shot of this beauty too. A picture is worth a thousand words, a wonder that speaks for itself. She reminds me of Shote Galica.