{"id":473,"date":"2018-04-17T11:07:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T09:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/?p=473"},"modified":"2025-09-23T12:48:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T10:48:43","slug":"mercedes-benz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/mercedes-benz\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes-Benz Trucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Working within the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tbwa.dk\/disruption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">framework of<strong> TBWA<\/strong><\/a>, my group and I were tasked with creating a new approach for Mercedes-Benz trucks in Denmark. After a thorough research phase, which involved infiltrating a very active Facebook group, an online questionaire with 400+ trucker respondents, and several articles on the subject, we ended up with this insight:<\/p>\n<p><strong>In ten years, there will be no need for truckers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scary, right?<br \/>\nUber is already using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2018\/03\/06\/uber-self-driving-trucks-deliveries-arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">self-driving trucks in Arizona<\/a>, though they won&#8217;t say how many, how often, or where they are now using them, we know the machines are among us. Soon they will replace human truckers as we know them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_478\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-478\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"478\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/mercedes-benz\/screen-shot-2018-04-17-at-11-22-48\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-17-at-11.22.48.png?fit=1440%2C807&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,807\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mercedes Trends\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-17-at-11.22.48.png?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-17-at-11.22.48.png?fit=1024%2C574&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-478 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-17-at-11.22.48.png?resize=560%2C314&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-17-at-11.22.48.png?resize=1024%2C574&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-17-at-11.22.48.png?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-17-at-11.22.48.png?resize=768%2C430&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-17-at-11.22.48.png?resize=1200%2C673&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-17-at-11.22.48.png?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>TBWA<\/strong> named <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedrum.com\/opinion\/2017\/05\/08\/the-machines-have-risen-tbwa-asia-pacific-and-hall-partners-series-uncovers-brand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rise of the Machines<\/a> as an emerging trend.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mercedes-Benz has a long history of innovation. They famously patented the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercedes-benz.com\/en\/mercedes-benz\/classic\/history\/corporate-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">engine operated automobile in 1886<\/a>, and have continued to improve upon car technology ever since. Their products are known as fancy, luxurious cars with reliability to warrant their high price tags.<\/p>\n<p>The juxtaposition between luxurious cars and autonomous trucks places Mercedes-Benz in a weird place. We concluded that the stubborn, no-nonsense truckers would prefer the hard truth, rather than vague marketing. To accomplish this, we made this draft for an ad:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/vimeo.com\/265150248<\/p>\n<p>By investing in a Mercedes-Benz truck, you are investing in a future where human contact is still a priority. You are rebelling against the efficient robots that are already taking over your jobs. And Mercedes-Benz is your ally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disrupting a dying industry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,10,5],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campaign","category-film","category-portfolio","tag-school-project"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-17-at-11.12.14.png?fit=1440%2C807&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9LCo8-7D","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":480,"href":"https:\/\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions\/480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryangosling.dk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}