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2019

The Connected Restaurant

Company Boys and Girls
Client Three/Samsung
  • Bronze
    2 Film: TV, Cinema, Web - Web Film (over 60 seconds)
Executive Creative Director
Rory Hamilton
Creative Director
Kris Clarkin
Creative Technologist
Shane Casey
Agency Producer
Derek Doyle
Senior Experiential Director
Karleen Smyth
Senior Account Manager
Andrea Dalton-Doran
Head of Activation
Dan Henson
Designer
Barry Smith
Senior Strategic Planner
Chloe Hanratty
Senior Digital Strategist
Aoife Murphy
Head of Client Service
Pat Stephenson
Project Manager
Sara Morrow
Production Company
Unit9
Film Director
Zak Razvi
Film Producer
Rebecca Bourke
Post–Production Company
ScreenScene
Digital Producer
Tom O'Reilly
Motion Graphic Designer & Animator
Patrick Horan
Executive Creative Director
Rory Hamilton
Creative Director
Kris Clarkin
Creative Technologist
Shane Casey
Agency Producer
Derek Doyle
Senior Experiential Director
Karleen Smyth
Senior Account Manager
Andrea Dalton-Doran
Head of Activation
Dan Henson
Designer
Barry Smith
Senior Strategic Planner
Chloe Hanratty
Senior Digital Strategist
Aoife Murphy
Head of Client Service
Pat Stephenson
Project Manager
Sara Morrow
Production Company
Unit9
Film Director
Zak Razvi
Film Producer
Rebecca Bourke
Post–Production Company
ScreenScene
Digital Producer
Tom O'Reilly
Motion Graphic Designer & Animator
Patrick Horan

In Ireland, emigration is a way of life, with 48% of people born there deciding to (or having to) leave. More than 2 million Irish people have moved to Australia, on the other side of the world, tearing families apart.

This loneliness is most keenly felt at Christmas.

Three Mobile and Samsung wanted to help, using everyday technology to connect these families. Together they launched The Connected Restaurant, the world’s first restaurant where every table is split between Dublin and Sydney, 17,209km away. We hosted Christmas dinner for families split between these two locations so families stuck on 2 sides of the world finally got to experience Christmas dinner around one table, connected by Samsung Screens and Three Mobiles Network.

Within minutes the restaurant was booked for 3 month’s worth of sittings and families stuck on 2 sides of the world finally got to experience Christmas dinner around two halves of the same table, connected by Samsung Screens and Three Mobile’s network.

While guests attended the Connected Restaurant in Dublin and Sydney, we captured their experience and the stories behind why they couldn’t be together to make our film. Launching across YouTube, Facebook and Twitter the week before Christmas, wetouched the hearts of those missing their loved ones and inspired them to make a connected Christmas dinner of their own.