Eine Logovariante mit Infografik für den Tag der deutschen Einheit 2020: Abgebildet ist der Schriftzug "Wir miteinander - Tag der deutschen Einheit Potsdam 2020 - 5. September - 4. Oktober". Das Wort "Wir" ist das Logo des Tag der deutschen Einheit. Das Wort "miteinander" ist in einer handschriftlichen Weise dargestellt und in roter Farbe.

2020? That’s right, Corona! That means 30 years of German unity without fireworks, visitors and a stage. brot & salz therefore transformed the 30th anniversary holiday into a hybrid digital experience for the whole of Germany. The presentations of the federal states, the Federal President and the federal constitutional bodies were virtually translated via an interactive and multimedia EinheitsEXPO (Unity EXPO) Experience.

CLIENT
German Unity Day Potsdam 2020
INDUSTRY
Political event

Experience Germany digitally.

The digital concept for the Day of German Unity enabled users to experience the 30th anniversary of the German national holiday from many different perspectives and in all facets, even in times of social distancing and contact restriction. By implementing a testimonial, the Day of German Unity had a digital identification figure and managed to emotionally transport content to the community in real time. The “mobile first” planned website as the digital heart with interactive features combined with coherently orchestrated digital content in the social networks as well as on the LED pillars on site, made the Day of German Unity 2020 in Potsdam a digital experience.

Das Logo für den Tag der deutschen Einheit 2020. Das Wort "Wir" wird in handschriftlicher Form und großgeschrieben auf transparentem Hintergrund dargestellt. Das W wird in schwarzer, das I in roter und das R in gelber Farbe dargestellt.

EinheitsEXPO (Unity EXPO) –
open-air exhibition.

Under the motto “30 years – 30 days – 30 x Germany”, the citizens’ festival with 750,000 planned visitors transformed into the spatially and temporally decentralized
EinheitsEXPO. For 30 days, federal states, constitutional bodies, the Commission “30 Years of Peaceful Revolution and German Unity” and other partners presented themselves with installations, exhibits or transformable “City Cubes” in downtown Potsdam. Thus, the new event format EinheitsEXPO was created in the UNESCO World Heritage City of Potsdam as a spacious open-air exhibition area. All content was digitally mirrored on the website and the official social media channels. Thus, the AHA rules and physical distancing were responsibly enforced. For the official ceremony on October 3, Anna Loos and Günther Jauch led through the program. ARD and ZDF broadcast the birthday celebration of German Unity live from the “Metropolis Halle” while the online live stream allowed interested people from all over Germany to participate in the festivities.

Ein Foto für den Tag der deutschen Einheit 2020: Abgebildet ist Kunstopbjekt in der Stadt bei Tageslicht. Das Kunstobject ist ein verglastes Rechteck. Darüber steht der Schriftzug

Experience
EinheitsEXPO digitally.

The German Unity Day website was the hub for citizens* digital experience. Dynamic features such as the TDE quiz, the interactive 360° tour of Potsdam or the timeline through 30 years of German history made the most important German holiday digitally tangible and gave historical events a new experience, sometimes playful, sometimes educational and informative.

Ein Mockup für den Tag der deutschen Einheit 2020: Abgebildet ist ein MacBook (Laptop von Apple) auf transparentem Hintergrund. Auf dem MacBook ist Werbung für den Tag der deutschen Einheit 2020 abgebildet. Zu sehen ist ein Foto der Stadt Berlin, der Schriftzug
Ein Teilbereich der Website vom Tag der deutschen Einheit 2020: Zu sehen ist ein zusammengefügter Screenshot, der mehrere Bereiche auf der Unterseite zeigt.
Ein Teilbereich der Website vom Tag der deutschen Einheit 2020: Zu sehen ist ein zusammengefügter Screenshot, der mehrere Bereiche auf der Unterseite zeigt.
Ein Teilbereich der Website vom Tag der deutschen Einheit 2020: Zu sehen ist ein zusammengefügter Screenshot, der mehrere Bereiche auf der Unterseite zeigt.

Virtual tour.

Citizens* from all over Germany virtually participated in the Day of German Unity via 360° POV video content and timelapse videos. Via the interactive event map, the different stations were digitally walked through and thus the whole diversity of Germany could be experienced digitally and live on site.

Foto und Karte für das Event des Tag der deutschen Einheit 2020. Zu sehen sind eine Karte der Veranstaltung mit verschiedenen Anlaufpunkten und ein Foto mit Tor und Werbesäule.

The red thread… I mean, frame.

The entire media production around the Day of German Unity was accompanied by brot & salz daily in real time. The video and photo content was streamed live on site or prepared overnight and published on the website and social media channels. The red frame from the logo visual wandered through the city. This created an inclusive and connecting citizen dialogue with great reach under the motto hashtag #wirmiteinander. Especially in times when people had to miss each other again due to corona and longed for a sense of community and closeness, it was all the more important to use the power of reunification as probably the most formative event in German post-war history to set a sign of continuity and hope that signaled:
“We are not alone. Together we can do anything and overcome even the most difficult trials. We with each other”