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Why don't you have an agency partner?
Why don't you have an agency partner?
I've been hearing a lot about the trend of bringing creative marketing in-house. Brands big and small are looking to…
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Ben Ricciardi reposted thisBen Ricciardi reposted thisBefore the Fear of God Athletics II Basketball PE dropped, we took it back to the beginning. DRose 1 to DRose 11. We built a lineage display at SVRN Chicago that mapped the DRose full journey with adidas. Every signature silhouette, every era, every evolution. The environment matched the weight of it. The space was built to tell the full story. Mirrors, natural textures, rose elements, and LED triptych screens that made the room feel like you were standing inside the legacy itself. 150+ of Chicago's most influential creatives and athletes pulled up for the VIP preview. The activation stayed open for another week so the rest of the city could walk through it too. Some rooms are built for a night. This one was built to sit with. 🌹
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Ben Ricciardi shared thisA few months before my birthday last year, I lost my best friend, Niko. It changed how I think about time. I decided I was done waiting on the things that actually matter. For me, that meant finally chasing a real goal on the golf course: qualifying for the USGA Mid-Amateur Championship. Ten months in, my handicap is down to 1.5. That's a lot of early mornings and range sessions with my coach, Brady Riggs. I also lost 30 pounds along the way, because this was never just about the swing. It was about how I train, how I eat, and how I show up every day. It hasn't been a straight line. I've fallen apart mentally in match play more than once, and seen exactly where my game still breaks down. No excuses, just lessons. Golf has a way of exposing every weakness, and honestly, that's exactly why I love it. The qualifier is August 18 at La Cumbre Country Club. Everything I've put in over the last ten months has been building toward that one day. I'll be sharing more of the road to the qualifier from here. Who else is chasing something this year? #USGA #MidAmateur #Golf #GrowthMindset
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Ben Ricciardi reposted thisBen Ricciardi reposted thisThe future of performance deserved more than a product launch. For adidas, Times10 transformed the Las Vegas flagship into PROJECT: R.A.P., an immersive innovation lab built around the debut of the BB.01 during NBA Summer League. From the storefront takeover and 3D OOH to interactive product displays, heat press customization, laser engraving, digital storytelling, and athlete appearances, every touchpoint was designed to bring the innovation behind the shoe to life.
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Ben Ricciardi reposted thisBen Ricciardi reposted thisadidas debuted PROJECT: R.A.P. to the public for the first time at its Las Vegas flagship during NBA Summer League, introducing a new performance technology.
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Ben Ricciardi reposted thisBen Ricciardi reposted thisFanatics Fest gave the Harden Vol. 10 a stage, and the crowd brought the rest. From first looks at the new colorway to live moments with talent and fans, the activation became a full weekend of product, culture, and community. The response carried online too, with over 500K views and coverage across multiple media outlets. A launch made even bigger by @jharden13 gifting @rayasianboy_ his custom adidas V10 PE. @adidasbasketball @jharden13 @rayasianboy_
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Ben Ricciardi reposted thisBen Ricciardi reposted thisHarden Vol. 10 made its entrance at Fanatics Fest with a space built to match the energy around the release. The weekend brought fans, creators, athletes, and sneaker culture together, with standout moments across the activation and more than 500K views extending the launch beyond the event floor. One of the biggest moments came when @jharden13 surprised @rayasianboy_ with his own custom adidas V10 PE. @adidasbasketball @jharden13 @rayasianboy_
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Ben Ricciardi reposted thisBen Ricciardi reposted thisFor adidas Basketball at Fanatics Fest, Times10 took the Harden Vol. 10 activation from initial concept through complete design and buildout. From the immersive booth and Harden archive wall to the product displays, POS experience, branded details, and live programming, every touchpoint was designed to turn a sneaker launch into a cultural moment. The highlight: James Harden surprising Rayasianboy with his own custom V10 PE. Concept. Design. Build. Experience. All brought to life by Times10. @adidasbasketball @jharden13 @rayasianboy_
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Ben Ricciardi reposted thisBen Ricciardi reposted thisFeeling incredibly grateful to have captured some familiar faces at Fanatics Fest this past weekend! 🏆⛹🏽♂️ Jalen Brunson Karl-Anthony Towns Josh Hart Mikal Bridges Jordyn Woods Taylor Rooks Spike Lee Photographed for times10 #fanaticsfest #nyknicks
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Ben Ricciardi reposted thisBen Ricciardi reposted thisProud to share a BIG project that has been months in the making! 🗣️ adidas Originals is Now Open at Legacy West 👟 In partnership with Legacy West, adidas Originals transformed this opening into a multi-day experience featuring: 🎡 A custom BigXthaPlug "State Fair" activation ⭐ Appearances from BigXthaPlug, Corey Seager, and adidas CEO John Miller ⚽️ A World Cup-inspired "Texas Meets Soccer" activation + community event 📸 Property-wide marketing support across digital, social, email and onsite media 👮 Exceptional support from our Operations and Security teams, whose behind-the-scenes planning and execution helped bring every detail of opening week to life The impact: 📈 170K+ social & email views 📈 +22% YoY Traffic This is one of those projects that really fills your cup and is a great example of creating something bigger than just a store opening. 😊 Huge thanks to the adidas team, partners, and the entire Legacy West team who helped bring it to life! 👏 Kite Realty Group Liz Gallagher Kelsey Ishmael, CRRP, CMD Kim Fuhrman Brandy Morris Eric Arrington Elizabeth Vance Austyn T. times10 🎥 by Luke Asper #LegacyWest #adidasOriginals #ExperientialMarketing #RetailMarketing #BrandPartnerships #EventMarketing #PropertyMarketing
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Amazing!
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Hey Jewel Zimmer, sent a quick DM your way, would love your thoughts!
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Ben Ricciardi liked thisBen Ricciardi liked thisBefore the Fear of God Athletics II Basketball PE dropped, we took it back to the beginning. DRose 1 to DRose 11. We built a lineage display at SVRN Chicago that mapped the DRose full journey with adidas. Every signature silhouette, every era, every evolution. The environment matched the weight of it. The space was built to tell the full story. Mirrors, natural textures, rose elements, and LED triptych screens that made the room feel like you were standing inside the legacy itself. 150+ of Chicago's most influential creatives and athletes pulled up for the VIP preview. The activation stayed open for another week so the rest of the city could walk through it too. Some rooms are built for a night. This one was built to sit with. 🌹
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Ben Ricciardi liked thisBen Ricciardi liked thisNobody rewinds a laundry ad. We made one worth rewatching for Laundry Sauce. The scent takes you somewhere. The content follows you there.
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Ben Ricciardi liked thisBen Ricciardi liked thisWe produced content for Laundry Sauce that makes people care about what their clothes smell like the way they care about what they wear. Every scent got its own world. Its own color palette. Its own mood. The brand has range and the creative needed to prove it without saying a word.
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Ben Ricciardi liked thisBen Ricciardi liked thisYou open the dryer and suddenly you're somewhere you've never been. That's Australian Sandalwood. We created this content for Laundry Sauce to bottle that feeling visually. A scent that transports deserves creative that does the same.
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Ben Ricciardi liked thisBen Ricciardi liked thisLaundry Sauce has scents that sound like they belong in a luxury hotel. French Saffron. Egyptian Rose. Australian Sandalwood. We produced content that lives up to those names. Each scent got its own creative treatment, its own texture, its own mood. The goal was never to sell laundry. It was to sell the feeling of pulling on a shirt that smells like you have your life together.
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Ben Ricciardi liked thisBen Ricciardi liked thisLaundry as a lifestyle. That was the energy. We shot scents like French Saffron, Egyptian Rose, and Australian Sandalwood for Laundry Sauce like they belonged on a vanity, not a shelf. We built a content world for Laundry Sauce that treats every scent like its own character. Different moods, different textures, same intention: make laundry feel like the most luxurious part of your routine.
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Ben Ricciardi liked thisBen Ricciardi liked thisSacheu was already a cult favorite. They already had the product and the audience. They just needed a brand world to support we’re they were going. We designed and produced the Life-Proof campaign as a fully integrated creative system. World building and audience building at the same time. Same brand DNA, reimagined for every format and platform it touched. Close-up product moments for social, lifestyle footage for web, clean assets for commercial. Nothing adapted. Everything intentional. One creative vision engineered to hold up wherever it lives. That’s the difference between a campaign that works in one place and a brand that shows up everywhere and still feels like itself.
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Ben Ricciardi liked thisBen Ricciardi liked thisThe product was already viral. The audience was already there. Sacheu didn't need more attention. They needed a creative system that could hold all of it together. We designed and produced the Life-Proof campaign to work across every touchpoint without losing what makes the brand feel like the brand. Social got its own moments. Web got its own footage. Commercial got clean, scalable assets. All built from the same DNA. All intentional. The difference between content that fills a channel and a campaign that defines one.
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