London International Awards
2022 Winners and Finalists
Regional Independent Agency of the Year: Europe
SERVICEPLAN Germany, Munich
Finalist
Digital
Technology & Tech Equipment
Entrant: | SERVICEPLAN Germany, Munich |
Brand: | Dot Go |
Title: | "The first object interaction app for the visually impaired." |
Corporate Name of Client: | Dot Incorporation |
Clients: | Eric Ju Yoon Kim/Ki Sung/Jae Seong Joo/Ahrum Choi |
Agency: | SERVICEPLAN Germany, Munich |
Global Chief Creative Officer: | Alex Schill |
Worldwide Chief Creative Officer: | Jason Romeyko |
Chief Creative Officer: | Matthias Harbeck |
Executive Creative Directors: | Franz Röppischer/Lorenz Langgartner |
Creative Directors: | Jacqueline Schottes/Saliya Projects |
Copywriters: | Shruthi Subramanian/Sandra Valencia |
Art Directors: | Rohil Borole/Kai West Schlosser/Eduardo Álvarez Lucas |
Agency Head of Art: | Michael Wilk |
Agency Director/Motion Designer: | Dennis Fritz |
Agency DOP/Motion Designer: | Kevin Lausen |
Agency Editor/Motion Designer: | Hendrik Sommerfeld |
Broadcast Operator: | Christian Felder |
Creative Interns: | Mirjam Olga Strzata/Yago Guimaraes/Yamen Ibrahim/Aušrin? Kurgonait?/Camille Nizet/Tanvi Phalak/Sanjeeta Saha/Thinh Nguyen/Raquel Vega/Lorenzo Colnaghi/Anastasiia Cherniavska/Reinier Wortman/Changkyu Ku |
Production Company: | PAULUS Co Ltd, Seoul |
CEO - PAULUS Co.: | Kyungsin Kim |
Director: | Yohan Jang |
Executive Producer: | Dahoon Chung |
Producer: | Minkyu Park |
Director of Photography: | Euiseon Chang |
Film Production - PAULUS Co.: | Jiwoong Yang/Junhui Seo/Kwang Jun Jeong/Jongchae Sohn/Sado Choi |
Creative Director - PAULUS Co.: | Saffaan Qadir |
Production Assistants: | Hyuk Lim/Hee-jae Yang/Yehyeon Chung/Young eun Yeo |
Film Production Company: | Albert Coon, Munich |
Editors/Cameramen: | Johannes Maierbacher/Albert Coon |
Sound Engineer: | Anton Hofer/Albert Coon |
Digital Development Studio Company: | Hyperinteractive, Hamburg |
Creative Lead - Hyperinteractive: | Saurabh Kakade |
Innovation Director - Hyperinteractive: | Dieter Pries |
Digital Develpment - Hyperinteractive: | Pavel Larionov/Andrii Narinian/Alexander Soroka/Alexander Patuk/Karolina Woźnicka |
Sound Design Company: | DamianDamian, Hamburg |
Music Production Company: | DamianDamian, Hamburg |
Music Composers: | Ian o'Brian Docker/Billy Ray |
Consultant - Saliya Projects: | Saliya Kahawatte |
Creative Producer - salty.fruits: | Imad El Rayess |
Consultants: | Florian Beijers/Jung in Park/Mouna Nifter |
Description:
These actions could be internal actions like sounds and vibration; and also external actions in other apps, websites, and even smart home devices. For example: A bus stop sign could trigger open the public transportation app to buy the right ticket. Following the simple material conditional logic used in programming — “if x then y” — Dot Go allows users to create on a simple principle: Any object can be connected to any action. Unlike existing solutions that rely on proprietary databases, Dot Go leverages open-source computer vision models, including those of other solutions, making the app as accurate as all existing solutions combined, while enabling customization for specific user needs. Instead of fixed use cases, anyone can create presets for specific objects, locations, and needs. Nobody has to start from scratch as they can download existing presets from a growing library curated by users, institutions, and brands. Dot Go empowers the visually impaired community to engage more with their environment and experience it in their own way. After a promising launch of the first beta version of Dot in 2021, Dot Go received a funding of 140k USD from the Inter-Developmental American Bank (IDB) and Born2Global as a part of the LAC Deep Tech Exchange Program, to increase app functionality.
As a result, a long-term partnership with Wheel The World was established to make tourism in Latin America accessible. More partnerships are on the way for later in 2022. After months of development and accessibility audits, the public version of Dot Go launched in early 2022. Available for free download from the App Store, Dot Go is being used daily by thousands of visually impaired users, businesses, brands, and organizations.