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The work made for Columbia runs to 19 verified projects since 2011 — mostly Campaign, Launch and Advertising. Most of it comes from 17 teams, including adam&eve\TBWA, Factory Studios and Company 3.
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Engineered For Whatever
Columbia Sportswear has unveiled Engineered for Whatever, its first major brand relaunch in a decade, with a bold new campaign created by adam&eveDDB. The platform takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to outdoor apparel marketing by showing not the serenity of nature, but its chaotic, unpredictable extremes—and how Columbia’s gear is built to withstand them. The launch film, directed by Henry-Alex Rubin and produced by SMUGGLER, throws traditional outdoor advertising conventions aside, instead depicting people pummeled by collapsing snowdrifts, chased by vultures, and knocked flat by hidden potholes. Adding to the dark humor is a cameo from mountaineer Aron Ralston, whose survival story was famously portrayed in 127 Hours. The irreverent tone is amplified by a thrash metal cover of Irving Berlin’s classic Blue Skies, transforming a cheerful anthem into a rebellious soundtrack for the outdoors. Beyond the film, the campaign expands into a multi-season platform, blending punchy out-of-home work with daring product tests that resemble Mythbusters meets Jackass. These stunts showcase Columbia’s gear being put through extreme trials—whether dangling above crocodile-infested waters to prove the durability of ROC Utility Pants, strapping gear to a snowplow to test Omni-Heat Infinity insulation, or rolling down a mountainside inside a giant snowball to push puffy jackets to their limits. With humor, grit, and spectacle, Engineered for Whatever cements Columbia’s position as a brand not just designed for the outdoors, but engineered to conquer its wildest challenges.
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