But the work reminded a few of a 1987 artwork movie known as The Way Things Go, which additionally featured the uncanny cooperation of a bunch of automotive gears and wheels. A W+Okay spokesperson later drew a distinction “between copying and being inspired by.” In any case, Cog didn’t win—which prompted a separate controversy.
2. You can’t sea something
Snaring a bronze within the promotion and activation class in 2016 was the “I Sea” app, which claimed to let customers scour the Mediterranean by way of satellite tv for pc to identify refugee-laden vessels fleeing wartorn nations, and report them to authorities.
But when whistleblowers revealed that the app didn’t have live-image satellite tv for pc capabilities, Apple yanked it from its app retailer and Singapore-based Grey for Good gave its award again. A Grey spokesperson informed the New York Times that the app was legit, however did have “some satellite issues to work out.”
3. Caught double dipping
In 2010, a mere hour earlier than the honors kicked off, judges yanked the pink carpet out from underneath Ogilvy Mexico’s Grand Prix-winning entry for Scrabble, when it emerged that the lushly lexical print advert had been submitted—and misplaced—two years earlier than.