Google / Demo Lab

FWA Award Winner / Interactive Web Experience / Ad Campaign

The Overview

Chrome OS keeps your data in the cloud, so no matter what happens to your computer, all of your apps, documents and settings are safely stored. To communicate this, we built the Demo Lab website. The site invites users to chat with a "mad lab tech", and suggest fun and entertaining ways to destroy notebooks running Chrome OS. Undisclosed keywords trigger videos of the destruction. Google fans have been working hard to guess words and reveal the 60 plus videos hidden within the experience. Facebook and personal blogs were abuzz with people sharing keywords and talking about the campaign. Within 3 months, the Demo Lab site garnered more than 3.5 million unique views. Check out the site and make sure to type in bezerk to get a quick view of content highlights, or bloopers to have a laugh at us.

Awarded the FWA

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A large fire with bright orange flames and sparks, with the Google logo overlayed in white.
A person in protective clothing and gloves working at a computer in a laboratory setting, with a chat window open showing a conversation about a testing process.
Two individuals dressed in hazmat suits and masks working with a flaming barrel labeled 'Hazardous'.
A person wearing fishnet stockings and high-heeled boots stepping on a laptop keyboard with one foot, in a dimly lit room.
Explosion on a building rooftops with smoke and fire during daytime.