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Cancer Institute
The Virginia Mason Medical Center has a pretty great Cancer Institute. But not a lot of people know about it. We created awareness in a number of breakthrough ways.
Role: Art Director/Creative Director
Copywriter: Andre Vriesman
![Water soluble billboards. Over a month of testing inks, paints, and substrates to perfect, then the Seattle rain came through for us—washing away CANCER.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a158b9e4b037baec75c2a1/1520963481205-WPDI6MT94R8FBCWLXEXV/VM_cancer_ooh.png)
Water soluble billboards. Over a month of testing inks, paints, and substrates to perfect, then the Seattle rain came through for us—washing away CANCER.
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![Graffiti billboards. Over a few weeks CANCER was covered in colorful graffiti. Each graffiti tag was the name of a Cancer Institute doctor.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a158b9e4b037baec75c2a1/1520963479568-00UCQY6XUDWYJ46JLQQW/VM_cancer_ooh2.png)
Graffiti billboards. Over a few weeks CANCER was covered in colorful graffiti. Each graffiti tag was the name of a Cancer Institute doctor.
Ice sculpture of the word CANCER that melted away over a single day. A powerful message for those affected by the disease who came across the sculpture.
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![Erase Cancer event bringing doctors and former patients together to share their stories.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a158b9e4b037baec75c2a1/1521999816878-OQBQEYZM7QM8UJ8341BC/_V8A3386%5B8%5D.jpg)
Erase Cancer event bringing doctors and former patients together to share their stories.
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The unremarkable can be pretty remarkable when you've lived through cancer. Real cancer survivors graciously agreed to be part of these commercials along with telling their stories through web content
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