July 07, 2015

[ dabble ] My Enemy, My Brother

July 07, 2015/ sameness team

Stories don't come much more wow than this. Spanning decades and continents, war and peace, this tale of two men from either side of a conflict and the moment that brings them together needs to be seen to be believed.

November 02, 2014

[ dabble ] The Runners

November 02, 2014/ sameness team

Running - for some it's a pleasure, for some it's straight pain, and for most it's a solitary activity with you, the path ahead, and your thoughts.

June 26, 2014

[ dabble ] Voices Heard

June 26, 2014/ sameness team

"I'm no longer afraid to say that I'm human too." - Francia, from Peru.
The human stories of immigration that are often overlooked somewhere between statistics and politics.

May 22, 2014

[ dabble ] 1000 cranes for 1000 strangers

May 22, 2014/ sameness team

Sometimes it’s hard to find our sameness and show people that we care, especially when we don’t know them. Artist and designer Mariëlle Coppes shows us that simple gestures can do the trick.

May 01, 2014

[ dabble ] Humans Of The World

May 01, 2014/ sameness team

No one shares the same set of fingerprints. They are what make us unique, define our diversity, identify us, and place us as an individual in amongst the 7 billion others.

April 17, 2014

[ dabble ] A Human Future in Space

April 17, 2014/ sameness team

Imagine a world where we human beings live on other planets; where instead of star gazing we stare into space looking to find our shared origins, our home for Millennia. In a time like that we will all be united in having come from the same planet.

April 09, 2014

[ dabble ] The Gamcha Project

April 09, 2014/ sameness team

Art is always near the top of the list of things that inspire us, give a little shot of goodness, and as we like to say "restart the heart". Finally getting a chance to see The Gamcha Project was a restart the heart moment...

April 01, 2014

[ dabble ] The Power of Empathy

April 01, 2014/ sameness team

Here's an explanation of Empathy that's easy to understand and totally hits the spot. Combined with some stunning animation, this short unpacking of empathy vs sympathy is something to keep coming back to.

February 05, 2014

[ dabble ] How To Start an Empathy Revolution

February 05, 2014/ sameness team

You may have noticed the word "empathy" ringing around your ears a bit more recently, which is a very very cool thing. It's infused into everything we do as the [sameness] project and Roman Krznaric is leading the charge on the "empathy revolution", and bringing it to the masses.

December 15, 2013

[ dabble ] Balloons & Sailors

December 15, 2013/ sameness team

We often get asked how we dream up all the different [sameness] projects.
Sometimes they come to life through lots of puzzling over blank paper, sometimes through inspiration from other people, and sometimes we have 51 helium balloons that we need to get rid of.

December 10, 2013

[ dabble ] Champ Of The Camp

December 10, 2013/ sameness team

So there we were, sitting on beanbags with around one thousand other people, facing what is probably the world's largest outdoor movie screen, with the world's tallest building rising up behind it, ready to watch the world premier of Champ of the Camp, a film with a whole lot of [sameness] running through it.

November 25, 2013

[ dabble ] The Overview Effect

November 25, 2013/ sameness team

The Overview Effect is a term used to describe what it is like to look back on planet earth from space, and the perspective shift that comes from zooming out beyond all the lines that typically divide people down on the ground.

November 13, 2013

[ dabble ] Close Distance

November 13, 2013/ sameness team

Each photo in Jannatul Mawa's series shows two ladies seated side by side, posing for pictures together in pretty nice looking homes. Being seated next to each other suggests a closeness that is offset by the story behind the photographs...