Giant Spoon

We spent the weekend at #BETX shouting out Black ingenuity and entrepreneurship. 📢 Featuring brand founders and artists, Walmart Black & Unlimited: The Shoutout included: 🖌️ Personalized merch from Jae Tips (@jaetips) and Nicky Chulo (@nickychulo) and designs from Ceej Vega (@ceej.vega) and Chindo Nkenke-Smith (@ordinarychin) to help attendees shoutout their fave Black creators 🛍️ A special lineup of Black-led brands sold at Walmart 💙 And giveaways for attendees to keep and pass on to friend to keep spreading the word about Black-led businesses By giving fans the tools and inspiration to wear and share shoutouts for Black creators, The Shoutout supercharges word-of-mouth to connect them to a community of supporters and business opps. And we’re just getting started! Stay tuned as we hit the road throughout 2024.

Did you know nearly half of Black-owned businesses are discovered through word-of-mouth? That’s why we continued our partnership with Walmart to launch Black & Unlimited: The Shoutout starting this weekend at BETX in LA. We tapped designers Jae Tips (@jaetips), Nicky Chulo (@nickychulo), Ceej Vega (@ceej.vega) and Chindo Nkenke-Smith (@ordinarychin) to bring The Shoutout to life, helping attendees discover new Black-led brands and shout out their faves 📢 ✨ Wanna learn more? Head to https://lnkd.in/g2Gimdun

A real-life Bridgerton wedding, at last. Catch behind-the-scenes interviews in Essence Magazine with Bridgerton superfans and real-life couple Tiffany and Shanti who starred in “The Event of the Season: A Bridgerton Wedding” – our newest miniseries with Netflix. 👇 https://lnkd.in/gS4vmSuy

The whispers are true. ✨ Together with Netflix, for the highly-anticipated season 3 of Bridgerton, we whisked away one lucky couple to design the Bridgerton wedding of their dreams. 💍 From fashion and florals to delectable treats and tantalizing guests, this miniseries is not to be missed. Learn more about “The Event of the Season: A Bridgerton Wedding” in PEOPLE Magazine | PEOPLE.com 👉 https://lnkd.in/gKxDJzsw

20 expert riggers, 3,400 feet of rope, 153 anchor points, and 1 diamond ring 💍. Congratulations to our lead rigger, James Marksbury! Not only did he safely secure a 270-foot dragon🐉 to the top of New York’s most famous skyscraper, but he also secured a lifetime of happiness when he proposed to his girlfriend 1200 feet above the city. Fun fact: This is the third engagement/wedding at a Giant Spoon experience. Love and dragons are in the air. 💙🥄 Special shoutout to Jepol Industrial Rope Access!

Start your search engines! 🏁 We’re back at Cannes this week with Reddit for Business. Introducing “The Key to Context,” an experience that puts marketers in the passenger seat of a Redditor’s journey along the path to purchase. From search to decision, travel through the contextual conversations and trusted recommendations that influence decision-making and see how Reddit Ad Tools help brands find their people in context — no matter what purchase path they’re on. "The Key to Context” is located at the Intersection of Prom. Robert Favre le Bret and Rue Buttura, and open from 12:00-3:00 pm (CEST) daily through Thursday, June 20, and 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (CEST) on Friday, June 21 for all Cannes Lions badge holders. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/g7wQ9bpM

Vhagar. Has. Landed. 🐉 New York City woke to a transformed skyline on Sunday, with Vhagar perched atop the Empire State Building — a dragon-sized exclamation point capping a week where landmarks, houses, local favorites, and fandoms rallied for #TeamGreen or #TeamBlack. At 270 feet long and 1,200 feet in the air, the Queen of Dragons stopped New Yorkers and beyond in their tracks, igniting global excitement for the season 2 premiere of HBO's House of the Dragon. #RaiseYourBanners

The rift between #TeamGreen and #TeamBlack deepens as NYC’s most legendary “Houses” declare their loyalty with epic, IRL displays. From Balerion’s Skull at Grand Central Terminal to the Iron Throne at the Empire State Building, the New York Mets, and even the NYSE, all must choose. A big weekend ahead… 👀 #RaiseYourBanners

All they do is win. 🔥 Congrats to the badass-Creative-Director-duo Olivia-Jené Fagon and Lexi Rodriguez for being named to ADWEEK Creative 100. 🌟 Together, these two wield their creative sensibilities to craft BIG, category-defining, ambitious marketing for some of the world’s most famous companies including Ritual, Savage X Fenty and Walmart. Check out this year’s list which also includes Tyla, Rachel Sennott, and Lily Gladstone here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ehfJeSyk

House against House, New Yorker against New Yorker. Beginning Monday, June 10th, through Sunday, June 16th, New York’s favorite local spots are taking sides and declaring for #TeamGreen or #TeamBlack. From battling over the best bagels 🥯 (Leon's Bagels vs. Murray's Bagels) to your favorite slice 🍕 (Roberta's vs. John's of Bleecker Street), the go-to lunch break 🌭(Gray's Papaya vs. Mile End Deli), and even the hottest bar 🍸 (Ray's vs. The Flower Shop), #AllMustChoose. In addition to themed menu items like a Bacon, Aegon, Cheese bagel, Dragon Dogs, and ice-cold Targa-ray-ta’s, fans can show their colors with limited edition Green and Black giveaways at each location. But the flames of rivalry are just getting started — follow @Giant_Spoon 🥄 and @HouseoftheDragonHBO 🐉 on Instagram all week as we rally the realm in New York and around the world.