Although it may sound as a journalistic cliché, Google is one of those rare brands which сhange our lives for good. The inventor of the world’s most popular search engine, useful digital maps, valuable online educational resources and the creator of the revolutionary Glass, the brand gets its sleeves rolled up to deliver more technology solutions to such humanitarian problems as the lack of internet access in some remote parts of the world, and eradication of child porn from the web.

Smirnoff presents a revolutionary project, Mindtunes, that marks a new level of relationship between music and people. The vodka brand, English music producer DJ Fresh and neurotechnology expert Julien Castet have teamed up to let three physically disabled music fans compose a track with their brain only, and without any regular musical sound-making devices.

TBWA\Italy, street artist Ozmo, Fondazione Humanitas and digital publishing house/event venue First Floor Under merged art and anti-smoking health advocacy effort in one project, Smok-Ink. Together they’ve created a one-of-a-kind installation, a 60 square meter diptych that is entirely hand-painted with ink extracted from the cigarette smoke.