Creatives with synaesthesia are more likely to see ‘Blue Monday’ – the third Monday in January widely regarded as the most depressing day of the year – as yellow not blue Ahead of Blue Monday on January 15, a survey of people in the creative industry with synaesthesia reveals that 80% don’t ‘see’ the word […]
On the so-called most depressing day of the year, SheSays are hosting a new type of virtual event, intended to boost spirits and help the creative community to come together for some old-fashioned conversation.
With isolation and separation continuing to affect the creative industry, there is a sense that Blue Monday might impact people’s mental health even harder this year. This is the driver behind the SheSays ‘Blue Monday – Lighten The Load’ campaign, which aims to support the SheSays community – and anyone else who needs it – […]
Wunderman Thompson’s Robyn D’Arcy analyses the year’s ‘most depressing’ day and its role in 2021
An insight as obvious as Collins Dictionary’s word of the year being ‘lockdown’: 2020 was a struggle. It was the year we took to Google in droves to ask ‘what does unprecedented mean?’ and awkwardly flung the word into emails like never before. Our analysis found that levels of anger, sadness, fear and dread on […]
On Blue Monday, dubbed “the most depressing day of the year”, Help for Heroes is illuminating London landmarks to shed light on the stigma preventing veterans from accessing the support they need for mental health issues. At the centre of this new campaign created by McCann London and McCann Enterprise and Help For Heroes is […]
Zenith wants to make the world a more positive place. Blue Monday – the third Monday in January – is known as the saddest day of the year, so Zenith offices around the world are working together to bring happiness to their communities. On 21 January, Zenith is encouraging its more than 6,000 employees across […]