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Volkswagen: Note

Volkswagen: Note
Your rating: None Average: 7.5 (51 votes)

Advertising Agency: DDB Berlin, Germany

15 Comments

john.lighttern's picture 216 pencils
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Dont know if it is award winning, but the client must be very satisfied. Low budget, high results I can bet.

JazzR's picture 5 pencils
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Sounds cool !.....but personally I won't pay attention to the bank note I get.... so maybe someone like me would have missed the message.

and is it legal to do so?

anyways... I like the idea.

Andrea Afeltra's picture 96 pencils

Hmmm, I don't know if it's legal but, if it is not, it's cool and really simple.

Juan Cabral's picture 713 pencils
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Wow, this will win Cannes.

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Guest's picture

Done. Promotional trick for clothe's store, circa 1997

art.vs.commerce's picture 568 pencils
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great but is it legal to deface currency?

Guest's picture

it is as long as you dont manipulate it to show more value than it has or aslong as you leave the currency intact.

Jaap Grolleman's picture 6401 pencils

Refreshing to see, but I wonder how many people will actually see it, and how expensive it is to 'print' this on money.

Pretty "brave" thought ;p

dsklan's picture 1789 pencils

if it comes to ddb ambient, i like the results most...no other agency is more self confident;)

Gistroff's picture 13 pencils

It's pretty cool. Especially when you see that different routes are printed on different notes.

Guest's picture

i´d say they did it with a handful of bank notes just for award documentation. otherwise they would have got in trouble with law. imagine everyone would use this media and all money gets messed up with advertisements ...

Jumo's picture 598 pencils

Excellent.

Similar action :
http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2009/trillion-dollar-campaign-from...

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Jumo,
Art Director FP7 Morocco

rolling.stone's picture 2750 pencils

Link you have given is far better

this was done by TBWA

This was one of the most-awarded campaigns at the 2009 International Cannes Lion Festival, winning a Grand Prix in Outdoor and a slue of Gold and Silver in other categories.

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PogoLogo's picture 10 pencils

Even if everyone doesn't notice, can you imagine how many hands a banknote passes through in it's lifetime?! Even if it is illegal, it'll only bring more coverage and publicity, which is the role of good ambient work - Job well done!

lucdesaulniers's picture 1165 pencils
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It is illegal to deface legal bank notes. Rogue advertising.

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