The winning idea of the Volkswagen fun theory award was submitted by Kevin Richardson, USA.
Can we get more people to obey the speed limit by making it fun to do? This was the question Kevin’s idea answered and it was so good that Volkswagen, together with The Swedish National Society for Road Safety, actually made this innovative idea a reality in Stockholm, Sweden.
I am sure some of you may have already heard of the “The Fun Theory” campaign by Volkswagen that just recently won the Cannes 2010 Cyber Grand Prix for a digitally led integrated campaign.
For those who have not heard of the campaign, The Fun Theory was all about generating interest in Volkswagen’s Blue Motion technologies that deliver the same great car performance with reduced environmental impact, and to do this, they found an insight around how “fun” could change human behavior for the better, and this formed The Fun Theory, a campaign that spawned over 700 user generated Fun Theory initiatives along with a number of big viral hits that generated over 20 million YouTube views, with one rushing past 12 million views alone!
Volkswagen is soon going to launch it’s new Polo GTI. So in order to create awareness and generate buzz for the new car they created a “Fast Lane” in subways, malls and elevators around Germany and dedicated it to everyone who loves to go beyond the regular, who is curious for new stuff and who simply enjoys to speed it all up a little. 🙂
Long staircase. Next to it a slide. Which way would you go?
Some carts are pimped with a skateboard. Up for some extra shopping fun?
A sound system turns the ride into a rocket take-off. Welcome on-board!
