Volkswagen

Beauty in every sense.

To promote the new Volkswagen Arteon and its Avantgardian design we wanted to do something special that would appeal to the Design & Art loving target group. So we hired the blind photographer Pete Eckert. Who better can explain the new design to the world than him? „You don’t need eyes to see beauty“. 

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The blind photographer Pete Eckert
works with slow speed photography
and dim light to capture his images.

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Over the course of six days we documented the artist and his process of making the images. The results of the photo shoot were absolut stunning images of the Volkswagen Arteon and a never seen before multimedia campaign that excited the audience. 

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„Some of the coolest car
photos you’ll ever see“

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Besides Posters, Billboards and print ads – that we kept minimalistic to focus on the art work – we also had an 8 page in-dept story about the project and the unusual photographer published as an editorial in the renowned car magazine „RAMP“.

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The online documentary about the blind photographer was viewed 11 million times on Facebook. It was adapted in multiple formats and distributed in over 20 countries. We had over 12 million media impressions. The online showroom had over 260.000 showroom visits and 75.000 successfully configured Arteons. Conversion rate increase from 11% to 15%.

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Project information
TvC, Social Media, Webspecial, Editorial & Out of Home
 
Client: Volkswagen
Agency: Grabarz & Partner
My Role: Senior Art Director
Produced by: Bubbles Film
Director: TJ O’Grady
Photography: David Daub (SoMe)
 
Awards:
Lovie Award 2018: 
Gold in Internet Video, Documentary
Commawards 2018: 
Gold in Print, Craft
Epica Awards 2018:
Silver in Advertising Photography
Bronze in Branded Content, Film/series
ADC Germany 2018: 
Bronze in Print Craft / Photography
Bronze in OOH Craft / Photography
Bronze in Integrated Communication
New York Advertising Awards 2018:
Bronze in Digital
Cyber Communication/Craft
Bronze in Print, Craft / Photography
Die Klappe 2018: 
Bronze in Branded Content
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