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Volkswagen

The Stroller

Awards

Silver EurobestGold Art Directors ClubSilver SpinAwardsSilver EpicaSilver EsprixBronze Art Directors ClubSAN AccentBronze Esprix

Premiered 2015 · Volkswagen #BrandCampaign#Social#TV

Turning a user's comment into reality — and building a stroller with adaptive cruise control.

Why

Volkswagen's driver-assistance technology was easy to describe and hard to make people feel. We needed a way to make brake assist tangible — and worth sharing.

What we made

Someone joked on Facebook that VW should put its automatic braking on a baby stroller. So we built exactly that: a real, engineered stroller with adaptive cruise control and automatic braking. The audience's comment became the product.

The Making Of Notes

From the film that responded to the comment to the "Demanding Family" and "Demanding Dad" commercials, the work stayed playful and human — an honest idea that kept giving across social and TV. It was my first big project, and it set the pattern.

Press

The Demanding Family Campaign

The brand campaign that kicked everything off. The idea was simple — expect more when you drive a Volkswagen. VW drivers get to be demanding, because they're used to things that just work. So everyone in these spots demands the ridiculous: the hamster squeaks too much, and shouldn't this horse have navigation?

The Comment That Started It

In the Demanding Family spot, a woman pushes a stroller and asks if it comes with automatic braking. Then Timo, a real viewer, left this comment saying that would actually be a good idea. He was right.

The Stroller Activation

So we built it — a real stroller with adaptive cruise control. We invited Timo to come see the idea he started while we were building it, then took it out into the real world to catch people's live reactions.

Credits

The Stroller — Concept / AD / CW
Alexis Jabbour & Bert Marissen
Demanding Family & Dad — Concept / AD / CW
Alexis Jabbour, Bert Marissen & Kalle Hassum
Creative Director & Writer
Wayne Ching
Executive Creative Director
Mervyn ten Dam
Directors
Jonathan Elbers · Bart Timmer