A campaign designed to inspire young voters to stay in the EU

Consultancy Venturethree has opted for an “informal” approach with the campaign it has designed for Britain Stronger in Europe, which is hoping to increase young voter engagement with its cause.

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Venturethree has designed an “irreverent” multimedia campaign for the upcoming EU Referendum, aimed to encourage young voters to remain in the European union.

#VOTIN is a campaign set up by Britain Stronger In Europe, the official cross party group campaigning to remain in the EU.

The message is directed at Britain’s population of unregistered young voters, a demographic considered by Britain Stronger in Europe to be both politically disengaged and under-represented in the BREXIT debate.

Redesigning political jargon with “irreverence”

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Venturethree’s campaign centres on a “spelling mistake” designed to reflect the way young people speak, and persuade them that “#VOTIN” to stay in the EU is an attractive and relevant proposal.

The print posters are distinguished by a bold, upper case typeface and contrasting pink and white colour scheme, which communicates the ideology of Britain Stronger In Europe through short-form messaging.

This is combined with a background of glossy photographic images showcasing the benefits of being in the EU, including leisure activities, education and employment opportunities for young people.

Venturethree designer Scott Townsin says: “The design, photography and messaging were all chosen without the usual filters of a large-scale political campaign. We’ve cut out jargon and cliché, replacing them with irreverence and the odd joke. With this less ‘official’ style you get a slight ‘us and them’ anti-establishment feel.”

Pop culture and politics

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#VOTIN’s design concept aims to promote a Pro-European stance by associating ideology with pop culture references instead of political jargon.

The intention was to combat the perception that younger audiences are often bored by political messages.

Townsin says: “Our challenge has been making a pro-European lifestyle look as attractive as possible. The campaign’s design cues come from pop culture, not politics. It’s obvious. It’s loud. But we felt for this audience, it had to be. It’s almost like you don’t need to say that much because the hashtag #VOTIN starts the conversation.”

The design’s bold type has also been employed in accompanying films, social media banners, beer mats and badges.

Voters have until 7 June to register before the referendum itself takes place on 23 June.

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Vote Leave

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The official opposition campaign group, Vote Leave, is using a logo, which is understood to have been designed in-house and features a red ballot box graphic.

At the time of publication, a representative from Vote Leave’s design team was unable to comment further on the design of its logo or campaign.

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  • simon yeo May 26, 2016 at 10:06 am

    Patronising and lazy thinking – looks like the first idea submitted by the creative team and should have been rejected. Reminds me of seeing your Dad dance…trying to look young but not quite getting it

  • Michael Dale May 26, 2016 at 10:15 am

    Great to see a positive campaign at last. It would be nice to see the environmental version of the poster too. Perhaps phrases such as Protectin, Savin, Preservin for example. The green achievements of membership have been underplayed so far.

  • Amir Ahmed May 26, 2016 at 10:22 am

    jus’ cringin’

  • The Vinh Hoang May 26, 2016 at 3:24 pm

    Why do they associate “spelling mistake” as a way young people speak? Young people too can come with their own ideologies based on their own theoretical thinking without the aid of “pop culture”, “irreverence and the odd joke” to guide them. It’s mind-boggling how these concepts got lifted off the ground in the first place and surprised that the team didn’t see the flaws in the idea. Still love the design but hate the concept.

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