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Venturethree as British youth to remain Stronger in Europe

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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. 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 design, photography and messaging were all chosen without the usual filters of a large-scale campaign”

The print posters for the campaign 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. The campaign follows last week's push by The Electoral Commission to remind people to register to vote by June 7. That campaign was spearheaded by MullenLowe London, and was again primarily geared towards younger voters, who appear to be very much the belles of the ball this time around when it comes to the EU Referendum, at least as far as the media is concerned.

Our challenge has been making a pro-European lifestyle look as attractive as possible”

Venturethree Lead Designer, Scott Townsin said of the agency's poster campaign: “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. 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 campaign cues come from pop culture, not politics. It’s obvious and loud, but we felt it had to be”

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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. The design’s bold type has also been employed in accompanying films, social media banners, beer mats and badges. As we've already mentioned, voters have until June 7 to register before the referendum itself takes place on 23 June, so if you're twiddling your thumbs on the matter, you have a little over a week! The official opposition campaign group, Vote Leave, is not organising quite as ambitious a campaign, and is using a pretty sparse logo believed to have been designed in-house, featuring a plain red ballot box graphic and little else.

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