An ambitious campaign that temporarily renamed Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris after de Gaulle’s daughter Anne, who had Down syndrome, was honored with the Grand Prix for Good at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity on Friday night.
Havas Paris was behind the initiative for Fondation Anne de Gaulle to rename the airport for a week to raise awareness about supporting people with disabilities. The overhaul, which began on International Day of Persons with Disabilities (Dec. 3), extended across dozens of consumer touchpoints including baggage tags, luggage carts, boarding passes, screens, road signs leading to the airport and even the iconic building facade.