Water brand turns old couches into custom running shoes

Vittel Couch Converter transforms customer’s old sofas into custom made running shoes to encourage an active, healthy lifestyle.

France3 Mar 2015
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We’ve seen countless initiatives designed to encourage exercise — through either rewards or punishments — and now French bottled water brand Vittel is getting in on the act as well. The Vittel Couch Converter service is a marketing campaign aimed at curbing the amount of time Europeans spend lazing around on their couches — by transforming customers’ old sofas into pairs of personalized running shoes.

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