Gold Outdoor Cannes Lion Award: Toshiba LED With 10 Years of Life

Award-winning outdoor advertisement by Toshiba. Apartment block windows resemble days of the month: Toshiba LED with 10 years of life ! (by Dentsu Tokyo)

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