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Rankin and Palmer focus on breasts for Pink Ribbon Magazine

Grey Amsterdam’s campaign for Pink Ribbon Magazine (NL) launches this month, with magazine print work by celebrated photographer Rankin, and a TV commercial by Gorgeous Productions’ Chris Palmer.
 
Pink Ribbon Magazine NL, published by Sanoma Publishers, is a charity glossy magazine from which all profits are directly donated to the Pink Ribbon Foundation, Netherlands.
 071Everyone involved has donated their time free because it’s for breast cancer awareness. The campaign is created by Pieter van den Heuvel and Ecco Vos.  

Executive Creative Director Seyoan Vela, says:

“Everybody knows breast cancer is dangerous, that it should be taken seriously, that therapy and research need funding. Breast cancer, and the battle against it, is something that unites all women, no matter where they are from, how rich or poor or what culture.

Not only are all women potential victims, also almost all women know somebody that has had breast cancer or is currently dealing with it. In that sense, buying Pink Ribbon Magazine is a sign of solidarity.”
 
To see the print work, click here.

Grey Amsterdam has taken a new way of looking at the issue, through the eyes of uk photographer Rankin. The magazine print work sees three executions - each with the breasts of a model, either young, middle-aged, or older. A celebratory and poignant poem is written across the body, about the breasts. The breasts are seen as a pair of friends, with names, who should never be parted.10

The TV campaign is directed by Chris Palmer of Gorgeous Productions. A call was put out throughout the Netherlands, asking for women of any age to volunteer their services in the tv spot. More than 1000 women, aged 16-72, volunteered to be part of the shoot and show their breasts.

Click here to view the TV spot.

DAY Amsterdam designs Europe’s first Nike Sportswear store, Paris

day-logo1DAY in Amsterdam has designed the first Nike Sportswear store in Europe. The store, opened in Paris this month, is the first of a series throughout Europe launched by Nike Sportswear, a new division of Nike.

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The new Nike Sportswear collection is based on timeless sports apparel and shoes, with a brand identity which includes images of classic gyms, well-used equipment, and urban environments. DAY’s brief was to push the existing US conceptual retail style further, using the location – an old bookstore in the heart of Paris’ Le Marais district – to influence the concept.

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Creative Partner, Gesina Roters, said:

“The heritage of the building itself directly influenced the concept development. The store had been left closed but intact for more than 40 years, so we were able to use traces of wear and tear - such as the floor, which had been repaired but not restored - to our advantage. The result is a store which balances heritage with a modern contemporary twist in sports performance.”

 

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As the first of its kind in Europe, the store is a high-visibility example of DAY’s creative business solutions and interdisciplinary design expertise.

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The retail and interior design concept for Nike EMEA is headed up by Creative Partner Gesina Roters and Managing Partner Louk de Sevaux, with Mette Hoekstra (design).days-nike-sportswear-store-paris-5

Twitter action pays off with new client for FinchFactor

This week sees FinchFactor winning a new client through the social media power of Twitter. The Reel’s weekly newsletter of industry soundbites tells us how.

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 A Finch who tweets!


Know anyone who’s got work through a Twitter referral? We do! Top notch Amsterdam-based queen of PR Kerrie Finch won herself a client though her uncanny knack at being brilliant in under 140 characters. In her own words: ‘Burt, sister company to Daddy (now CP+B Europe) tweeted they were looking for PR, someone I didn’t know responded they should contact FinchFactor - they did. And now I’m working with them. All that tweeting has paid off!’

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If you don’t already follow the lady herself on the tweetdeck, get involved - @FinchFactor. Not only are you guaranteed nuggets of ‘Dam based info, but you’ll also be privy to chucksome minecdotes. Plus she says we’re good at karaoke – so we love her!

DAY has clear designs on the Middle East & Africa market

day-logo1DAY Creative Business Partners, Amsterdam, extends it’s worldwide offering with the opening of DAY Dubai. From the new location, the company services major advertising, integrated design, interiors and packaging projects throughout the Middle East & Africa (MEA) region.

 

DAY Dubai launches with it’s first client - Sudan’s largest privately-owned company, The DAL Group.

 

Established in Amsterdam in 2006, DAY combines creative thinking methods with brand strategy, interdisciplinary design and advertising as a key asset in business development. A cross between management consultancy, brand consultancy, advertising agency and design bureau, DAY services international clients, including Bugaboo, The Van Gogh Museum, Ziggo, Nike and Orange.

 

dubai-media-city-2The DAL Group, Sudan’s largest and most diversified privately-owned company, has appointed DAY as preferred supplier in all aspects of brand and management consultancy.

 

Operating across consumer, industrial, agricultural and property development sectors, the DAL Group is the exclusive bottler and distributor for Coca-Cola (DAL Food Industries Co. Ltd.), has the largest and most advanced mills in the Sudan (SAYGA Flour Mills), is the exclusive distributor for both the Mitsubishi Motors Company and Mercedes-Benz (DAL Motors Company), and is the leading producer of dairy products in Sudan (Blue Nile Dairy Company Ltd.)

 

DAY Dubai’s Managing Director, Dennis de Rond, said:

“Our relationship with the DAL Group has been developing over a number of years. This is a major heavy-weight client for any agency, and DAY is honored to be selected as preferred supplier. The DAL Group operates throughout the region as a leader in its field, with a strong vision for business development and regeneration. There are a wealth of projects to get our teeth into as we establish and grow our Dubai office.”dubai-media-city

 

Working from both Amsterdam and Dubai offices, DAL Group projects are headed up by Strategy Partner Dennis de Rond, Creative Partner Gesina Roters, and Managing Partner Louk de Sevaux, with Omer Elmaien (account director) and David Verburg (designer).

Grey Group EMEA appoints Hazelle Klønhammer as MD in Amsterdam

Grey Group EMEA completes the reorganisation of its Amsterdam agency today, grey_adamwith the appointment of Hazelle Klønhammer to the role of Managing Director. Formerly at 180, Wieden+Kennedy and Modernista! Amsterdam, Australian-born Klønhammer has an established track-record in successfully managing international business for creatively-led clients.

 

Working closely with Executive Creative Directors Colin Lamberton and Seyoan Vela, Klønhammer will be responsible for building Dutch business as well as extending the strengthened Grey offering to international clients. The no-silos, creative approach focuses on holistic soluhazelle-klonhammertions and flexible resourcing to meet the changing communications needs of clients.

 

Klønhammer’s strong track record for winning new business and re-positioning global brands is evidenced in her work as group account director at Wieden+Kennedy. Over a 10 year period she worked on numerous brands such as Nike, Heineken, Microsoft, Carlsberg, and the global launch of Vodafone. She was instrumental in setting up the agency’s digital offering and was responsible for winning their first digital client, Electronic Arts. Since leaving W+K 18 months ago, her senior management skills have been in play at Modernista! and 180. Prior to this, Klønhammer has also worked at Amirati Puris Lintas, Sydney, and TBWA Campaign Company.

 

Hazelle Klønhammer, Managing Director, says of her new position:

“It is the attitude of the people rather than particular categories or brands that is important to me. I like to work with people who are positive, highly motivated, fun loving and inspired by their work. I am a sucker for a good challenge. The Grey network has an exceptional reputation - with Colin and Seyoan in the lead I feel confident we can make Grey Amsterdam a creative powerhouse. And have some fun along the way”.  

 

The newly established team reports directly to Carolyn Carter, Grey Group EMEA CEO, with immediate effect.

 

Carolyn Carter says:

“With Hazelle onboard, Grey Amsterdam’s strategic-creative leadership balance is firmly established. Clients, both current and future, local and international, will benefit from her significant digital background and prowess in managing integrated brand solutions without a creative bias associated with a particular market.”

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Executive Creative Director, Seyoan Vela, continues:

“Hazelle has clearly demonstrated her ability to work across disciplines - her track record in developing digital business opportunities and working strategically with clients speaks for itself. Together, the management team will be concentrating on what we consider clients value – a strategic blend of focused, creative insight and integrated brand leadership.”

 

Lamberton and Vela, known for their pioneering work methods as co-founders and Creative Directors of St. Lukes, joined Grey’s EMEA team in London in 2007. They provided the creative muscle behind two successful regional wins, Toshiba and Fortis. In May 2008 they moved with the Fortis win to Amsterdam as Executive Creative Directors, to rebuild the agency as a new kind of creative resource for Grey’s local and multinational clients.

 

Grey Amsterdam’s client list includes GSK, Procter & Gamble, Unilever Nederland, Fortis Bank Nederland, Manpower, Fashioncheque, Abbot Nederland, Roche, Eli Lilly, Gemeente Lelystad, Mees Pierson and Stichting Nederland Schoon.

DAY rolls out visual ID for Dream Amsterdam

DAY has rolled out a new visual identity for Dream Amsterdam, the annual city-specific public art event.day-logo

The on- and off-line visual presence for Dream Amsterdam, which includes billboards, website, email, posters, merchandise and postcards, was created by Creative Partner Gesina Roters, with Lotte Peters and Carolin Hermann (designers) and Fleur Bos (project manager).

Dream Amsterdam was established in 2007 by founding director and curator Jamain Brigitha. It is an annual opportunity for an internationally acclaimed artist to present non-traditional art in public areas, by using the city of Amsterdam as a source of inspiration, canvas, set and exhibition space. dream-amsterdam-logoThe work of Spencer Tunick, who uses naked people as part of his open-sir installations, launched the initiative, followed by Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda in 2008. This year sees the work of acclaimed Danish visual artist Peter Funch culminate in an open air exhibition at Museumplein until 31 August.

Creative Partner, Gesina Roters, said:

“We started by defining the key ingredients of Dream Amsterdam, which is a platform for selected artists working in the public urban space. The concept is based on a starry sky depicting the outlines of the city, offering a backdrop to the work itself.”

Creative design partners, DAY, was established in 2006 by Dennis de Rond (Strategy Partner), Louk de Sevaux (Managing Partner) and Gesina Roters (Creative Partner). With offices in Amsterdam, Dubai and New York, the company combines creative thinking methods with brand strategy, interdisciplinary design and advertising as a key asset in business development.

A cross between management consultancy, brand consultancy, advertising agency and design bureau, DAY services international companies and markets, including Nike (new retail concept and pilot shop in Paris), Bugaboo (event concepts and interior design), Ziggo (full retail business strategy and model, including store design), Orange (brand strategy and adaptation across all consumer touch-points), and the Van Gogh Museum (retail concept and lobby design). From Dubai, DAY is the preferred supplier in all aspects of brand and management consultancy for the DAL Group, the largest privately owned company in the Sudan.

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Van Gogh Museum appoints DAY for significant retail design

day-logoThe world renowned Van Gogh Museum on Amsterdam’s Museumplein has appointed Day Creative Business Partners for the design of its new lobby area and Museum Shop.

With more than 1.5 million visitors each year and home to the largest collection of Vincent van Gogh paintings in the world, the project, due for completion in September of this year, will be a high-visibility example of DAY’s creative business solutions and interdisciplinary design expertise.

DAY was established in 2006 by Dennis de Rond (Strategy Partner), Louk de Sevaux (Managing Partner) and Gesina Roters (Creative Partner). With offices in Amsterdam, Dubai and New York, the company combines creative thinking methods with brand strategy, interdisciplinary design and advertising as a key asset in business development.

Managing Partner, Louk de Sevaux, said:
“We worked with both the Van Gogh Museum and the Rijksmuseum in 2008 on the Museum Shop project, located on Museumplein. Based on our performance, the Van Gogh Museum brought us in to advise on internal retail design solutions. In line with the Museum’s first-class international renown, we’ve created an iconic, non-traditional design for both the shop and foyer.”

VGM logo diapositiefThe retail and interior design project for the Van Gogh Museum is headed up by Creative Partner Gesina Roters and Managing Partner Louk de Sevaux, with David Verburg (designer), Mette Hoekstra (interior design project leader) and Fleur Bos (project manager).

A cross between management consultancy, brand consultancy, advertising agency and design bureau, DAY services international companies and markets, including Nike (new retail concept and pilot shop in Paris), Bugaboo (event concepts and interior design), Orange (brand strategy and adaptation across all consumer touch-points), Ziggo (full retail business strategy and model, including store design), and the Van Gogh Museum. From Dubai, DAY is the preferred supplier in all aspects of brand and management consultancy for the DAL Group, the largest privately owned company in the Sudan.

Tailor-made media tours

Grey Amsterdam took advantage of Cannes Lions week to meet with more than 15 publications from around the world, including magazines, news sites, newspapers, blogs and creative archives from the US, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Germany, the UK and France.

In a special project orchestrated by FinchFactor, managing ECDs Colin Lamberton and Seyoan Vela spent a full-on two and a half days sitting on the terrace of the Majestic Hotel, in a marathon ‘getting to know you’ session.

All parties, drinking, sunburn and sandcastles? FinchFactor made sure time was extremely well spent introducing Grey’s creative muscle to - amongst others - Creativity Magazine, The Reel, Best Ads on TV and Campaign Brief.

Nursing a hangover? A bacon butty breakfast with the International Herald Tribune will have to do the job, followed by a lot of water and ice-cold Cola under a sunbrella with Campaign, followed by Horizont, and Ad Age, and then Boards Magazine.

Of course, we made sure our Grey guys had a few parties plugged into the schedule too. They worked hard - they deserved a reward.

Indie Amsterdam takes home 2 Cannes Lions

indie-logoCongratulations to Indie Amsterdam, formerly known as S-W-H, who won two Cannes Lions just a couple of weeks after their rebirth into the new agency.

The Bronze gongs were secured on the strength of work for Sensoor (Interactive Film) and Domino’s Pizza (Radio).

Click on the links to see the work:

Sensoor: Bronze for Interactive Film
 
Domino’s Pizza: Bronze for Radio Campaign

Top creative talents have started Nothing in Amsterdam


nothing_04Michael Jansen and Bas Korsten, co-founders of Selmore, have opened new commercial creativity agency, Nothing, from a cardboard office.

Michael Jansen and Bas Korsten, highly awarded ex-DDB Executive Creative Directors and co-founders of Selmore, have officially started Nothing this week.

Nothing (www.nothingamsterdam.com) is an Amsterdam-based, independent entrepreneurial agency that delivers innovation and commercial creativity for local and international clients out of a cardboard box. Literally. The Nothing office, built entirely of cardboard, was designed by internationally recognized designers Alrik Koudenburg (concept & art-direction) and Joost van Bleiswijk (design & production) following van Bleiswijk’s ‘No Screw, No Glue’ technique.

Michael Jansen said:
“Nothing is about the power of ideas, about how a single idea can transform nothing into something. Using a cheap throw-away material to build a unique and memorable work space, seemed a good way to materialize this thought.nothing_10

Nothing’s goal is simple: turn consumers into brand advocates by any means to hand. This approach sees Jansen and Korsten creating meaningful brand experiences ranging from product innovation and store design, to employee training programmes and, yes, even TV campaigns.

Bas Korsten said:
“Technological innovation is developing at an amazing pace and so is the role of social persuasion, due to the wildfire growth of online social networks and blogs. At the same time traditional mass communication is being met with increased cynicism. This means that brand advocates are quickly becoming a brand’s most valuable asset”.nothing_15

Alongside Nothing is ‘Nothing Ventured’, the company’s in-house business concepts development arm. Nothing Ventured sees the likes of architects, industrial- and 3D- designers and online specialists come together to make their ideas happen. Current projects include an experiential measurement product, a web-based travel platform, an international webshop for young fashion designers and even a new sport, with all the accompanying commercial opportunities. These initiatives can be brought to market both as stand-alone ventures or to directly benefit clients.

nothing_20Australia-born Jansen (50) and Korsten (37) are one of the most successful creative teams in Europe, winning amongst others, the Eurobest Grand Prix and 11 Cannes Lions. They met in 1997 and became Executive Creative Directors (Board members) at DDB Amsterdam. They helped take the agency to ‘Agency of The Year’ status in 1999, 2001 and 2003 with pan-European clients including Volkswagen. In 2005 they co-founded Selmore with three partners and quickly gained a formidable list of clients including Unilever, Skoda Automobiles, Bavaria Brewery and Coca-Cola.nothing_23

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