Did you know that over half of Dutch people suffer from stress? Even in the famously laid-back and liberal Netherlands, stress is evidently a problem. To help tackle this problem, Menzis Health Insurance is showing how dogs can play a role in reducing stress in humans through a unique initiative called ‘Dogs Against Stress’, […]
The Flower Council of Holland and Amsterdam creative agency 180 Kingsday present a new TV and online campaign, reminding people why we need more flowers. ‘We need more flowers’ celebrates the wonderful, magical and incredibly diverse effects that flowers have on people. It’s a powerful ode to flowers, and a rallying cry for a life […]
180 Kingsday – originally 180 Amsterdam, one of the godfathers of Amsterdam’s international advertising industry – celebrates two decades in the business. Celebrations kick off at Amsterdam’s Adnight festival on October 5, where 180 will open its doors to reflect on 20 years of big ideas, 180 Thinking and iconic campaigns by presenting a creative […]
Today, no less than 357 million children live in conflict zones. But, as so few of their voices are heard, it equates to around 357 million unheard stories. Many of which are stories of refugees. This insight inspired charity War Child and Amsterdam creative agency Being There to make a 3D audio campaign to […]
Food is so heavily embedded into the culture of a country, that local people rarely notice how wonderful – and sometimes weird – their own food is. That is, until someone from a different place arrives… This insight sets the scene for J. Walter Thompson Amsterdam’s new TV commercial for Dutch supermarket PLUS. The film […]
Dutch telecom provider Ben, and Amsterdam-based creative agency Etcetera, have launched the Ben-branded phone-condom – an eye-catching stunt to kick-off their “Better in Bed” campaign – and a radical solution to some of the relationship woes affecting today’s mobile phone dependent society. The world’s first phone-condom has been introduced as an irreverent – and […]
<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> The Dutch phrase ‘Als het te mooi lijkt om waar te zijn…’ (If it seems too good to be true…) is the key to a new, campaign from travel deals brand Secret Escapes that launches on June 28. The first spot shows a couple […]
Amsterdam based design agency PROUDdesign has developed a new packaging design for the Quaker Cruesli brand. Recently introduced in the Netherlands and soon to be introduced across Europe. Quaker Cruesli is very successful and known for it’s tasty crunchy muesli (hence Cruesli). As part of the global repositioning and redesign of the Quaker brand, in […]
J. Walter Thompson Amsterdam and ING Bank present ‘Love Beats Money’ – a social experiment designed to discover whether people value their friendship or family relationship more than money. The filmed experiment focuses on a series of duos. People with close ties, who used to have a warm relationship – but who are no longer […]
Toyota has launched its worldwide ‘Start Your Impossible’ Olympics campaign in the Netherlands, with an emotional spot by Amsterdam advertising agency Etcetera. The spot features Para-athlete Chris Vos, a 19-year-old snowboarding champion. The 1.40 TV commercial tells the real-life success story of how he overcame adversity and physical limitations, in order to take his place […]