Archive for the ‘Seminars/talks’ Category

Design Effectiveness: tips on successful packaging design

Frank Nas, Managing Director at our Amsterdam office, will be one of the speakers during the Marketing and Design Congress in Amsterdam. In run-up to the event Frank wrote a column about design effectiveness. Here’s a translation of the original Dutch article.

At the Bar with King Adz

Our Thursday night talks ‘At the Bar’ invite talented individuals to inspire and enlighten. Recently we had the chance to meet ex ad man (hence the name), artist and author, King AdZ, who specialises in creating content for the youth, street, and creative cultures. Robin, designer at our Amsterdam studio writes about the highlights from the talk.

At The Bar with Matthew Murray

At The Bar is a series of inspirational talks curated and hosted by us here at Design Bridge, Amsterdam. The common thread with our guests is simple; they have a passion in life and a story to tell. Most recently Matthew Murray was invited to talk about his work.

At the Bar with Pasquale Pontillo aka Archichef

The series of Thursday night talks ‘At the Bar’ is designed to invite talented individuals to inspire and enlighten – from chefs to tattoo artists and everyone inbetween. Last week we had the chance to meet the food designer Pasquale Pontillo, aka Archichef.nl. Marco Pittoni, Client Manager at our office in Amsterdam, reveals.

Photographer Daniel Mirer’s talk at Design Bridge Amsterdam

Our office in Amsterdam will from now on host ‘At the Bar’, a series of Thursday night talks whereby guest speakers are invited. Here’s more about the first ‘At the Bar’ whereby we proudly present our first guest, photographer Daniel Mirer.

David Bailey at the D&AD

On Wednesday, April 25, I was lucky enough to hear photographer David Bailey – one of the legends of storytelling – in conversation with art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon.

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Design Bridge’s Top Tips from Guardian Careers

Last week, three people from our London team joined a panel on the Guardian Careers website, to offer advice on how to get in to the branding industry. Here are a few tips from the discussion.

London’s Fourth Plinth is ‘Ab Fab’

Today, Joanna Lumley unveiled the 2012 incarnation of the Fourth Plinth, Powerless Structures, Fig 101, created by London and Berlin based artists, Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset and Design Bridge was there to witness it.

Can branding save the world?

Attending Future Foods the other week, some colleagues and I sampled jellyfish salad and chicken heart satay, learned about the nutritional possibilities of algae and explored our preconceptions around some non-traditional aspects of the food chain… specifically our food chain.

Friday Favourites

DBN were lucky enough to check out the highlights of Dutch Design Week 2011. Boasting 150,000 visitors, we were all expecting a good show and we were not let down.