Breaking News. I am moving to Amsterdam.

Mai 11th, 2010 • 15 comments Underway
Tags: Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Underway

Just a short personal note.

I am leaving Frankfurt and my employer Neue Digitale / Razorfish. I will move to a new position in Amsterdam, NL. This is going to be effective June 1st, 2010. And yes, this is soon. And yes, this is exciting.

Leaving a great team and starting off somewhere else is not one of the things I do regularly. I am pretty much the opposite of a job hopper and I like long-term relationships. Neue Digitale / Razorfish was my employer for more than four years now. And if there is one company which really got pretty close to being my family it is this agency.

I joined the guys at a time when it was a small independent hotshop. They were very specialized in Flash sites and won one award after another with projects for adidas, Coke and many many other brands. Four and a half years later the world around us has changed. Yes, most of it has become more complicated but also much more interesting, challenging and dynamic. Neue Digitale is now part of one of the world’s biggest digital network, Razorfish. And I am happy that I was part of the very interesting integration process as we all watched digital marketing growing up. An era of dynamic processes in which I was both, student and teacher in a more than fast moving environment.

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Collaborative Movies. Under the Iron Sky needs your help, Frankfurt.

Mai 5th, 2010 • 1 comment Movies, We like
Tags: Cinema, Cool, Creativity, Experimental, Finland, Frankfurt, Iron Sky, Movie, Participatory Cinema, Social Business Design, Trends, World

In 1945 the Nazis fled to the moon. In 2018 they are coming back – this is the plot of one of the most exciting movie productions right at the moment, ‘Iron Sky’. The Finnish feature-length comedy science fiction film, directed by Timo Vuorensola and produced by Samuli Torssonen, will be in cincemas in 2011. And it is far more than just an ordinary movie production.

‘Under the Iron Sky’ is one of the most promising new movies of participatory cinema – projects in which producers have invited everyone interested in joining in with their ideas and creativity. Cinema enthusiasts can also attach media to their shots.

‘Iron Sky’ is not the first collaborative movie. Its predecessor ‘Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning‘ was one of the most successful Finnish movies ever (with a Creative Commons License). Currently at least three more major collaborative movies are being produced (e.g. ‘A Swarm of Angels‘). And these productions have grown to a serious size by now. With a well known international cast (Udo Kier plays the evil German again) and major, professional shoots. If you are as interested in the project as I am, subscribe to the team’s blog, Facebook page or follow them on twitter.

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