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Karakters 'Hun Eerste Keer' in graphic novel stijl.

Their First Time

The youth finds it difficult to indicate their sexual wishes and boundaries. Dutch sexual health organization Soa Aids Nederland wanted to teach these teenagers how to talk about what they want and, even more important, what they don’t want. This is quite a task since teens refuse to listen to patronizing messages. Woedend! developed an…

5 awesome vending machines5 hippe automaten

Vending machines are what they are, right? Coin goes in, drink comes out? Not with these original marketing vending machines. I collected five of the best: 1. Coca Cola Friendship Machine No friends for sale, but you do need one to get your drink 2. Rugbeer: Tackle for beer Because pushing buttons is for pussies…

Guidestones: an interactive thrillerGuidestones: een interactieve thriller

Intense conspiracy theories, a brutal murder and a mysterious sect. All this is part of the new interactive thriller Guidestones. It’s been a month since I stumbled upon this Canadian story and I’m liking it so far. Sandy Rai is an Indian exchange student, who came to Canada to study journalism. Working on an assignment with…

Becoming a member of a fictional tv fraternity

“This is the most important point in your life. The point where you can leave your so far wretched life behind. Whoever you are and whatever you do, if you enter here you are nobody. Which does not mean that you can’t become somebody. Your goal is to make your tabula rasa a full book…

Anarchy strikes with AxeAnarchie breekt uit met Axe

The new Axe campaign is one you can’t miss. Axe Anarchy for him and her are so tempting that groups of people spontaneously started snogging in public. Axe is telling us an exciting brand story that creates a mayhem in the Netherlands. ‘Start the chaos’, that’s what the campaign for the deodorant-brand is all about….

Transmedia Teen BooksTransmedia Tienerboeken

Novels are an ancient type of storytelling and books are still very popular, even among young people. Yet you can see that the reading culture is changing. Is a book alone enough to tell a story? And what other opportunies are there? I have been looking at various innovative projects in which the books story…

SALIGIA-7: Raise the zombie alarmSALIGIA-7: Raise the zombie alarm

Hubbub Media, Woedend! and VPRO, 2011 In the summer of 2011 strange scenes were seen at different locations in the Netherlands. Young people disappeared and zombie-like creatures wandered through the streets of Amsterdam. Lots of questions were asked, but the most important one was: Is this really the beginning of a zombie outbreak? Who knows……

Public broadcasting goes transmediaDe publieke omroep gaat transmediaal

Dutch public broadcaster are not scared of trying something new. A number of innovative transmedia projects came from Hilversum. This is partly made possible by special grants from the Media Fund. Out of eighteen proposals they have selected five transmedia projects for production. One of them is Who’s in, who’s out, which will air in…

Symposium: The way to TransmediaSymposium: The way to Transmedia

Saturday november 5th, the symposium The way to Transmedia will take place. This event is part of the Imagine Fastival and is hosted by TransLAB Rotterdam, a platform that is all about Transmedia Storytelling. Babbe Noya and I will tell something about our project called Sam and his Worldkids-Reports. A transmedia project we developed for…