the news

December 22 | 2009

When we were young

At the end of the year, it’s good to look back. But some people go way back. And sometimes we really really like that. Wait: is that really Alvaro? For more see growingupheroes.com (and if you got some to share with us too, don’t hesitate…)

December 14 | 2009

Brands making friends

In a world where the new currency is your number of followers,  TheBigMoney has created a list of the 50 brands that do well on Facebook. They look at numbers of friends, type of content and why it’s cool. And to make it a bit more intelligent they also used metrics

December 7 | 2009

Ruben wins the Adobe User Group XL Award!

Our fellow SuperHero Ruben won an award at the Adobe User Group XL!  He got the award with this great piece, a new experimental show reel. Like Ruben says: “because not every reel has to be the same, right?”

We also have some photographic memories from the event. Look at

December 7 | 2009

Fireworks campaign open! Shit Happens…

And it’s open: the new Fireworks campaign! (also check this post on our blog…) Shit Happens it’s called. We’ve worked really hard the last couple of days/weeks to finish it on time (big thanks to all involved!). And now we wait… Well actually, we’re not really going to wait

December 3 | 2009

Essent: unreal energy

This is one we can’t tell too much about yet, because we’re still working on it. Why post it already then? Just because we’re already excited of what’s coming up… The concept has something to do with special powers. Now let’s see if you can figure that one out.

(we

November 28 | 2009

Back to the future

No, this is not our office. French artist Gilles Barbier sculpted these life like overaged heroes back in 2002 already (look at the telly, that’s really an oldie). It’s still a great piece. Check here for more detailed pictures.

November 19 | 2009

Oh yes, we got Zeptonnized

In the back of our SuperHeroes HQ we have a small room. The walls are black. So we used to call it: the Black Room. And sometimes: the Dark Room. But you know, after some time this room got a little bit too creepy. It was time for some Action

November 17 | 2009

Yes, you can build a brand online

View more presentations from Razorfish Marketing.

We stumbled upon this presentation on digital brand experiences from Razorfish, and it’s one of the better ones on the subject. Lots of numbers, interesting conclusions (apart from Bing?). If you can, read it.

November 15 | 2009

Heroic efforts: knitman

Apparently it is possible to generate energy by knitting. A lot of knitting probably. Mark Newton is the superknitter.

November 13 | 2009

African Bicycle Network: new look & feel

Sometimes, to help make the world a bit better, SuperHeroes don’t need to make use of super powers or cutting-edge technology. In this case we helped out the African Bicycle Network shaping their branding and creating a WordPress blog template.