Mees: ‘Videos in which a whole world is built are the most fun to work on’
Role: editor. Working at B&S since: February 2018. What is your favorite YouTube channel? Kurzgesagt. As they say themselves: ‘We try to explain our universe and existence one video at a time’. What does your life as an editor look like? “My role starts when the sketches have been made and the film is being […]
Merel: ‘Beautiful things are created in freedom and trust’
Role: project planner, horizontal idea-spreader. Working here since: september 2017. Favorite acupuncture point: Du Mai 20, on the top of the head. What do you like about your job at B&S? ‘As a project planner it is great fun to keep a close eye on other organizations. The conversation with clients feels like a kind […]
Mieske: ‘I see where there is room for a chuckle’
Role: Illustrator. Working at B&S since: autumn 2016. What do you like to draw most: ‘Birds. At the school where I work they call me Miss Chicken because I have a thing for chickens. And because my grandfather was a chicken farmer.” Have you always wanted to be a whiteboard illustrator? “I’ve always drawn, but […]
Marne: ‘I want a world where there is room for everyone’
Role: Writer. Working at B&S since: Autumn 2017. Who are your favorite writers: ‘Alok Vaid-Menon, Kae Tempest and Andrea Gibson, creative people who challenge thinking.’ What do you like most about your work at Bord&Stift? ‘As a writer I visit all kinds of organizations and companies, I learn a lot. About what they do, how […]
Betina: ‘Gardening is like organizing horizontally’
Role: Illustrator. Working at B&S since: Summer 2017. What is your favorite horizontal vegetable garden vegetable? ‘Jerusalem artichokes! You can let it do its thing. The tubers are delicious and there are also towering sunflowers on the way. It is proliferating so you have to keep an eye on it, but otherwise it is a […]
Daniël: ‘You really have to understand what it is about’
Role: writer and editor. Working at B&S since: Spring 2018. What is your favorite movie/documentary: Enter the Void by Gaspar Noé and Boogie Nights by Paul Thomas Anderson. What do you like most about your work at Bord&Stift? ‘It is always nice to have a look behind the scenes at different companies and organizations. Every […]
Sophie: ‘With animation I can bring a story to life’
Role: editor. Working at B&S since: Spring 2018. What is your favorite game: The Last of Us is a game set in a post-apocalyptic zombie world. It is as if you are in a beautifully designed drama film for many hours in which you can participate yourself, with cities that have been taken back by […]
Rosalie: ‘I work very intuitively’
Role: project planner, editor, illustrator. Working at B&S since: Early 2016. What is your current obsession? Ikabane: Japanese flower arrangements. Creating beauty and embracing the natural, decay. Looks like you have many different roles at Bord&Stift. ‘That’s right. I started as a jack of all trades: filming, editing, planning projects. I recently started drawing too. […]
Merel: ‘Everybody wants to be seen’
Role: writer en marketing tiger. Working at B&S since: October 2016. What is your favorite cat behaviour: ‘With soft blankets my adult cat turns back into a kitten. He nibbles and kneads with his paws, as he used to do when he drank from his mama.’ What do you like most about your work at […]
Jeroen: ‘You can really hit the mark with a drawing’
Role at Bord&Stift: Illustrator. Working here since: Spring 2017. What is your favorite comic book? ‘Pinocchio from Winshluss is my comic book bible. Because of the pale coloring it is reminiscent of old American newspaper comics. I’m also a fan of Love and Rockets, from the Hernandez brothers. And De Incal, from Jodorowsky and Moebius. […]
