12 agencies that stood out this year

In 2023, we made a New Year’s Resolution to get to know even more amazing creative agencies. To wrap up the year, we wanted to share with you 12 incredible agencies from our community we love learning from. Take a look for some inspiration as we get ready to launch into 2024.

1. VERVE
The Hague and Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Winner of the 2022-2023 European Agency of the Year, Verve combines its digital-first mindset with razor-sharp strategy and outspoken design to distil a product’s energy into an unforgettable story. Working on award-winning campaigns for Miro, Citizen M, and Unilever, Verve believes tomorrow’s change-making companies need to be ‘Living Brands’ in order to survive by empowering them to become just that: Brands that live, breathe and interact with their audience while staying true to their ideals.

2. INNOCEAN BERLIN
Berlin, Germany

Innocean Berlin is an advertising agency that created campaigns for the industry’s biggest players like KIA, Hyundai and Genesis while working on projects for smaller businesses and initiatives. Among them is an outstanding awareness campaign for Dyslexia Scotland, built around almost every design-meme-hero Comic Sans — an extremely mocked font which actually helps people with dyslexia to read better.

3. POCKET ROCKET
Warsaw, Poland

Pocket Rocket is an innovative branding agency, that helps businesses grow up to an extra 30% a year. Trusted by industry icons and young startups, they develop strategies, design identities and launch brands in IT, Fashion Tech, Telecom, Transport and Retail. Through research, strategy and design, Pocket Rocket captures brand identities, picking up several Oscars of the design world, including Reddot and Effie, while they’re at it.

4. ARNOLD
São Paolo, Brazil

Founded in 2012, Estudio Arnold is a graphic design studio that approaches design in a strategic way. They work with brands, institutions and NGOs to create multidisciplinary visual projects connected to today’s world. They have a great interest in new technologies and their social and creative impacts.

5. ILLO
Turin, Italy

Founded in 2012 by Ilenia Notarangelo & Luca Gonnelli, Illo is a world-class design studio operating from Turin, Italy. They are a diverse, gender-balanced team of different nationalities and educational backgrounds. Their projects include stage graphics for Euro 2024, illustration system for Alibaba.com as well as no-commission initiatives like the Ladies, Wine & Design conversation series powered by Jessica Walsh. 👏

6. FELLAS
Murcia, Spain

Fellas is a creative studio specialising in branding, art direction and web design based in Murcia. Through their attention to detail, dedication and visual differentiation, they believe in the power of design and communication as a key differentiating element for a brand. They are also passionate about giving visibility to a new wave of incredible designers, illustrators, and photographers based in Murcia. For this reason, they started Labs in October 2020 – an open studios program designed and executed to build a community around design and Fellas.

7. DEPT
International

Named the second fastest-growing large agency in the world by Adweek in 2019, DEPT® delivers end-to-end digital experiences for brands such as Tesla, Samsung, Formula E, Indigo and H&M. Founded in Amsterdam in 2015, it has grown from 150 people in The Netherlands to more than 1,500 people in thirteen countries across Europe and the Americas. DEPT comprises Basic, Hello Monday, Studio Dumbar, Tekno Point, Web3 and Dogstudio, making them Network of the Year at The Webby Awards in 2023.

8. KCR Studio
Pakistan

Founded by Jahanzeb Safder Khawaja, KCR Studio is a multi-disciplinary creative studio working at the nexus of design and technology to elevate brands. With clients such as the British Council, Singapore FinTech Festival and helping launch Pakistan’s first-ever Boiler Room, KCR Studio’s extensive toolkit pairs radical creatives with the most cutting-edge technologies.

9. SKINN
Bruges, Belgium. Antwerp & Amsterdam, Netherlands.

A diverse team of brand specialists, Skinn is experienced in merging business models with strategic design and technology, but their most essential skill is empathy. They’re focused on working for one simple goal: making great work. With offices in Antwerp, Bruges and Amsterdam, they are at the forefront of analogue, digital, experimental and new innovative formats.

10. NASCENT
Milan, Italy

For the past 20 years, Nascent has served as agents of transformation for many brands such as Yamamoto, Roche Italia, Lavazza, CocaCola Italia and Allianz. They hold several international design awards, and do so by integrating sustainable strategies with distinctive design solutions.

11. HUE AND WHY
Kochi, India

Based in Kochi, Hue and Why is a brand strategy and design studio that collaborates with emerging and established companies to create strong brand worlds that connect with their audiences. They worked on a wide range of projects: from creating a vibrant brand identity for a quaint art gallery amid Mattancherry to refreshing the packaging for a Health & Beauty brand that had one of the highest brand recalls to crafting the brand positioning for India’s largest debt finance platform.

12. STUDIO SYNC
Istanbul, Turkey

Studio Sync, based in Istanbul, is a new media studio which specialises in 3D motion, CGI, direction and creative sound design. They create eyecatching visuals which captivate an audience within seconds, all while conveying the essence of the client's brand, leaving a lasting impact on viewers by evoking genuine and long lasting emotional responses.

Here is to the new connections in 2024! 💛

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