In 2018,
I fell in love
with making the unnecessary. 

In 2018,
I fell in love with making the unnecessary.

There are people who, when they hit the last 20 years of their lives, realise they have made horrible life choices: they sold their soul to the corporate world, selling things people don't need, with money they don't have, to impress people they don't like.

I am not one of these people. I already realised this at the age of 21. And yet, I'm still doing it. With the motto: "If people are going to consume things they don't need, better be an experience in itself", I've dedicated the past years of my life to advertising, branding, and coffee.

With the hope that I can spark a bit of joy in your life. 

I'm currently happy to say that I work at Agentur XY as an Art Director. Yet, I'll gladly meet new people and love drinking coffee. If you're interested in creating something together, please send an email to maarten.p.dijk@gmail.com



Experience: / 2012-2015: *bliep - Junior Designer / 2015-2016: Increation Company - Junior Designer / 2017: MASMAS´++Barcelona - Barista / 2018-2020: MOTOR Kommunikation - Art Director / 2021: Agentur XY - Art Director / 2021/2022: Jung von Matt - Art Director / 2022: Agentur XY - Art Director ^^/ 

AWARDS: / THE NEXT WEB STARTUP OF THE YEAR 2015 – WINNER / LURZER'S GRAND SLAM 2019 - SILVER / LURZER'S GRAND SLAM 2019 - BRONZE / ART DIRECTOR'S CLUB GERMANY 2019 - MERIT / ART DIRECTOR'S CLUB GERMANY 2021 - SILVER / FWA OF THE DAY – 17.11. 2021 / AWWWARDS SITE OF THE DAY – 10.12.2021 / PLAKADIVA 2022 - BRONZE  / ART DIRECTOR'S CLUB GERMANY 2022 - MERIT ^^/

Maarten Dijk
Art Director

Contact me
maarten.p.dijk@gmail.com

Current location
Berlin, Germany

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Tycho, Nadèche, Richard, Yasmin and Victor.

¹ From Jacob van Grunten, by the Swiss writer Robert Walser.

¹ From Jacob van Grunten, by the Swiss writer Robert Walser.