The New Verbalizers

Installation Taste&Language Chamber of Commerce Amsterdam

Blog - 14 January 2010 - No Comments

I was asked by the Chamber of Commerce to make an installation about Taste & Language during their new years event (January 5) in the Convention Factory. On my ‘Menu for the Mind’ 12 sayings from verbalizers from The New Verbalizers and other great thinkers.
Verbalizers: James Veenhoff (Fronteer Strategey), Paul Hughes (Lava Graphic Design), [...]

MC Melodee – La Melodia

Verbalizers - 18 December 2009 - Comments Off

Who are you & what do you do?
My name is Melodee and I’m a lyricist, an MC. I am the vocal part of a crew called La Melodia. Together with my producer I.N.T. we make soulful hip-hopmusic, and we perform all over the globe. Next to performing and MC-ing in the clubscene, I am also [...]

Alrik Koudenburg – Design Director

Conversations / network - 26 November 2009 - No Comments

Conversation follows.

James Veenhoff – partner Fronteer Strategy

Verbalizers - 26 November 2009 - No Comments

Who are you & what do you do?
My name is James Veenhoff, I am partner at Fronteer Strategy; I work on brand development and strategy consulting. (I am also the father of Jools Veenhoff)
What’s a verbalizer according to you?
A verbalizer is someone who creates meaning through words, much like how a visualiser does [...]

Martijn Aslander blogs about tNV

Blog - 14 November 2009 - No Comments

Hoe geef je taal aan concepten en ideeën?
De pest van veel ideeën is dat ze eerst binnenkomen in je hoofd (of hart) en dat het een tijd duurt voordat je de juiste taal hebt gevonden om aan anderen duidelijk te kunnen maken wat je bedoeld.
Ellen Bokkinga liep hier ook al langer tegenaan, maar haar vak [...]

tNV on Incredible Adventure – Dutch blog Frank Meeuwsen

Blog - 11 November 2009 - No Comments

Frank Meeuwsen wrote a great piece about The New Verbalizers on his blog. Hereby the text (in Dutch).
The New Verbalizers beginnen!
Ondanks dat ik al zo’n 10 jaar actief schrijf voor het web vind ik mezelf geen schrijver. Ik ben niet altijd even goed met woorden, kan niet zo snel en puntig uit de hoek komen [...]

Start The New Verbalizers

Blog - 11 November 2009 - No Comments

For some reason, when you can’t describe an idea, it doesn’t exist. It’s comprised of some ‘thoughts’, visual metaphors and ‘what if…’, but it’s not an idea.
This is where a ‘verbalizer’ comes in. To find the right words to 1) describe it strategically 2) to get the idea across creatively.
Because in a way, ideas exist [...]

Len Hulsbos – Cradle of Design

Verbalizers - 10 November 2009 - No Comments

What a verbalizer is? Well, I guess in the strictest sense, a verbalizer is someone who is able to take an idea and push the boundaries of the linguistic possibilities with it, while keeping it understandable to those who were listening to him or her.
But besides that, I feel that given the context here, we’re talking [...]

Ellen Bokkinga – strategy & initiator The New Verbalizers

Verbalizers - 10 November 2009 - No Comments

“In a way, ideas exist in two forms.
The ideas in our head,
and the ideas we have to get across.
Between the two stands ‘verbalizing’”
As a creative writer and independent strategic consultant I have worked on digital marketing, advertising projects and design assignments. Please take a look at my Portfolio.
I’m a passionate real-life observer, always on the [...]

Frank Meeuwsen (The Incredible Adventure) – digital strategy

Conversations / network - 3 November 2009 - 1 Comment

“A brief has got all to do with a sense of language and strong formulation skills. It’s strategic language at the start of a project. Mostly, a copywriter is asked to deliver a service at the end. But I agree that language is needed beforehand to formulate the assignment and all the decisions.
With a verbalizer [...]

Martin Pyper (me studio) – designer

Conversations / network - 3 November 2009 - No Comments

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Douwe van der Werf – Mister Lee