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Internship in Graphic Design for Japanese College or Further Education Students

Duration:  6 months /negotiable

Remuneration: basically no remuneration. In the case of internships with a duration of at least 6 months, a room can be provided in a flat-sharing community free of charge.  Assistance with search for accommodation: We are pleased to provide support to find appropriate accommodation or a hotel and we can also handle the necessary negotiations. Then we can meet the intern at the airport and accompany him/her to his/her new home.

By providing this opportunity, we would like to strengthen the cooperation and friendship between Japan and Germany. The aim is to compare and combine Japanese aesthetics with German/European aesthetics to create something new. The terms of reference of the internship position include generation of ideas as well as final artwork and layout preparation based on design specifications. In addition assistance in the preparation of presentations, the creation of online projects and the updating of the graphics of our existing customer sites are also included.  Travel expenses relating to company events will be reimbursed.

Further education students should have above-average interest in graphics and design whereas college students should be following a course in a specific, related field. The interested persons will be assessed on the basis of their application in English as well as sample work and a telephone conversation. The degree of fluency in German or English should be adequate to permit a comprehendible exchange of ideas during the time together. One of our employees speaks a little Japanese.  A good knowledge of the current graphic programs is desirable but more important is a distinct creativity either in the development of ideas or in confidently applying colours, designs and typography.  A basic knowledge of Japanese design theory is very desirable, well-founded knowledge would be even better.

A study course in the subjects communication, graphics or web design (having successfully completed a basic degree course) or comparable training is of advantage but not essential.  Much more important is the ability rapidly familiarise oneself with new tasks.

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Relaunch of ZEIT Schülercampus

November 26, 2012

For our client »DIE ZEIT« Büro Divine has created the new website for »ZEIT Schülercampus«. The production is based on the content management system “Drupal”.

With the learning experience and the courses »learning days« ZEIT Schülercampus provides an extensive range of holiday and leisure travel for children with brains!

Overview

The campaign for the Freundeskreis Wildpark Düsseldorf shall present the animal sponsorship project. The aim is to create a fresh and inspiring corporate Design. Furthermore shall the new campaign address the general public of animal lovers, doesn’t matter which age. Through the new concept of the animal sponsorship, the Wildpark creates a new presentation of their image and advertises them. For that reason Büro Divine produced and created the campaign in a modern but still classical way.

CONCEPT

The idea: Partner-Ads. Animals looking for each other.

We developed brochures that shall address a young and also older target group. To do so the design has to include a modern as well as traditional character. Thereby must be received the attention that the original image of the Wildpark don’t get lost in the new campaign. Consequently we create a brochure that includes all these aspects.

The brochure presents the new campaign of the animal sponsorship. Through lively texts and clear and easy language is the intention conclusively portrayed. The prices for the sponsorship is divided very structured and with silhouettes of the animals accentuated. The use of texts is very reduced hence the brochure stays vivid. Pictures are replaced through silhouettes of the animals.

Tone & Voice

The motives shall be clear and obvious, so that everyone is able to understand the intention. The use of silhouettes of the animals instead of pictures makes the brochure look more lucid. The motives, which are used for the front page, are, depending on the animal which is shown, in different colours. The Layout shall be clear and reduced.

Creative Contents

Creating iconic animals and friendly colours

The silhouettes illustrate different types of animals. Replacing them instead of pictures makes the brochure look much more open and clear and appears like a Logo. That has the goal that doing so makes the brochure, in connection to the easy written text, having a more classical character. Moreover the concept of that brochure keeps a clear structure.

Concrete motives and content

The brochure is divided into different domains. The front page presents one animal species and humanizes it through the text written from an I-perspective. The following pages include information to the sponsorship on the one hand. On the other hand it presents animal silhouettes and the costs per year.

Through this clear separation with titles but little text the brochure gives a good overview and is understandable for everyone. Just the last page includes more text with information that is of secondary importance for the first overview about the campaign.

The mix of little text and symbols makes the brochure stays vivid and the intention becomes clear.

Bringing all together

The text of the front page personalizes the animal whose silhouette is shown under it. Doing so the animal of the park is introduced in a very sympathetic way and builds up a connection to the reader. Using light and friendly colours makes the brochure lively and remarkable.

FINAL DESIGNS

The campaign is for the nationwide people who know already the Wildpark or want to get to know it.  For now on the advertisements for the animal sponsorship is public and shall address everyone who has a heart for animals.

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The Wildpark fundraising campaign

September 3, 2012

The Wildpark in Düsseldorf have found new friends. There is nothing new about that because the park is admired by all visitors of every age, since its founding in 1927.

Nevertheless the park could be more attractive. The costs to expand just a part of the park are valued at about 750.000 €. The expansion shall include a new area for raccoons and a new construction for otter. The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) shall become the new appealing figure of the park.

BD create the corporate design for this Wildpark and developed a communication and fundraising strategy, with which the aim to become more attractive for the people shall be reached.

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Website-Launch for ZEIT Wissen-Preis

August 6, 2012

For ZEIT WISSEN-Preis Mut zur Nachhaltigkeit (Encouraging Sustainability) Büro Divine has developed the corporate website. The implementation is based on Content Management Systems »Drupal.«

Overview

This campaign was developed for the ministerial for health of the federal state Nordrhein-Westfalen with the approach to prevent the female circumcision of Africans. It is not only forbidden in Germany and is regarded as crime it also causes traumata.
The concept was created with regard of being recognized by illiterates and with regard of the cultural background. The most creative challenge, in this case, was the pictorial realization of the communicating content.

CONCEPT

An information brochure for the sanitary enlightenment shall be developed. The brochure addresses people who cannot be reached with texts hence texts are mostly renounced. The most important text will be translated in six languages and the basic communication goals will be presented through twelve expressive picture motives combined with very short sentences and icons.

The brochure presents very important stations in the life of the concerned people: They are ordered chronological and follow the life of a small and young girl that develops to a woman. It offers problems, which can appear and provides proposals for solution. While the left side of each spread indicates problems the right side presents a proposition or advice how one can deal with the problematic situation.

Pictorial language and layouts

The motives shall be clear and explicit, so that everyone understands immediately their intention.

2-3 persons will be shown per picture.

The motives shall be photographed black and white and very aesthetic.

–The background is white –Work with very effective light

The layout of the brochure has to be clear and reduced.

Concrete motives and content

The spreads of the brochure follow the schema “Problem – Solution”. The left page presents the problems, with which affected woman have to expose, the right one offers a suggested solution.

The motives and suggested solutions are filled with “Info- boxes”, which include advices or contact details e.g. of doctors.

No use of headlines in the individual side, but the use of communicative icons or symbol, makes the overview more comprehensible for the reader.

First Layouts

Scribbles were drawn on the foundation of the concepts and the chose of colours and typefaces were defined, in the beginning of the Layout stadium.  The goal was to create a look & feel that fits to the African target group to reach a safe acceptance for the campaign.

Foto-Shooting

After finishing the layouts we reached the concept stadium and developed pictorial contents, which normally are described in texts, with a theatre educator and casted lay models. Thousands of pictures were made and every scene was filled with very expressive ones.  In the end the brochure self- explanatory and every illiterate can understand it and inform him- or herself.

FINAL DESIGNS

The campaign is currently presented in the whole federal state. Asylums get this brochure of the federal border force when they arrive at the airport. Africans, who live in Germany can get this brochure of the gynaecologist and at several information centres. The goal is to prevent the female circumcision of African girls in Germany.

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The new News App for Deutsche Welle

March 27, 2012

We just created the new iPhone/iPad App for the German outland broadcast for Deutsche Welle. The “DW App” gives user the possibility to pursue the TV program of the DW Live stream, whether on the Smartphone or Tablet. The free App is already available for iOS-devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch) disposable and will be also provided for Android-products very soon.

Besides the Live stream function for six different transceiver tracks the App also offers mobile access to the latest news together with audio- video and photo galleries.All content will be updated automatically and are available in different languages like German, English, Russian, Arabic and Farsi. It is planned that there will be expanded to al 30 languages of DW.

The free DW App is available in the Apple-Store and will also be obtainable in the Android-Store very soon. As Universal App it is also with Smartphones as well as with Tablet-PC’s usable.

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Education material against mutilation

February 17, 2012

Büro Divine produced an education brochure for the non-profit organization Stop Mutilation. The brochure is intended as a guideline for educational staff in dealing with affected or at risk girls and includes results of the conference for educational staff in December 2012, which was accompanied by Büro Divine.

Overview

For the launch of Sennheisers new high end audio equipment „Sennheiser Aviation NoiseGard Series“ Büro Divine, was called to produces four image ads. The international campaign “Next Time you´d better choose a SENNHEISER” was presented with the International Aviation AD Award in silver. Photographs were taken in Paris, Como, London, and at various German locations. The adverts used worldwide and were photographed for the Gramm Werbeagentur. Test.

Creative Concept

How fast it can happen. Only a small misunderstanding and you are suddenly in the middle of the wrong fleet. Unsurprisingly, if you bet on the wrong headphones.

 ”Next Time you´d better choose a SENNHEISER”

Under the motto “Next Time you’d better choose a SENNHEISER” four motifs were designed to show the aircraft and helicopters in flight or parking situations in which they definitely do not belong.

Making of

The production lasted for 2 weeks and it was photographed at various locations in France, England, Italy and Germany.

The organization extended over 3 months.

Digital Imaging

After the shooting the post production unit composed the final ads.  Details were removed or altered, perspectives adapted, elements retouched and colors matched. In the end it takes ​​about100 images to compose the final ads.

Final Ads

The finals motives convince both the customer as well as the jury. In two consecutive years, the campaign has won the bronze and silver international aviation ad award.

The campaign is published worldwide for three years in professional journals.