Ingo Mettes | Geert Ploeger

Copywriter | Art Director

FREELANCE

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

T: +316 21 22 42 69 | +316 14 17 82 15

E: mettes10@zonnet.nl | g.ploeger@chello.nl

June 23-25, 2005. We were nominated @ The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival for Amstel Truck. Unfortunately not awarded... :(

April 14, 2005. Unfortunately none of our nominations (see below) were awarded with an 'ADCN lamp'... We'll try to do a better job next year.

March 2005. The Amstel campaign (including the 'Truck commercial' we came up with for Doom & Dickson) is nominated for the "SAN-Accenten", an advertising-award given by the Dutch Advertisers Association (SAN)

March 10, 2005. Nomination #1 We are nominated @ ADCN for the Amstel Truck commercial we developed for and with Doom & Dickson.

March 10, 2005. Nomination #2 We are nominated @ ADCN for the packdesign of Lucky Strike 'Walletpacks' we did for GreyCells Amsterdam.

March 10, 2005. Nomination #3 We are nominated @ ADCN for the Amstel Swanck we developed for and with Doom & Dickson.

January 10 2005. The 'Wallet Packs' we made for GreyCells / Lucky Strike appeared in the #2 issue of Creatie.

December 22 2004. The Amstel-truck commercial ended 11th out of 36 nominated commercials. Thanxxx for voting.

December 03 2004. The Amstel-truck commercial we developed for Doom & Dickson is now nominated for the Golden Loeki Award 2004. Vote for us by clicking this emoticon :-D Thanxxx.

December 02 2004. Doom and Dickson won two silver Epica's. And why are we so happy? It were ideas we came up with wile we were hired on a freelance base... Click to see the prizewinning Amstel-swanck.

December 02 2004. Doom and Dickson won two silver Epica's. And why are we so happy? It were ideas we came up with wile we were hired on a freelance base... Click to see the prizewinning Amstel commercial.

September 16 2004. Toffe Gasten were asked to present their work and inspirate the dutch young dogs. A little weird, cause one year ago we were young dogs ourselves...

September 2 2004. A small article about Lucky Strike's attempt to commemorate the Battle for Arnhem, 60 years ago.

July 2004. Again a commercial we came up with, is nominated for the Loeki-election. This time the Amstel commercial we did for Doom & Dickson.

June 2004. One of two gigantic Amstel Swancks on top locations in Amsterdam. The result of some freelancework for Doom & Dickson.

June 2004. A Danoontje (Dannon) commercial we made for Y&R Amsterdam got nominated for this month's Loeki.

March 2004. We are nominated @ ADCN for paaldansen.nl (Poledance and Striptease Academy). Unfortunately we didn't win an award on the ceremony.

September 25, 2003. Article about The Advertising Festival in Adformatie.

September 4, 2003. Toffegasten won an TAF-award @ The Advertising Festival. Click image to see the partypics.

August 20 2003. Toffegasten are nominated (THREE TIMES!) @ The Advertising Festival: BEST NEW FORMAT OR MEDIUM & BEST USE OF DIRECT for Stichting AAP. . . . AND BEST CREATIVE IDEA IN PRINT for Subway.

May 2003. An interview in Reclameweek. It's about promising young creatives that are let off because of economic reasons.

4 april 2003. Toffegasten win an ADCN-award for Stichting AAP.

25 march 2003. Stichting AAP is nominated for an ADCN-award. The most prestigious creative award in The Netherlands.

December 19, 2002. An article in Adformatie about the guerrilla campaign for Stichting AAP.

October 3, 2002. Adformatie. Our Sky Radio billboard again...

September 19, 2002. Adformatie. Our Sky Radio billboard.

August 29 2002. Adformatie / Adfo Website & Newsmail. Toffegasten go jobhopping. . . To Imagine'.

August 29, 2002. An article in Adformatie about the guerrilla campaign for Subway.

August 2002. Click for the action-pics of the Subway guerrilla campaign.

August 16, 2002. Our Neckermann-tram crosses Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague

July 8, 2002. Our 3rd TV ad for Neckermann + Tag on is on air.

July 8, 2002. And the Tag on.

May 6, 2002. A 1st place @ Jongehonden (Joung Dutch Creatives) pitch for Stichting AAP / Getty Images. Coz we've been to Cannes two times already, the prize (a trip to the Cannes Lions) goes to the runners up... #*^$% !!

April 24, 2002. A 3rd place @ Jongehonden Pitch for Boomerang. We're planning to use the idea for another client. That's why there's no picture available. . .

March 8 2002. Adformatie about the Neckermann commercials.

February 27, 2002. The first 2 Neckermann commercials are on-air. # 1.

Februari 27, 2002. The second commercial.

Januari 31, 2002. After 3 weeks of hard labour, we won the Neckermann-pitch for Office. That also means we're going to make our television debut.

January 27, 2002. Toffe Gasten Won The prestigious CCCP-tablesoccer-cup 2002.

October 25 2001. Adformatie. Won an ADCN Publex pitch in which 40 teams competed.

October 17 2001. ReclameWeek. Won an ADCN Publex pitch in which 40 teams competed.

October 11, 2001. Toffe Gasten Won The ADCN-Publex workshop.

October 4 2001. Adformatie. Bob's Saloon in Adformatie.

September 25, 2001. For Bob's Saloon (Party Center) we attatched stickers on the gates @ the tramstops. These dull red gates became all of a sudden a lot more attractive to look at.

June 7, 2001. After a 2nd and a 5th place, Toffe Gasten were 3rd and 4rd in two Dutch Young Dogs Pitches. That means Toffe Gasten will go to the International Advertising Festival in Cannes (again).

March 21, 2001. Our Sky Radio Christmas Campaign is nominated for the "Accenten", an advertising-award given by the Dutch Advertisers Association (SAN)

Januari 25 2001. Adformatie. Guerrilla for Dierenasiel Groot Amsterdam.

December 19, 2000. Toffe Gasten went on a mission for Dogshelter Groot Amsterdam. Practicing "Guerrilla Marketing" on the pavement. Very cold, very late, a bit illegal and very windy but what the heck; It's for the good cause.

December 7 2000. Adformatie. The Sky Radio christmas campaign.

November 30, 2000. Our Sky Radio Billboard was voted to be a finalist in the ADCN-Publex pitch. This pitch, in which Dutch advertising agencies participated, received 168 entries.

November 2000. Interview about Radiocommercials in Sky Radio Paper.

October 5 2000. Adformatie. Our first work in advertising. For the opening of Holland Casino Utrecht.