Arno Drost
| Arno Drost | |
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 Arno Drost, photo by Manja Lindeman | |
| Born |
April 22, 1981 Huizen, Noord-Holland, NL |
| Occupation | CEO, Brothers in art |
| Website | |
Arno Drost (born April 22, 1981 in Huizen, North Holland) is the CEO and co-founder of new media company Brothers in Art, co-founder of the Digital Artist Community GFXartist.com, co-founder and CTO of the social network site Buscan2.com and Executive producer at Dipdive.com
Life and career
Arno Drost entered the world of new media by attending the Utrecht School of the Arts, studying Digital Media Design from 1999 to 2003. In 2001 he has been nominated for a Multimedia Award for an interactive production called Crepusculo 6 at the film festival of Poitiers, France.
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After graduation at the Utrecht School of the Arts in 2003, he successfully completed the Master course for Digital Media Design at the Open University in London, United Kingdom
In 2003, after his studies, he started the company Brothers in art together with Martin Kool and Marvin Ronk. The company that already made name with Digital artist community GFXartist.com was asked in 2004 to create a community website for the American hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas. The website[2] which launched simultaneous with the Black Eyed Peas album release of Monkey Business on June 7, 2005, welcomed over 100,000 fans during the first month.
In December 2005 Drost produced an online campaign for The Black Eyed Peas which allowed them to record videos on their mobile phone which were directly available on their website. The Black Eyed Peas were supposedly the first band in the world to use a 3G UMTS video connection to stay connected with their fans throughout their 2005 European tour. [3] [4]
In October 2008 Brothers in art and Arno Drost, as Executive Producer since August 2007, launched Dipdive.com.[5] [6] Dipdive.com is will.i.am's latest project. Dipdive.com serves as a digital distribution channel for artists wanting to skip the major label route. Dipdive was also the launch platform for the Barack Obama support video called "Yes We Can" by will.i.am "Yes We Can" was honored with the first-ever Emmy Award for Best New Approaches in Daytime Entertainment.[7]
On March 30, 2009 Brothers in art and Arno Drost, as CTO and Co-Founder, launched Buscan2.com. A social network based out of the Dominican Republic, focussed on Latin American countries.[5]
Lately Arno Drost has won several awards for interactive productions, including a Dutch Spinaward for technical realisation of The Hilfiger Denim campaign "Leave your mark" and a Gold Clio Award "Interactive" for "Yes We Can Song".[5]
References
- ↑ RIHL (2006-12-05). "24 eme Rencontres Internationales Henri Langlois". Retrieved 2006-12-05.
- ↑ blackeyedpeas.com (2006-12-05). "Black Eyed Peas credits". Retrieved 2006-12-05.
- ↑ Ralph Cohen (2006-12-05). "Black Eyed Peas broadcast online using 3G mobile videophones". Retrieved 2006-12-05.
- ↑ united4music (2006-12-05). "BEP Videodiary during European tour". Retrieved 2006-12-05.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Arno Drost (2008-11-02). "Arno Drost - LinkedIn". Retrieved 2009-06-03.
- ↑ Mark Hopkins (2008-02-20). "HopeActChange: will.i.am Strikes Again". Retrieved 2008-03-07.
- ↑ Video Awarded Emmy(R) for New Approaches in Daytime Entertainment. Emmy for 'Yes We Can' Song. Retrieved February 3, 2008.