Diederiekje Bok

Diederiekje Bok (born December 23, 1970) is a Dutch producer, artist, writer[1] and the developer of the John's Phone[2][3] with Hein Mevissen. She started John Doe Amsterdam in 2001. Famous creations of Diederiekje Bok are mainly her scripts and productions for MTV Europe as the MTV shorts Deutschland Liebt Günther (2005), Das Ist So Togo (2006) and John From Burlington (2010). Diederiekje Bok has also been guest curator[4] of an exhibition in museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam in 2009, the exhibition of the work of Rinus van den bosch.[5] For this exhibition, she created and published a book[6] with publishers AFdH called Rinus.

Diederiekje Bok is with designer/director Hein Mevissen also the creator of the character Olli that became a hype[7][8] in the Netherlands in March 2013. Olli was part of a campaign that Bok and Mevissen created to save the Rotterdam zoo Diergaarde Blijdorp. In 2014 Diederiekje Bok wrote a weekly column[9] in Fab Magazine about her life in Los Angeles.[10]

Awards

Diederiekje Bok won several international awards[11] as a creative. Including a few times the New York festival[12][13] Gold World Medal. In december 2013 Diederiekje Bok and Hein Mevissen of John Doe[14] got awarded with the highest Dutch advertising award[15][16][17][18] the Golden Loeki[19] for the Olli campaign. The agency John Doe got the award in a Live television[20] show from Arian Buurman, CEO of the Stichting Ether Reclame who hosts the Loeki awards. At the World Intellectual Property Day[21] Diederiekje Bok won also an award[22] for being the person behind the best brand in the Netherlands for the brand Olli. The award is judged on innovation, decisiveness, perseverance, Protection in the field of Intellectual Property and Contributing to society.

References

  1. "Diederiekje Bok". Amsterdam Ad Blog. January 17, 2011.
  2. "Dutch launches no-frills mobile phone". Brandrepublic. November 16, 2010.
  3. "Nederlandse mobiele telefoon alleen om te bellen" (in Dutch). Nu.nl. January 21, 2012.
  4. "Exhibition" (in Dutch). afdh publishers. September 19, 2009.
  5. "Wintertijd" (in Dutch). October 26, 2014.
  6. "Publisher Book" (in Dutch). Omero. September 2009.
  7. "Ontwerper Olli" (in Dutch). Rijnmond. April 2, 2013.
  8. "Stormloop op Olli" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. March 28, 2013.
  9. "Artikelen van Diederiekje Bok" (in Dutch). FAB Magazine. April 29, 2014.
  10. "Los Angeles" (in Dutch). Fab Magazine. April 15, 2014.
  11. "John Doe Amsterdam grossiert in prijzen" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. June 26, 2007.
  12. "New York Festival Gold Medal". j2007. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. "New York Festival Gold Medal". j2007. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. "John Doe grossiert in prijzen" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. June 26, 2007.
  15. "Olli wint Gouden Loeki" (in Dutch). Telegraaf. December 19, 2013.
  16. "Olli wint Gouden Loeki" (in Dutch). Volkskrant. December 19, 2013.
  17. "Gouden Loeki naar John Doe's Olli" (in Dutch). Adormatie. December 19, 2013.
  18. "Gouden Loeki 2013: Olli met reclamebureau John Doe" (in Dutch). Reclamewereld. December 19, 2013.
  19. "Gouden Loeki Awards".
  20. "Olli wint gouden Loeki" (in Dutch). Show News. December 19, 2013.
  21. "World Intellectual Property Day". WIPO. April 26, 2014.
  22. "Center Tone Award" (in Dutch). Center Tone. April 25, 2014.

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