http://www.ldv.be/ info@ldv.be Copyright 2012 2012-01-27T10:42:04+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/dont-rely-on-you-man-for-your-valentines-gift/ Valentine’s Day. There is no way of telling whether your boyfriend or husband will remember it. Therefore, Het Nieuwsblad makes sure you don’t end up empty-handed on the most romantic day of the year. 2012-01-27T10:42:04+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/a-new-delicious-client/ After a strategic and creative pitch we were selected to promote the Flemish Bakers (VLAM) for the next three years. To celebrate we are planning a party with excessive amounts of croissants, ‘koffiekoeken’ and bread, in 20 different shapes and flavours.  2012-01-26T08:19:36+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/lampiris-recycles-advertising-campaigns1/ If you are a supplier of green energy, you want your advertising to be equally eco-friendly. Therefore we printed our new campaign for Lampiris on old advertising campaigns of other brands. 2012-01-05T08:12:36+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/het-nieuwsblad-sportkalender/ Men don’t need agendas or complicated planning tools that stick to their refrigerator. Once they have their copy of the “Sports Calendar”, they know exactly which dates to save. 2012-01-02T15:13:07+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/lampiris-and-velo-make-antwerp-greener/ Green energy provider Lampiris wants to make Antwerp a greener city by promoting its 100% green energy. What better way to do this than by using the Antwerp public bikes (Velos) to generate energy to light up our campaign message. 2011-12-29T15:35:49+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/opel-claims-the-brussels-motor-show/ During this year’s Brussels Motor Show (‘Autosalon’) Opel has nothing to fear. The brand is so sure about its conditions and proud of its models that it simply took over the ‘Autosalon’, by naming it the ‘Opelsalon’. 2011-12-28T15:45:15+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/sunweb-lets-the-sun-do-the-talking1/ Sunweb offers the best deals for a holiday in the sun. So for our latest radio commercials we decided to cast the Sun to talk about the Sunweb offers. 2011-12-28T07:49:27+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/nibc-direct-launched-in-belgium/ There is a new bank in Belgium. And it is ready to change the way we think about banks. 2011-12-27T09:24:19+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/silver-and-bronze/ We received Silver at the Eurobest Awards for ‘Dinner Time’ (Come a casa) and Bronze ath the Epica Awards for ‘Lie detector’ (Kia)! 2011-12-07T16:09:58+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/a-special-award-for-thank-you-for-not-speeding/ Awards are like your children: you love them equally, but secretly one is always a bit special to you. We have received many awards for ‘Thank you for not speeding’ but the one we received today is a special one. 2011-12-06T12:34:02+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/wir-leben-opel/ We are proud to announce that Opel Belgium is our new client. After 40 years of working with the same advertising agency, Opel Belgium is ready to breathe new life into the brand. And so are we. 2011-11-29T07:22:19+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/gold-for-antwerp/ Thank you for not speeding (city of Antwerp) was awarded with a Gold IMC Award! 2011-11-28T13:37:44+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/caution-clean-floor/ The new ‘cleaner streets’ campaign for the city of Antwerp was launched this weekend. 2011-11-21T08:30:32+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/art-bins-in-antwerp/ There are 2.800 trash cans in Antwerp. To motivate people to use them, we asked a dozen Antwerp artists to design a sleeve for them.     2011-11-17T08:58:35+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/good-news-two-new-clients-het-nieuwsblad-nibc-direct/ We’re very happy to announce that we’ll be doing sweet things for two great, new clients: Het Nieuwsblad and NIBC Direct bank.  2011-11-15T18:26:43+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/ils-neuts-nominated-for-advertiser-personality-of-the-year/ Ils Neuts is one of the three nominees for Advertiser Personality of the Year. 2011-11-14T08:08:21+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/harry-demey-is-master-marketeer/ Our CEO Harry Demey is now officially ‘Master Marketeer’. The title of Master Marketeer is given to topmarketeers who are true ambassadors in our business. 2011-10-04T12:10:04+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/meet-our-new-best-friends/ We recently welcomed Joke Tersage (Account Manager), Evi Messagie (Account Executive), Jeffrey Uten (Graphic Designer), Koen Meiresonne and Sebastiaan Vandenberghen (DTP Specialists). 2011-09-28T10:12:11+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/generous-launch-of-ds-weekly/ To launch its new weekly, we created a generous campaign for De Standaard. Everyone that bought a newspaper (any newspaper) on Saturday, August 27 received a copy of the weekly. 2011-09-05T08:53:34+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/go-fresh/ We created a visuel identity for a brand new label by Sodexo: GO FRESH.  The GO FRESH label is used for fresh and healthy meals served in schools. 2011-07-27T16:02:56+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/bollekesfeest1/ Antwerp citizens give their all during the anual ‘Bollekesfeest’, an open-air festival where the best Antwerp products and local performers are gathered. 2011-07-27T14:08:08+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/where-do-you-listen-to-mnm-this-summer/ We created a summer campaign for MNM starring MNM listeners. All they have to do is tell us where they listen to MNM this summer. 2011-07-12T11:24:53+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/european-care-award/ We received a Care Award for ‘thank you for not speeding’, a campaign for the Antwerp Local Police. This prestigious European award acknowledges campaigns that encourage corporate social responsibility. 2011-06-30T07:01:22+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/mnm-roadtrip/ MNM listeners could win a car to go on a roadtrip. In 3 TV commercials we showed why travelling by car is the ultimate ticket to freedom. 2011-06-27T08:15:37+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/bronze-lion-at-cannes-festival/ The KIA lie detector campaign, in which KIA’s CEO was hooked up to a lie detector, was awarded with a Bronze Direct Lion during the annual Cannes Lions festival.   2011-06-21T07:04:08+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/sunweb-celebrates/ It’s been 5 years since Sunweb first started offering low budget holidays to sunny destinations. We came up with an appropriate way to celebrate. 2011-06-15T07:27:21+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/lets-make-littering-history/ Three out of four people are completely fed up with litter. We can’t blame them. After all, isn’t it absurd that we, decent 21st century people, still can’t seem to bin properly? 2011-06-09T07:04:50+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/mas-seeing-is-believing/ The MAS, the new museum on the Antwerp ‘Eilandje’ recently opened to the public. The museum is as impressive on the outside as it is on the inside. 2011-05-25T07:04:28+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/oscare-safe-bbq/ Every year people end up in the emergency room with severe burns from careless and unsafe barbecuing practices. Not only do they ruin summer fun, they scar you for life. 2011-05-11T10:06:28+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/red-bull-mobile-launched-on-mas-rooftop/ Red Bull Mobile is not just another prepaid card, it’s your ticket to the world of Red Bull. Last friday we launched Red Bull Mobile with an exclusive Triggerfinger rooftop concert on the MAS (Antwerp). 2011-05-09T06:44:17+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/ldv-united-excels-in-activating-brands/ We love activating brands, and we’re very pleased our work doesn’t go unnoticed. Yesterday, during the annual Best of Activation Awards, we went home with one Gold and two Silver awards. 2011-05-05T09:35:16+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/mungu-and-mnm-are-looking-for-the-coolest-school/ Actor/stand-up comedian Mungu and MNM are looking for the coolest school to award them the very first school award. 2011-05-02T07:55:41+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/if-this-wall-could-talk/ If the Antwerp ‘Kaaimuur’ could talk, it would tell overwhelming stories about the Schelde and everyone that ever walked beside it. Unfortunately, walls don’t talk. So we asked Antwerp citizens to inspire city poet Peter Holvoet-Hanssen to write a poem about the ‘Kaaien’ and paint in onto the ‘Kaaimuur’. 2011-04-18T14:15:33+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/you-maybe-want-to-lick-my-balls1/ We created a campaign to launch the MNM Language Holiday: a trip to New York or Costa Rica to learn a new language. 2011-04-11T14:50:07+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/dries-dennis-win-best-yet/ Yesterday our top creative team Dennis Vandewalle (copywriter) and Dries De bruyn (art director) won the Best Yet Contest (Newspaper awards). 2011-03-25T11:22:27+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/an-impressive-foodscape-campaign/ For Come a Casa pastas with fresh salmon, LDV United made a 100% fresh bus shelter campaign. 2011-03-23T10:49:52+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/fresh-blood-ldv-united/ We’ve recently welcomed 4 talented new colleagues. 2011-03-07T11:32:47+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/girls-make-room-for-the-guys/ After launching the Girls Only Trip last year, MNM decided it was now the guys’ turn to enjoy a Guys Only Trip. 2011-02-21T10:55:23+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/lampiris-loves-valentines-day/ Save a tree: carve your Valentine’s Day message in a virtual tree on www.lampiris.be   2011-02-14T13:13:05+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/kids-dinnertime/ 6 p.m. Dinner’s ready. But your children aren’t. They’re glued to the TV. Isn’t there a more effective way to get them around the table than screaming your lungs out? Come a casa believes there is. 2011-01-21T14:42:08+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/congratulations-peter-claes/ Peter Claes, marketing manager of all VRT brands, is Advertiser Personality of the Year 2010. Great job, Peter! 2010-12-20T09:02:09+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/still-crazy-after-all-these-years/ No matter how long you’ve been married, you should never take your partner for granted. The same goes for your clients.     2010-12-06T16:52:45+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/the-power-of-a-rabbit/ We’ve got a little experiment going on at the office this week. Pets supposedly have a positive effect on productivity and atmosphere at work. Therefore the hairiest rabbit you’ve ever encountered is currently living at LDV United. 2010-12-03T07:56:41+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/antwerp-european-capital-of-sport-2013/ The city of Antwerp sent in a candidature to be European Capital of Sport 2012. We created a promotional film around the main asset in the candidature: Antwerp lives and breathes sport. 2010-12-02T16:22:37+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/come-a-casa-wins-a-bronze-imc-award/ Yesterday our campaign ‘The biggest family’ came in third during the European Integrated Marketing Communications Awards in the category Innovative Idea or Concept. 2010-11-24T10:49:25+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/lampiris/ We pay too much for natural gas, 462.560.125 euros to be precise. Lampiris wants to turn the tide by offering the lowest rates for natural gas. A live countdown campaign has already lowered the meter with over 3,5 million euros. 2010-11-22T08:43:30+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/mnm-9-to-5/ Our new tv commercial for MNM radio: MNM radio brightens up your work day. 2010-10-29T06:33:45+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/brugge-vs.-anderlecht/ Some may find it hard to believe, but there’s more to life than football. There’s art, for example.  2010-10-28T14:17:19+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/spelling-mestakes-ruin-your-story/ Therefore De Standaard launches the “Taalbijlagen”, 5 inserts enclosed in De Standaard which should keep you safe from embarrassing spelling mistakes. 2010-10-24T10:49:40+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/mnm-car-request/ Sometimes your car just isn’t up to the job. It’s too large to park in a small space, its boot is too small to load it with new furniture, or it’s simply not cool enough to go cruising on a Saturday. 2010-10-21T06:37:29+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/real-heroes-among-us/ Meet the real heroes of Antwerp: the men and women who keep our streets clean all year long. We created a tv commercial in their honour. 2010-10-20T07:13:20+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/back-to-face2face/ Forget Facebook. Forget MSN. Time to get face to face (again) with your friends. Therefore Come a casa launches face2face.be. 2010-09-30T11:54:35+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/mnm-goes-back-to-the-nillies/ Music can evoke any emotion. It can even make us nostalgic for a time that’s only just behind us.  2010-09-22T14:25:37+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/do-not-disturb/ I’d like to share something about our new campaign for De Standaard. But not now: I’m reading my newspaper and can’t be disturbed. 2010-09-21T19:51:47+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/the-first-diy-ad-for-de-standaard/ We created the first do-it-yourself ad to announce a unique sticker album with the complete oeuvre of Wim Delvoye. 2010-09-18T15:29:08+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/antwerp-says-thank-you/ We gave Antwerp citizens the opportunity to personally thank drivers for not speeding in their street. 2010-09-16T15:39:48+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/the-story-of-a-nearly-naked-student/ Students are becoming more and more creative when applying for an internship at an agency. There are the ones that write postcards or develop websites. And then there’s Jens Geerts. 2010-09-10T06:17:18+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/size-does-matter/ Frisk Extra Large. Five times larger for longer freshness. 2010-09-03T13:45:03+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/guilty-by-association/ We proudly welcome Sam De Vriendt as Associate Creative Director and creative partner of CD Kristof Snels.     2010-08-31T07:12:15+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/true-or-false/ The 7 year warranty Kia offers to all its customers sounds too good to be true. Therefore we submitted Benoît Morrenne (CEO KIA Belgium) to a lie detector interrogation and made him answer questions about the warranty. 2010-07-09T08:23:54+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/de-standaard-entertains-your-kids/ Don’t let your kids get bored this summer. Take them on a fun trip with the €10 coupon you’ll find in De Standaard. Trust us, you don’t want to take the chance of letting them explore their own ways of killing time.   2010-06-23T09:50:42+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/mnm-claims-the-summer/ At last, it’s summertime! And because we all remember the joy of throwing waterballoons at our friends on hot & sunny days, we decided to use them for our MNM summer visual. 2010-06-22T09:07:10+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/masterchef-comes-to-belgium/ This summer vtm will broadcast the popular BBC format “Masterchef”. During the fotoshoots for our print ads we gave the participants (tv celebrities) some inspiration on how to personalize their dishes. 2010-06-21T08:52:51+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/high-expectations/ To promote the Tall Ships Races in Antwerp we did what we first thought to be impossible: create a tv commercial about the Tall Ships Races, without having any real large ships to film. 2010-06-21T07:55:03+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/sire-how-do-you-like-your-steak/ Seven students at HUB hope to find out soon. They’re goal: a BBQ in the royal gardens of king Albert II. In their quest for Laken, they get the full support of HUB. 2010-06-20T09:20:35+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/top-topical-mijn-restaurant/ We created a top topical for the final episode of Mijn Restaurant!. Tonight everyone will be hooked to the screen. Even vegetarians will be getting goosebumps. 2010-06-10T09:59:01+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/the-fine-art-of-writing-copy/ Our copywriter and direct mailing specialist Johan-Lou Verwimp came in second during “De Gouden Veer” ceremony 2010. 2010-06-08T12:39:19+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/a-rich-life/ We created an emotional radio campaign to announce ‘A rich life’, a new reality program on vtm. ‘A rich life’ portrays the encouter between a rather wealthy, and a less fortunate familiy. 2010-06-01T07:15:28+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/skip-the-middleman/ Would you pay someone to comb your hair when you can easily do it yoursefl? So why pay someone to book your trip? 2010-05-25T14:15:45+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/advertising-on-bank-statements/ A scoop for De Standaard: advertising on bank statements. 2010-05-18T13:34:07+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/think-media-reaches-all-men-even-yours/   Men never listen to what their girlfriends or wives are saying, especially when it comes to household chores. We therefore gave female media buyers the chance to get through to their man via print ads in Think Media magazines.                  2010-05-11T06:32:43+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/two-best-of-activation-awards-voor-come-a-casa/ “The biggest family in Belgium” for Come a casa received a Silver Best of Activation award from the Advertisers Jury and a Bronze granted by the Creative Jury. 2010-05-06T06:32:04+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/silver-inma-award-for-de-standaard/ Last week De Standaard was awarded a Silver INMA award for the ‘Photography’ campaign. During the award ceremony, that took place in New York, De Standaard came in second in the category ‘Brand Awareness Across Platforms’. 2010-05-03T11:24:51+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/come-a-casa-the-perfect-recipe-for-a-lovely-dinner/ Come a casa brings people together to enjoy a tasty meal, without having to spend hours in the kitchen. With its fresh ingredients, a Come a casa lasagne will please everyone around the table. 2010-04-23T11:48:43+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/meet-the-new-guy/ We proudly present: Maarten Fuchs, our new account executive. He’s new, he’s young and full of energy to handle all kind of jobs with his perfect smile. 2010-04-20T15:09:59+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/weve-got-a-new-two-in-one/ Sounds like cheap promotalk for a shampoo-conditioner. But when talking about the curly-headed Liesbeth, it’s utterly true. 2010-04-20T14:57:35+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/hub-supports-lukas/ Lukas has a dream: going on a date with Erika Van Tielen. Through radio and on www.gaervoor.be he tries to convince her of his boyfriend potential. 2010-04-19T10:10:10+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/what-is-green-and-cheap/ Tom Boonen laughing after Paris-Roubaix? A dollar? Heineken? Snot? These are just some of the 600 answers that came in de first 2 days. 2010-04-15T09:26:10+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/queen-of-sheba/ Print campaign for the new nomad collection by Veritas. 2010-04-09T12:22:02+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/de-standaard-congokrant/ On 24 April De Standaard publishes the Congokrant, a unique theme newspaper on the relationship between Belgium and Congo. With each Congokrant you’ll receive a free entrance ticket for the Africa Museum in Tervuren. 2010-04-08T13:27:12+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/red-bull-best-ad-contest/ Red Bull has recently started its quest for new creative talent. The challenge: create the next Red Bull tv or radio ad. The prize: broadcasting of your ad, and, of course, eternal glory. 2010-04-01T13:06:33+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/mnm-party/ Next MNM Party on April 3 in Zomergem. 2010-03-29T10:22:06+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/back-to-the-nineties/ This week MNM goes back to the nineties. Back to when discmans and mmmbop actually meant something. 2010-03-29T10:04:31+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/tea-for-two/ Soft and creamy, the new trend for this spring. 2010-03-25T09:44:58+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/and-the-nominees-are-/ We were pleased to hear that ‘the Steamy Room’ campaign for Pearle Opticians got nominated for the Spinawards. The campaign will be judged in the category ‘Best online campaign’. Next week we will be presenting the case in Amsterdam to convince a specialist jury. fingers crossed. 2010-03-17T15:52:26+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/choose-your-own-style-april/ New brochure. 2010-03-15T12:58:29+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/hub-supports-ambitious-students/ A young rock band, yearning to perform during Belgian’s largest rock festival Rock Werchter, decided to take a chance at reaching their goal. They asked Herman Schueremans. 2010-03-10T12:19:39+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/goeiemnmorgen/ Every good day starts with a good morning. 2010-03-08T08:59:19+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/hub-for-born-managers/ When you are a natural-born crisismanager, or negotiator, there’s no better field of study than Business Science at HUB. 2010-03-05T14:29:31+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/were-nominated/ We’re proud. Our campaign for De Standaard Photograpy has been nominated for the INMA Awards 2010. And our campaign The Steamy Room for Pearle is nominated for the World Retail Awards.   2010-03-04T09:41:51+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/mijn-restaurant/ Third season of Mijn Restaurant. 2010-03-01T16:34:05+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/choose-your-own-living-space/ Whatever style you want your furniture to be, you’ll find it at Heylen. 2010-03-01T10:56:38+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/mentos-pure-fresh/ New abribus campaign for Mentos Chewing Gum. 2010-02-26T10:51:27+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/yes-we-kanne-vv/ TV advertising remains a strong medium to make your brand famous. But rather than taking this at face value, we proved it by putting an unknown local football team on the map. 2010-02-24T08:26:28+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/how-to-make-a-girl-go-wild/ Guys, don’t take this personally, but when it comes to going on a trip with the girls, we tend to go a little crazy. 2010-02-18T08:25:28+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/make-sure-you-get-in/ To participate in this year’s edition of ‘De Nacht van het Examen’ you have to survive the qualification round. But for the brave and bold, there are always other ways to get in. 2010-02-17T12:27:01+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/farm-style/ Our latest ad for Veritas. 2010-02-16T11:14:43+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/scheldekaaien/ In 2009 the city of Antwerp started with the new design for the quayside. Because of the special bound Antwerp citizens have with the quays and the river, they were asked to share their ideas for the new design. 2010-02-10T15:33:55+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/do-it-yourself/ ...and save a lot of money. Booking a trip without a middleman is easy. Book on Sunweb.be and discover how useless a middleman can be. 2010-02-04T16:28:33+00:00 http://www.ldv.be/news/kiager/ KIA is still the only car brand that offers 7 years of warranty. Therefore your KIA will keep on looking at its best. But will you hang on to your good looks, even after 7 years and more? 2010-02-01T16:48:41+00:00