Anne Gravingen and Bendik Romstad

Anne Gravingen and Bendik Romstad (born 25 October 1970 and 5 November 1969) are a married couple of advertising agents who have worked together continuously since they studied together at Westerdals School of Communication in 1994. Their agency, Kitchen Reklamebyrå, is now a unit of Leo Burnett Worldwide.

After working for Bates, Leo Burnett and New Deal,[1][2] in 2002 Gravingen and Romstad participated in starting up the Kitchen advertising agency.[3] It was sold in 2007 to the international agency Leo Burnett Worldwide and is now Leo Burnett Kitchen.[4] In 2008, the couple were held to be the most award-winning creative team in Norwegian advertising.[5] In 2006, with 11 golds, they were the most winning agency in the Gullblyanten national advertising contest.[4][6][7] Gravingen is art director, Romstad copy writer. In 2009, a campaign designed by the couple with Mattis Bentzen for the Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature won bronze at the London International Awards.[8] In 2013, the agency was chosen to succeed the award-winning Dinamo communications company on the Norwegian Public Roads Administration road safety account.[9] Other clients have included the Vossafår brand of sausages, for which they created the first television campaign in 1997,[2][10] Sparebank 1, Flytoget, Norwegian Air Shuttle,[11] and the Fretex resale unit of the Norwegian Salvation Army;[12] their campaign for Fretex won the Aftenposten Best advertising award in 2008.[5] As of January 2012, the agency's most profitable year was 2008, with an operating profit of 12.4 million kroner.[11]

The couple, who met when they were both students at Westerdals, maintain a strict separation of work and home conversation. They have a getaway at an 1890 estate in Svartskog called Odden, which they have filled with antiques.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Festen over for reklamebransjen: Årtusenskiftet komt brått på reklamebransjen. Kommunikasjonshusene Dinamo, Virtual Garden og Leo Burnett var vinnerne i året som gikk, viser vår oppsummering". NA24 (in Norwegian). 22 December 2000. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Vossafår til Kitchen: Anne og Bendik tilbake på kontoen". Kampanje (in Norwegian). 3 May 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Midtsjø, Line (8 February 2007). "500 Kitchen-filmer: Haakon Dahl i Kitchen feirer sine første fem år i reklamebransjen i morgen, og oppsumerer innsatsen så langt. Opptellingen stoppet på 500 produserte reklamefilmer". Kampanje (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  4. 1 2 Midtsjø, Line (7 July 2007). "Stjerne-duo selger seg ut: Reklamebransjens mestvinnende reklameteam, Anne Gravingen og Bendik Romstad, selger reklameaksjer". Kampanje (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  5. 1 2 Midtsjø, Line (10 April 2008). "Uflaks eller plagiat? En annonse fra Kitchen er ikke helt ulik en annonse fra 2004. – Uflaks, mener Bendik Romstad i Kitchen som avviser at det er snakk om plagiat". Kampanje (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  6. ↑ Wekre, Helge (3 March 2006). "Æresprisen til Anne og Bendik: Det kreative teamet, og samboerne, Anne Gravingen og Bendik Romstad vant æresprisen i Gullblyanten 2005. Vinnerne omtales av juryen som 'et fenomen i norsk reklamebransje'". Kampanje (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Gullblyanten" (in Norwegian). Gullblyanten.no. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Gull til Wærnes, bronse til Kitchen" (in Norwegian). kreativtforum.no. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  9. ↑ Hauger, Knut Kristian (17 April 2013). "Vegvesenet får nytt reklamebyrå - Kommunikasjonsoppgaver knyttet til trafikksikkerhet er noe av det mest faglige interessante for oss i byråbransjen, sier konsulent i det nye reklamebyrået". Kampanje (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  10. ↑ Hauger, Knut Kristian (8 September 2010). "Vossafår 13 år etter: Anne Gravingen og Bendik Romstad har igjen gitt seg i kast med pølser fra Voss. Se filmene her!". Kampanje (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  11. 1 2 Hauger, Knut Kristian (27 January 2012). "Kitchen: - De neste ti årene blir enda bedre: Avslutningen på fjoråret ble ikke den aller beste for reklamebyrået Kitchen. Men kjøkkentoppene Bjørn Polmar, Haakon Dahl og Rune Roalsvig bruker likevel kvelden til å feire. Se 2011-tallene her!". Kampanje (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  12. ↑ Wekre, Helge (16 November 2007). "Fretex vil ha menn: Fretex satser på å nå mennene i ny kampanje". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  13. ↑ Østrem, Veslemøy (23 May 2005). "Solsiden finnes i Svartskog: Bendik Romstad og Anne Gravingen har vunnet flere reklamepriser enn noen og kan kalles Norges mest kreative par. Batteriene lader de på Odden i Svartskog, der minimalismen aldri vil få innpass". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 June 2013.
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