Food for Thought - National Maritime Museum

🎧 Interesting new work for the Food for Thought Exhibit at The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam 🎧

Our food and shipping are inseparable. Food is transported all over the planet; we receive avocados and mangoes in our supermarkets throughout the year. Yet, even our regional products, such as shrimp or cod from the North Sea, are also transported to the other side of the world to be filleted by cheap labor. What impact does all this actually have? Photographer and filmmaker Kadir Van Lohuizen delves deep into these issues while Big Orange - The Audio Agency was bringing the narrative to life through audio.

Thanks to Lelani Lewis-Wood, Jonas Kooyman (Havermelkelite), Maarten Remmers, Maite Vermeulen en Maaike Goslinga (Containerbegrip), Bart van Olphen, Jonneke de Zeeuw aka Mooncake.

Photos: Kadir Van Lohuizen

Boijmans Van Beuningen in the Rijksmuseum

🔥 Exciting news! The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen exhibition and audio tour ft. Raven van Dorst is now open at the Rijksmuseum!

For the audiotour production, we had the privilege of getting together with Raven and conservator Ludo van Halem, who graciously guided us through the exhibition. Their personal insights and expertise added a completely new dimension to the experience, providing a unique perspective on the works of art.

Luckily, we also brought our trusty companion, Henk, the spatialaudio microphone! Henk, alongside some extra microphones, captured every subtle detail and created an immersive experience, allowing you to feel as if you were right there, exploring the exhibition alongside Raven and Ludo.

From Yayoi Kusama to Pablo Picasso: a selection of the remarkable works from the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen collection can be found from Sept 29, 2023, until Jan 14 2024 at the Rijksmuseum.

Don’t miss out!

Thanks to Frederique Van Reij, great work!

Pim and Pom in the Rijksmuseum!

🐱🎧✨ We couldn't keep this from you :-)

Introducing Pim and Pom, an audio tour at the Rijksmuseum for families with children aged 3-6. Based on the popular cats by Fiep Westendorp, this adventurous duo comes to life as talking, cuddly animals (called Tellmies, by Go Wonder). Georgina Verbaan brilliantly voices both Pim and Pom.

Pim and Pom desperately need the help of children! A mouse has escaped from a painting, causing quite a bit of chaos: nibbling on the fruit in the paintings and playing tricks with the items in the dollhouses.

Bluetooth beacons in the museum trigger the cats' responses and guide the kids to locations in the museum where interaction or dialogue takes place. The result is a unique #audiotour full of interaction and humor. The children absolutely love it!

Thanks to Inge Willemsen, Rijksmuseum Photo: Bibi Veth

Two Webby's for Johannes Vermeer Experience 🏆🏆

🏆🏆 The Rijksmuseum project 'Closer to Johannes Vermeer' starring Stephen Fry and Joy Delima has won two Webby Awards! Special kuddos to team Rijksmuseum, Q42 and Fabrique who created the website and app! Big Orange - The Audio Agency was responsible for interactive music, voice, and sound design. Check out the online experience here.

New Big Orange Team member!

🔥🔥 Exciting news! We are thrilled to announce the newest addition to our team of audio professionals, Niels van Esch!

Niels has been a digital enthusiast for more than 2 decades and has successfully led Superhero Cheesecake as Managing Partner/Executive Producer the last ten years.

After taking a sabbatical year, he's eager to jump back into the industry. His impressive commercial expertise and passion for audio, culture and storytelling make him a valuable addition to our team. At Big Orange - The Audio Agency, Niels will be responsible for overseeing new business and partnerships.

Happy to have you on board, Niels!

Audio tour for Jewish Museum Frankfurt

Frankfurt. The birthplace of Anne Frank, city of skyscrapers, city of banks, seat of the stock exchange and of the European Central Bank.

But Frankfurt would not be the city it is today without the influence of Jewish families like the Rothschilds, or the Frank family, whose tragic fate touched millions through Anne's diary.

We produced an audio tour for the Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt. A special mission for us, especially because of the story of the Frank family, whose history can still be felt every day here in Amsterdam. And on their way to the studio, our employees regularly see the impressive graffiti of Anne Frank with the inscription "Let me be myself" on the NDSM site. The history of the Frank family is part of the DNA of the city of Frankfurt and also of the DNA of the city of Amsterdam.

We are proud that we can help ensure that these stories are told and never forgotten.

Scheepvaartmuseum - Audio Tour Mens Op Zee

What role does the Sea play in your life?

In the new photo exhibition “Mens op Zee” Het Scheepvaartmuseum, together with the Dutch National Portrait Gallery, presents various stories of people who went to the sea with different motivations. Big Orange - The Audio Agency produced an audio tour in which Wijnand Stomp, a theatre maker and storyteller, takes you as a presenter.

To better understand the stories behind these photos, we have included interviews with the photographers, but sometimes also with the people who can be seen in the photos, or their relatives.

Visit the new exhibition in the Maritime Museum and hear the story of the people who fled Vietnam at night on a wooden boat. Or of the photographer who secretly took pictures of the half-sunken cruise ship Costa Concordia. Or the story of one of the first women who went to sea with the Dutch Navy...

New Podcast Series: Raymann's Favorites

Looking for art podcasts? Big Orange produced the audio and music for the Rijksmuseum: Raymann's Favorites. Surinamese-Dutch comedian Jörgen Raymann has immersed our studios in Amsterdam for 6 episodes in exciting and partly polarizing subjects. For example: the role of the Netherlands in colonial times, looted art and our traditions such as the Sint-Nicolaas feast. What role does art actually play in all of this and what can we learn from it?

Check out the Raymanns Favorites podcast in your favorite Podcast app, or visit www.rijksmuseum.nl/podcast

Thanks to Frederique Van Reij ING Netherlands Pablo Pichel

Soundlogo KRO-NCRV

🎶EARWURM ALERT 🎶 Big Orange composed the new #soundlogo for KRO-NCRV, matching the new positioning of the broadcaster. Thonik developed a super recognizable visual identity and asked us to bring it to life with music. From today you can see and hear the complete TV and radio programming of KRO-NCRV. Thanks to: Sandra Hilster Peter Kuipers Thomas Widdershoven Nikki Gonnissen Roy Terhorst Suzan Bloemscheer Jelleke Raats Roel Stavorinus RM

Museum Flugt opening!

Last week I've had the privilege to be present at the opening of FLUGT - Refugee Museum of Denmark by the Danish Queen Margrethe. The new museum is located on the site of the largest refugee camp in Denmark, in the woods outside Oksbøl. The impressive building was designed by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and consists of a curved modern building made of wood, glass and steel. The museum exhibition is designed by Tinker imagineers. The Big Orange team has been working on this project for the last 1,5 years, which, in terms of audio production is immense. We've created over 700 minutes of (3D) audio and music and worked with over 60 actors from Denmark, Germany and Great Britain to make the most immersive audio experience possible. It's been a creative, technical and productional challenge, but it was an awesome ride :-)

Thanks to all people we've met, we've created stuff with and that helped us throughout this meaningful project FLUGT!

6 Things Your Podcast NEEDS in 2022

With companies like KLM, eBay, Johnson & Johnson, and American Express (plus more) all hopping on the branded podcast wagon, it’s clear this medium is here to stay. And, with more folks working from home in post-pandemic life, we expect both the branded podcast and internal podcast to continue to thrive in 2022. Below, we explore what your series needs to succeed next year — including the things increasingly savvy audiences have come to expect. Let’s dive in.

Vital Info: Podcast Consumption Statistics All Brands Should Know

Get to now all the facts and figures on padcasting. A must read for brands! Read here

Wanted immediately: Entrepreneurial office management and communication intern

Wanted immediately: Entrepreneurial office management and communication intern

At Big Orange - The Audio Agency, we tell stories of brands and museums in audio.

We are creative makers and our composers, marketers and project managers enjoy working with brands, creative agencies and museums on top quality audio productions. We do this for the Rijksmuseum, ABN AMRO, Volkswagen and NETFLIX, among others.

We are growing fast and that is why we are looking for an enthusiastic and studious intern who wants to strengthen our office in Amsterdam. The activities are diverse and mainly focused on support in communication, operations and office management.

Example work

Office management tasks (orders, customer reception, making coffee)

Administrative actions (entering receipts, drawing up invoices) cleaning and refilling voice-over file

Taking on small projects (customer contact, pre-selection of voice casting, drafting a quote, arrangements/planning)

Turn off external communication and make (social) media posts.

We want you!

Are you a cheerful MBO or HBO student with an eye for detail who's following a course in office management, communication, commercial economy, secretariat or (financial) administration? Then we would like to get in touch. We are happy to organize the internship together with you to get the most out of it for both parties. So you can largely fill it in yourself.

How Can a Company Podcast Help My Team?

Embrace the company podcast to boost communication, build culture, and foster wellbeing for your entire team.

Growing in popularity, company podcasts, also known as internal podcasts, are making waves and changing the status quo for a wide variety of teams. Employed by world-leading brands, these high-quality productions are for your people only — just as the name suggests — and, when applied correctly, pack benefits that will positively impact not only your business but the experience of everyone on your team. So, without further ado, let’s take a look at some of the benefits an effective company podcast can pack for the folks at your company. Read More

Member in the spotlight - Jos Jansen

As posted by ADCN: Club for creativity: Our next Member in the Spotlight is Jos Jansen, Founder of Big Orange, a contemporary audio agency based in Amsterdam and Utrecht. Jos is Partner, Creative Director, Composer and Sound Designer. He focuses on developing Immersive Podcasts, Creative Audio Tours, Audio Experiences and Original Soundtracks for brands and cultural organisations. Yet his passion for music doesn’t stop there, Jos is also a singer and plays piano and guitar. Read the article

What Can 3D Spatial Audio 🎧 Do For Brands?

Founder and Creative Partner, Ad van Dongen, wrote a piece on #spatialaudio — an exciting technology changing the face of audio storytelling.

All brands need to pay attention. Read here

Graphite Pencil at the D&AD Awards

To execute such an innovative idea by 215 McCann is a joy to work on, and the reward, well...

Graphite Pencil at the D&AD Awards for Xbox Series X “Walking in Steve’s Dreams”

ABN AMRO Podcast: Destination 2032

We are proud to present 'Destination 2032'. Our latest project commissioned by ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

In this 4-part podcast series, Anic van Damme visits inspiring experts and entrepreneurs who think from the future.

We dive into the world of alternative proteins, the office of the future, a property-free existence and we discover how we can take control of our own health. In this way, as an entrepreneur, you remain at the forefront of tomorrow's society.

Listen here: ABN AMRO Website Spotify Apple Podcast

Many thanks to everyone who made 'Destination 2032' possible: Lisendy Frederik, Marike Siekman-Tuinstra, Anic van Damme, Miriam van 't Veer, Ruben Smit, Ad van Dongen, Nadia Menkveld, Alexander De Kleermaeker, Rob Morren, Joost Wouters, Edward de Jager, Daan Luining, Hans Dagevos, Erik de Heus, Thea van Kemenade, Hugo Westerink, Willem Peter de Ridder, Peter den Hartog, Han Mesters, Thomas Antonioli, Emily Gray and Nancy Bocken

Webby nomination for XBOX

Help us out! We are nominated for the Webby's!

The Webby Awards are the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. The Branded audio experience that we made in collaboration with Xbox, Microsoft and McCann215 called ‘’Xbox Series X: Walking In Steve’s Dreams’’ received a nomination. We are nominated in the category ‘’Social’’ for ‘’Experimental Innovation’’.

Click here to vote

Thanks for your support!

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Rijksmuseum - Slavery Exhibition

“An exhibition about slavery. Not as an abstract concept, but in the form of personal and true stories. Stories from Brazil, Suriname and the Caribbean, as well as from South Africa and Asia ”. This is how the Rijksmuseum itself describes the exhibition that we have contributed to in recent months. A sensitive subject. A period of 250 years that is an inseparable part of our history. An important topic. A subject that will now have its own exhibition, on which we have contributed in recent months. For us a fantastic challenge to provide this exhibition with two audio tours. Ten impressive stories about ten people from this period. Narrated by, among others, Joy Delima, Remy Bonjasky and Glenn Helberg, who each have a bond with one of the ten people from their own background. Children can listen to a separate tour in which narrator Yosina Rumajauw goes back in time with the listener. The exhibition “Slavery - ten true stories” opens in the spring of 2021, in the Rijksmuseum.

2 Podcasts #1 on Apple Podcasts

We’re proud to say that 2 of our podcasts are on the number 1 spot of all time in their respectable categories on the Apple Podcasts charts: For Places & Travel we lead the charts with "Verborgen Verhalen" for ANWB. A podcast that takes the listener to all the outskirts of the Netherlands. Investigating if local stories and legends are truth or fairytale.

For Visual Arts we take the lead with “In het Rijks”. In this podcast, curators, experts and artists tell remarkable stories about Artworks of the Rijksmuseum and their makers. We want to thank everybody for listening and voting and also the amazing team of people we get to work with on these fantastic projects.

Verborgen Verhalen: Marvin Jacobs, Maaike Luijer, Niek-Jan Lathouwers, Pascal van Hulst, Born05

In het Rijks: Frederique van Reij, Wieneke ‘t Hoen, Marieke Zekveld, Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum Masterpieces Up Close

Have you seen the Rijksmuseum online masterpieces tour yet? It grants everybody a unique opportunity to digitally walk in the great Gallery of Honour of the Rijksmuseum and experience all the masterpieces with our accompanying audiotours. Zoom in closer than you could ever stand in front of the Nights Watch and see the masterpiece in the highest detail. Hopefully next year we’ll be able to welcome you again and you’ll be able to see everything in the museum and hear all our audio tours ;-) Experience it for yourself at Rijksmuseum.nl

T-Mobile introduces 9D audio thriller 'Caller Unknown'

We're thrilled (pun intended) to share the audio-thriller we've created with CODE D'AZUR for T-Mobile. In "Caller Unknown" we placed the listener in the middle of an exciting story using 9D audio.

Tasers, guns, dreams, fast driving cars, crime scenes. A true Hollywood story brought to life with sound design and voice acting by Monic Hendrickx, Victor Low and Sergio Hasselbaink. If you have time, don't miss out on this one.

Emerce Wrote an article about this project.

Kansfonds with Murth Mossel

Always nice to work with the great Murth Mossel. What a voice ... This time for Kansfonds, with their beautiful campaign for homeless young people.

ANWB Verborgen Verhalen

Episode 7 of Verborgen Verhalen is finished, waiting for you in your favorite podcast app!

What is true of the countless stories about the hellhound? The animal with fire-breathing eyes would wander around in the Achterhoek, near the village of De Lutte. When you meet the beast, people close to you will be affected by disaster. And that is more than just a strong story, as our Pascal discovers during his search for this mythical animal.

Listen here

Virtual Amsterdam Marathon

Every year, TCS Amsterdam Marathon fills the streets of Amsterdam with runners from all over the world. This year the virtual edition fills your headphones with a 3D audio experience. During the experience, DJ MACKS (Max Krul) plays you the hottest tracks, taking you on an energetic run enriched with a custom made, Amsterdam themed audio experience. We recorded typical sounds in 3D, like bicycles, trams and barrel organs to give runners a realistic experience of running a marathon in this beautiful city. And of course it wouldn't be a marathon without people cheering you on from the sideline. Listen here and experience it for yourself. (Don't forget to put on headphones for the full 3D effect.)

Rijks podcast with Janine Abbring

The recordings are finishied! We've included a ton of interesting interviews for Season 2 of #inhetRijks, where Janine Abbring interviews several guests about 17th century artwork. And the first episode of Season 2 is already online! It's about how sculptor Gregor van der Schardt made a self-portrait in 3D. Not particularly easy if you don't know what your own crown looks like 😉 Listen to the episode on your favorite podcast app. Or here at the Rijks website.

3x Dutch Creativity Awards 🔥 🔥 🔥

We are very proud that Memorials of Amsterdam has been nominated for three Dutch Creativity Awards! In the categories Outdoor, Media and (extra especially for us) Craft - Sound. During Remembrance Day on May 4, Memorials of Amsterdam turned outdoor advertisiments into temporary interactive memorials to tell stories and honor the dead. In these short binaural stories (or 8D audio as it is now also called) you heard about events in World War II, which took place at the site of the outdoor advertisement. A truly wonderful tribute and an honor to be part of this fantastic team ❤ Special thanks to N = 5 Egotribe National Committee May 4 and 5

Rituals Branded Podcast on sleep

How have you been sleeping lately? For us it’s important to get some good rest after working in the studio. But what makes for a good night's sleep? And what are the most important factors for your bedroom interior? To answer these questions, We created a branded podcast for Rituals Cosmetics together with Born05. In this week's episode of The Art of Sleep, “the ultimate bedroom”, Michelle Ogundehin and Nerina Ramlakhan discuss exactly what a bedroom interior should be like and what you can do to make the most out of your nights' sleep. Presenter Chris Chambers and Creative Director at Rituals Dagmar Brusse reflect on these tips. Listen to the newest episode of the Rituals podcast “The Art of Sleep”