Tom Bird holds the vague and slippery job title of... ‘Creative’. In practice he’s a writer, an art director and a designer.
He defines his craft as finding unique ways of combining words and images to tell stories simply and powerfully. Sometimes for love, sometimes for money. Occasionally these blur.
His professional output involves working together with brands and individuals of all shapes and sizes, helping them to play a role in the global conversation, and ideally, make a contribution to culture.
He thinks he’s done alright so far, since his commercial work has appeared on the news and sold in stores, and his personal work has featured on magazine pages, exhibition walls and inside his nan’s bingo hall.
Based in Amsterdam, available worldwide and always up for a chat ︎︎︎
hello@tombirdistheword.com
He defines his craft as finding unique ways of combining words and images to tell stories simply and powerfully. Sometimes for love, sometimes for money. Occasionally these blur.
His professional output involves working together with brands and individuals of all shapes and sizes, helping them to play a role in the global conversation, and ideally, make a contribution to culture.
He thinks he’s done alright so far, since his commercial work has appeared on the news and sold in stores, and his personal work has featured on magazine pages, exhibition walls and inside his nan’s bingo hall.
Based in Amsterdam, available worldwide and always up for a chat ︎︎︎
hello@tombirdistheword.com
Clients:
Nike
IKEA
WeTransfer
Desperados
Netflix
The Body Shop
Greenpeace
SkatePal
Klabu
Desigual
Wrangler
RayBan
Adidas
Paddy Power
Channel4
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Earth Ale Brewing Co.
D&AD
Collaborators:
Wieden + Kennedy [UK & NL]
Mother [UK]
4creative [UK]
Mr. President [UK]
We Are Pi [NL]
Anomaly [NL]
Halal [NL]
Nike [EMEA]
Talks:
D&AD Awards, 2012 [UK]
Adweek Europe, 2015 [UK]
Glug, 2018 [NL]
Nike
IKEA
WeTransfer
Desperados
Netflix
The Body Shop
Greenpeace
SkatePal
Klabu
Desigual
Wrangler
RayBan
Adidas
Paddy Power
Channel4
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Earth Ale Brewing Co.
D&AD
Collaborators:
Wieden + Kennedy [UK & NL]
Mother [UK]
4creative [UK]
Mr. President [UK]
We Are Pi [NL]
Anomaly [NL]
Halal [NL]
Nike [EMEA]
Talks:
D&AD Awards, 2012 [UK]
Adweek Europe, 2015 [UK]
Glug, 2018 [NL]
Awards (the ones I’m proud of):
1x D&AD Yellow Pencil [Student]
2x D&AD Yellow Pencil [Professional]
– Branding (Desigual, 2020)
– Writing for Design (Bacardi, 2016)
1x Clio [Gold]
– Film (The Body Shop, 2016)
1x Campaign Big [Gold]
– Experiential (Desperados, 2018)
1x Ad Age Agency of the Year
(WE ARE Pi, 2019)
Exhibitions:
Pushing Boarders,
House of Vans, London [UK]
New Radicalism,
Zoho, Rotterdam [NL]
Brno Bienniale of Graphic Design, Prague [CZ]
Insert Concept Here,
ISO, Amsterdam [NL]
Press:
**relevant links in project info**
︎︎︎ LinkedIn
︎︎︎ Instagram
︎︎︎ Photography
1x D&AD Yellow Pencil [Student]
2x D&AD Yellow Pencil [Professional]
– Branding (Desigual, 2020)
– Writing for Design (Bacardi, 2016)
1x Clio [Gold]
– Film (The Body Shop, 2016)
1x Campaign Big [Gold]
– Experiential (Desperados, 2018)
1x Ad Age Agency of the Year
(WE ARE Pi, 2019)
Exhibitions:
Pushing Boarders,
House of Vans, London [UK]
New Radicalism,
Zoho, Rotterdam [NL]
Brno Bienniale of Graphic Design, Prague [CZ]
Insert Concept Here,
ISO, Amsterdam [NL]
Press:
**relevant links in project info**
︎︎︎ LinkedIn
︎︎︎ Instagram
︎︎︎ Photography