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Silver and Beyond: Awards Season Is On!

We’re celebrating an awards streak, with multiple industry recognitions for two of our most ambitious and creatively-led campaigns to date.

Double Bronze at the Esprix Awards

Two very different campaigns, one shared mission: unlock relevance through play. At this year’s Esprix Awards, we scored big with two Bronze awards , both rooted in the power of community.

🥉 Fast Moving Category

Knorr – #ModTheVeg

In collaboration with Knorr, we launched #ModTheVeg, a global campaign that flipped food logic in gaming. Vegetables, usually underpowered in games, were modded back into the spotlight.

Across Minecraft, Fortnite, and even GTA, we added new veggie-powered features, from Knorr stock cubes and in-game parkour challenges to a literal vegetable-shaped car. Together with MullenLowe, Mindshare, Weber Shandwick and a crew of global creators (including Ninja), we turned healthy food into a gaming win.

The result? A worldwide conversation about veggie equality, 54M+ hero film views, and a 22% boost in Knorr’s gaming association.

📖 Explore the full case →

🥉 B2B & Employee Experience Category

Politie Nederland – Give a Nod to the Mod

In this campaign for Politie Nederland, we redefined what it means to be a protector, by drawing a direct line between moderators in games and police in society.

Mods and officers both keep communities safe, yet rarely get recognition. So we flipped the narrative. From heartfelt tributes at TwitchCon Rotterdam, to surprise moderator spotlights with creators like StreamwithLien and Morrog, we helped gamers give credit where it’s due.

More than a tribute, this was a strategic brand perception shift, making the police more relatable, visible, and future-facing for a new generation.

📖 Explore the full case →

ADCN Dutch Creativity Awards: Silver Lamp

Knorr’s #ModtheVeg campaign also won a prestigious Silver Lamp in the category Advertising & Entertainment — the highest honor awarded — at the most important Dutch award show for creativity in advertising.

It’s rare for a food brand to lead the charge in gaming culture. Even rarer to shift norms while entertaining millions. This campaign proved it’s possible, and then some:

  • Silver at Eurobest
  • 3x Clio nominations

From Awards to Impact

These wins reflect our core belief: when brands play boldly and listen deeply, culture rewards them.

Shoutout to our partners at Knorr and Politie Nederland, and to every creative, strategist, dev and mod who made these ideas real.

#ModtheVeg has been shortlisted for the upcoming SAN and Effie Awards as well, so we are looking forward to the rest of awards season. To be continued!

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