About

WE DESIGN CHANGE

Of all the creative disciplines, we truly believe design has the greatest power to challenge and change things. Design not as a product, but as an ideology and a movement. Design is capable of steering ambitious brands towards a point on the horizon by forging new and unexpected paths.

So whether designing brand identity or strategy, packaging or retail for beverages and banks, market leaders and non-profits, contenders and insurers, mobile tech, media giants and mind-blowing festivals. All our work shares one common purpose. Change.
Through change we help ambitious brands to be meaningful and future proof.

OUR SERVICES

From distinctive identities and meaningful experiences to innovation ideation, ranging from product & service design to prototyping, our design specialists have the knowledge and expertise to colour both inside and outside the lines.

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Identity

Creating an iconic brand identity establishing a differentiating position that clarifies your place in the world

Experience

Bringing your meaningful story to life at all touch points your products and services, environments and sales and media channels

Ideation

Building sustained success by innovation and energizing your brand in an ever changing world

Our Creative Culture

Our team

As a house of specialists working across three design disciplines, we pack in a whole lot of personality and expertise into our creative studios in Amsterdam and Mexico City. Our international studio currently consists of 85 people hailing from 14 different nationalities. This wide diversity of skills, experience and knowledge is complemented by a collective curiosity and the ambition to influence, impact and change brands. To make them meaningful and successful.


We’d like to introduce you to a few members of the VBAT family.

CLIENTS

  • Arts & Culture

Europride Amsterdam
Royal Concertgebouw

  • Beverages

Al Ahram Beverages Company, Egypt
Alken Maes Brewery, Belgium
Amstel Brewery
Athenian Breweries, Greece
Brasserie de Bourbon, île de la Réunion
Brasserie du Congo (Brasco)
Brasserie Nationale d'Haïtie (Brana)
Brau Union, Austria
Browar Zywiec, Poland
CCU, Chili
Commonwealth Brewery, Bahamas
Heineken Brazil
Heineken China
Heineken Hungary
Heineken International
Heineken Mexico
Heineken Nederland
Heineken South Africa
Heineken UK
Heineken USA
Industrias San Miguel, Peru
Nigerian Breweries
Red Bull International, Austria
Vrumona
Waterlogic, United Kingdom

  • B2B

AkzoNobel
Amvest
Bosman van Zaal
Corbion
Jacobs Douwe Egberts Professional
Fifpro
Friesland Campina
PostNL
RAI
Tata Steel
Trouw Nutrition
Sodiaal International, France
WPP Real Estate

  • Charity & Not for Profit

Europride Amsterdam
Royal Dutch Guide Dog Foundation
The Ocean Cleanup

  • Durables

Blokker
Etos
Friesland Campina
GiftForYou
Intergamma
Keter Group, Israel
Mediq
Nikon
Philips

  • eCommerce

Albelli
Beerwulf
DTG

  • Fashion, Leisure & Luxury

ABC Lebanon
Basic-Fit
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Pueblo Bonito Resorts
Oostwegel Collection
Saints & Stars

  • Finance

Achmea
ACTIAM
BLG Wonen
De Volksbank
Geldservice Nederland
ING
SNS Bank
VIVAT

  • Food

Gran Foods
Jack Link's
Royal Smilde
Sea More
Sodiaal International, France
Valess

  • Retail

Amplifon
De Bijenkorf
Blokker
Etos
Grandvision
HMSHost
Intergamma
Jumbo Supermarkets
Miele Netherlands
NS retail
Plus

  • Spirits

Baarsma Wine Group
Diageo, USA
Hooghoudt Distillery
Lucas Bols
Royal Court of Bhutan
The Absolut Company, Sweden
Zamora Company, Spain

  • Tech, Telecoms & media

FD/BNR
Liberty Global
Sanoma
Telecomm México
VodafoneZiggo

  • Utilities & Energy

Nuon
Vattenfall