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. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  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. 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. 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. 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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