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During a festive gala event at the German Historical Museum in Berlin on 29 June 2017, the winners of the German Brand Award were honoured. With this award, the Design Council acknowledges successful brands, consequent brand management and sustainable brand communication.

One of the winners was ARTEBENE. The company was honoured with the German Brand Award in Gold in the category "Industry Excellence in Branding" especially for its integral brand management, which goes beyond the design of an individual product. Please follow this link for a detailed jury statement.

"We regard the brand ARTEBENE as a promise towards our customers, so we are glad that our integral brand management has been honoured. Because a good brand keeps its promise. This is a great total result which we have been able to achieve only together as a company", states Dr. Rüdiger Kress, owner of the ARTEBENE Group

What happens to the parcels for our trade partners after leaving the ARTEBENE central warehouse? In the context of our close co-operation with logistics partner DPD, our ARTEBENE logistics team visited the distribution hub in Marl. From here, all our parcels are shipped worldwide and our team got the chance to take a look behind the scenes.

At the meeting, topics like quality as well as CO2 neutral shipping were discussed. “Seasonal peaks and a constant quality require close co-operation and the willingness for continuous improvement” says Volker Möllers, Head of Logistics at ARTEBENE.

Dirk Röttger, our Operations Manager at ARTEBENE, states “The entire supply chain to our retailers has been screened, and a top delivery performance is an important part of our brand's performance bond.“ Our experienced team will continue to work hand in hand with our logistics partners.

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of North Rhine-Westphalia's constitution, ARTEBENE supported a cultural project. Patron of the project “Democracy and Freedom” was British consul general Susan Speller. Without the British parliament, it would not have been possible to rebuild Germany so fast and to preserve the freedom after World War II.

Today, there is a cultural path in Zons near Düsseldorf filled with quotes of British and German personalities, inviting visitors to wander, pause and reflect. At the path’s opening, the consul general was delighted when she found the “Nice to see you” slogan on our ARTEBENE Napkins.

Often enough we have to adjust to our fast-paced world of today to stay fit for the future. A birthday can also be taken as an opportunity to remember the past.

After a brief look back, ARTEBENE has therefore decided to look ahead together with its retailers. During the Paperworld fair in Frankfurt, practical tips for product presentations were shown at a dedicated area. With our motto “Nice to see you”, those that we have been working together with in partnership for 30 years are put centre stage: Our retailers. During the sales meeting for the launch of our new Autumn/Christmas collection 2015, we celebrated the big birthday once again adequately in the style of the 80s - true to the motto “Back to the future”.

ARTEBENE was nominated as a National Champion of the European Business Award. "This award clearly belongs to our staff - their daily commitment for our trade partners enabling us to be alongside the best in Europe with enterprises such as Wiesenthal (AU), Katjes International (D) or Inapa (PT)", Beate and Dr. Rüdiger Kress stated. Harriet-Susanne Opitz (Creative director) and designer Karen Upmann accepted this award on behalf of ARTEBENE during a festive reception at the British Embassy in Berlin.

This video is a documentation of the building of the new ARTEBENE warehouse in super quick time (Kudos to "Struppi"). From June to November we tracked the progress on production work.

Since December 2012 we have been sending orders to our clients all over Europe - and beyond - from this new facility.

For viewing the video please click here!

For the third time ARTEBENE invited to run for the Pirates Camp of the German Children Cancer Foundation. Within the scope of the Lüdinghausen City Run, 18 runners completed runs of 5km and 10km, which despite the bad weather proved to be good fun for everyone, and all for a charitable purpose:

For every km completed, ARTEBENE donated 5 Euros to Priates Camp charity. A total of 600 Euros was raised through direct donations, which in the end was rounded up to a total of 1,000 Euros.

Promotional areas - basic assortments - brand presentation: Ms Leins-Bender (lecturer for trade marketing at the LDT Nagold) chaired a joint workshop. The field managers of ARTEBENE acquired the freshest knowledge on optimal product presentation and space optimizations. Good examples for an optimal area layout were given using pictures of selected partners in retail.

The design team have now moved to new offices in the "Red Office": "The architecture of this building is great - the lighting conditions in the studio are outstanding.".

"We are thrilled - although it is creative chaos at the moment", says Creative Director Harriat-Susanne Opitz.

With the participation in the city run in Lüdinghausen ARTEBENE appealed for social engagement: for every kilometer completed, 5 Euros were donated to the German Children Cancer Foundation. ARTEBENE has been supporting the "Pirates Camp" for some years which is borne and financed by a group of parents of children suffering from cancer. The ARTEBENE team started with 25 participants completing distances of 5 and 10 kilometers. Fun was the main focus - with a lap time of 46 minutes at a 10 km distance ARTEBENE also finished in the front ladies rank. Even greater happiness arose when the result of the overall engagement was announced:

725 Euros were collected for the good cause: www.kinderkrebsstiftung.de.

Within a joint project of ARTEBENE with the 4th grade of the Ostwallschule/Lüdinghausen, a gift wrap paper especially for school starters was designed. After a short introduction to the development process of a gift wrap paper, 4th graders drew around 250 motifs. Afterwards, the little rising designers watched in amazement how the following stages of production were taken on screen and printing machine.

During the Christmas season, ARTEBENE reported that the German Children Cancer Foundation should be supported specifically. While visiting the "Pirates Camp" Dr. Rüdiger Kress was able to convince himself of the use of the resources. Camping holidays are offered to children suffering from cancer and their siblings. Through the engagement which ARTEBENE - also on behalf of its clients - is following this year, around 20 additional places can be offered.