BRAND STORYTELLER / CREATIVE DIRECTOR

01—24

Difficult ideas
need public form.

Dean Kriel turns difficult ideas into public stories, creative systems and campaigns that move.

Begin a brief

01 / START WITH WHAT MATTERS

Every brief carries a tension. The work is giving that tension a way to move.

Across culture, civic life, education, sport and business, the starting point remains close to the world people are already living in. Story, participation and direction meet there.

THE APPROACH

Sense. Think.
Make. Change.

  1. 01

    Sense

    Listen for the context, the tension and the lived experience inside the brief.

  2. 02

    Think

    Choose the point of view, language and direction that give the idea its edge.

  3. 03

    Make

    Build the campaign system, visual world and tools that let it travel.

  4. 04

    Change

    Put the work into circulation, watch what moves and keep the learning close.

SELECTED SOURCE ARCHIVE

Ideas already
in the world.

Enter the archive

02 / FROM IDEA TO REALITY

THE FIRST CONVERSATION

Start with the part that is already asking to move.

The early version is welcome. A tension, a message, an initiative or an unfinished thought can be enough to begin.