HELSINQI
HELSINQI is a quintessential local-global creative boutique, uniting the forward-looking Portland spirit with a distinctively European-cosmopolitan flair. We’re also a definitive 21st-century virtual agency, structured to meet client needs with agility, efficiency and fresh innovation.
As creatives we’re obsessed with global currents in art & design, culture & media, language & philosophy. We love the good life, when it is genuinely good. We believe in slow food, fast friends, high style and low pretense.
As engaged citizens we’re obsessed with social and environmental values without the sanctimony. It’s time for virtue to take off the gloves and grow a sense of humor.
As an agency we’re obsessed with our clients — and the awe-inspiring power of brilliant communications to keep them relevant in discerning markets and competitive in tumultuous times.
But the key to the whole deal is relationships. Our clients tell us we’re ahead of the curve there. The feedback we get is manifesto material:
- We hold ourselves to exceptional standards.
- We check our egos at the door.
- We listen. We really listen.
It’s true. Ask our clients. We believe the relationship is central. With trust, everything is possible.
Leo Daedalus
Principal Leo Daedalus is a fusion of creative director, copywriter, art director, account manager and natural leader with 2+ decades’ experience in entrepreneurial creative communications.
A visionary lateral thinker, Leo integrates a holistic view with rigor and precision. An erstwhile Reedie, he holds a computer science degree from the University of Washington.
Brought up bilingual in Lausanne and Seattle, Leo speaks seven languages and counting, albeit with varying levels of rust!
Anna Daedalus
Principal Anna Daedalus is a tenacious producer and planner, an account manager with an uncommon gift for listening, and a sharp-eyed creative photographer, visual artist and editor.
Trained in ballet and degreed in Spanish literature (Reed '93), Anna combines keen sensitivity with dedication and perseverance.
Having lived in Barcelona, Anna is also multilingual. But her personal passion is the garden, which is where you'll find her off-hours.
BLOG FEED
New Dolcetto label for Carlton Cellars
Fear No Music – wine, music, dessert
UnF–king Do-Gooder Advertising
Advertiser-Consumer Breakup
Second-order decision-making
- RT @techdrivein 4 great RedHat commercials | Tech Drive-in http://ow.ly/1qO4yn
- Micro-funding for a Micropress: Louffa Press (HELSINQI endorses both louffas and presses) http://kck.st/b9F4kF
- Food for thought for marketing people (see 'overconsumption') - ‘The Coming Famine’ by Julian Cribb - http://nyti.ms/9OeKnk
- Shout out to #pdxshift and the subversive undercurrent of #antidisustainableshtarianism ! ( #futilehashtag alert)
- Are Green Marketers Selling Their Souls? | GreenBiz.com http://t.co/ISb8d3k
- Of integrity, transparency, and other Herculean challenges - P.R. Missteps Fueled Fiascos at BP, Toyota and Goldman - http://nyti.ms/9Zmi9U
