Condolence book for the passing of Ben

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Sunday, April 11, 2010 19:53
It's risen from The Dead! I believe!!!
Marcel, KPMG
Friday, February 22, 2008 10:38
Ben is raised again! Now as sub brand by T-Mobile(NL).
Kees!
Monday, February 18, 2008 21:35
It's quitely breathing! The name Ben is still on my phone display. All the money T-Mobile pays and they still can't change the one thing that I see everytime I use my phone. (It's because of my Ben SIM card - from 1999.)
Richard den Hartog
Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:07
I like this, but it relies too much on the Registered symbol as an ironic counterpoint.
MILES, x&y ltd
Wednesday, June 28, 2006 17:26
Ben was a cool brand, imagine a brand named after yourself, the logo as a standalone is a bit weak, but as a brand it really stood out from the rest, the more i see T-mobile everywhere the more I miss it.
Ben
Friday, July 01, 2005 16:12
It’s a real pity that Ben is gone. Now we just have homogenised international campaigns by Vodafone, T-Mobile and Orange... Ben was a vibrant ‘local’ brand in touch with its audience.
M de Bondt, Kluwer
Wednesday, June 15, 2005 11:55
Liefst zou ik met Ben zijn doorgegaan...Ook de mensen bij Ben vinden het verdwijnen van het merk jammer.
Erik Kessels, KesselsKramer
Monday, June 13, 2005 14:00
We are all saddened by the loss of BEN. Our thoughts and prayers go to his subscribers and, of course, the creative powerhouse KesselsKramer, in this time of sorrow. We will miss BEN, and remember all the great campaigns and low tariffs he had provided. You'll be in our SIM cards forever.
Kathy Evans, Den Haag
Tuesday, February 08, 2005 15:48
The success of BEN was not only the name, but also a new sort of price-plan, distribution and the callcentre.
Werner Schrijver, Founder Ben
Sunday, January 30, 2005 18:39
This is not a logo - 'just a campaign idea... in fact, has anybody noticed how KesselsKramer have continued the ethos and sensibility of 'Ben' in the campaigns for 'I AMsterdam' and 'SNS bank'?
Ilse Hoeben, Endemol, Hilversum
Monday, November 15, 2004 14:58
I'm sorry but I never quite understood 'Ben'. Yes, it was personable, friendly and ever-changing; and a total contrast to the bland universal imagery of the Vodafones etc... BUT SO WHAT?! at the end of the day, the logo looks crap ... and campaigns composed of ugly people with patronising voice-overs just didn't make it any better!
Sandra T, Utrecht
Monday, September 20, 2004 16:37
helaas was dit sterke nationale telecom concept 'overruled' door de kapitaal machten van de telefonie.. foei T-Mob. Mijn oprechte condoleances voor Ben.
cees, studio dumbar
Thursday, July 01, 2004 09:29
This was a cool brand. I pray that it comes back from the dead. Oh Lord please bring Ben back - I miss him, bring him back in any form you like, as a fizzy drink, as a shiny new sneaker, as a deninm jacket...
Ingrid Meijer, TempoTeam
Monday, April 26, 2004 11:02
Tja, ik vond dit altijd een zeer mooi logo, we hadden inderdaad gehoopt dan ben ouder zou worden, T-Mobile is helemaal niks. Dieder de Vries
www.go-info.nl.tt, Go-Info
Tuesday, March 23, 2004 19:59
Ben - although you were a great brand you will forever be a crap logo. I agree with the point below (KP's Dutchtone or even VBAT's Libertel were much better identifiers)... what I miss most though, is your low, transparent and accommodating tariffs. I'm feeling screwed by T-Mobile.
Mark, StrawberryFrog
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 10:03
Jammer van het merk. Maar wat is een logo: in dit geval was de boodschap hetgene waar het om draaide. Het beeldmerk zelf is niet sterk. Als je het maar 100 keer ziet herken je het wel. Maar een logo....? Nee, het merk is R.I.P. en het 'logo' sterft mee.
jeroen, coppen advertising & marketing
Wednesday, January 14, 2004 08:52
My deepest condolences... I still find it hard to accept this loss. Losing a brand classic in such a senseless and avoidable way is horribly agonising. However, being then obliged to subscribe to the extremely bland, homogeneous and pink(!?) ‘T-Mobile’ has added extra misery. Ben, You are deeply missed.
Bart de Groot, Vorm Vijf
Wednesday, December 24, 2003 16:18
Ben is niet meer.. Eerst vond ik het maar raar "Ben" wie noemt zijn product nou "Ben"? Maar toen bleek hoe het in ons dagelijksleventje toch wel heel herkenbbaar was, hoe wij zijn met "Ben", vond ik het heel toepasselijk. Jammer "Ben is niet meer, "Ben" was..
Marieke ten Berge, Den Haag
Monday, December 15, 2003 21:05
was?
remco, convoi exceptionnel
Thursday, December 11, 2003 17:07
Ben slim omgedoopt?
Hein van der Linde
Thursday, December 11, 2003 12:32
Ben is still on my phone display! A 'ghost'!!!
Christa Mooij, Kluwer
Monday, December 08, 2003 14:27
We hadden gehoopt dat Ben tachtig zou worden.
KesselsKramer, Quoted from Het Parool (16-1-2003)
Tuesday, December 02, 2003 23:10
As a pure logo, ‘Ben’ was quite weak. It was more a ‘campaign idea’ and a springboard for wordplay and puns. Other recent logo casualties in the mobile market in the Netherlands such as the Dutchtone (by Koweiden Postma) and Libertel (by VBAT) were much better identitifers than ‘Ben’. Will these be commemorated in ‘Logo RIP, Volume II’???
Anne Milten, Student KABK
Tuesday, December 02, 2003 22:04

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