26 Years of
Digital & Analog Concrete

A blank screen. A sheet of paper. Most creatives pick one. They only master a fraction of the work. I refuse to choose. I am Sebastiaan Biesheuvel. 47 years old. 26 years deep. 18 years running my studio in Rotterdam. I learned print before the web existed. I write the code. I design the interface. I fold the packaging. Everything from a single source. You get a brand that simply works.

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How I got here

Small Town.
Big Plans.

Zuid-Beijerland has a 3.640 inhabitants. I knew them all (this is a joke). As a kid I was always drawing and painting. Books, films — anything I didn't understand pulled me in. Twin Peaks, The X-Files, things you couldn't quite put your finger on. I had no idea that could be a profession.

Then I found Thrasher. And later started skating in Rotterdam, with people who had studied graphic design. They told me it existed. That it was a profession. One Sunday afternoon, shops closed, I saw a storefront with shuttered blinds — the graphic design on them did something I'd never felt before. That was the moment.

Eighteen years ago I started as Eens reclame. Now I continue as I am Eens. The name says what I do: Exploring Endless New Solutions. Mostly solo, but with the right people on board when needed.

Timeline

Zuid-Beijerland

Drawing, painting, watching

Grew up in a small village. Drawn to things I didn't understand — Twin Peaks, The X-Files, films that did something I couldn't name.

Rotterdam · Early Years

Thrasher & skateboarding

In Rotterdam I met people with a graphic design background. Thrasher magazine. A storefront on a Sunday afternoon with shuttered blinds that did something I'd never felt before. That's when I knew.

2000 · Rotterdam

Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam

Afgestudeerd Grafisch Design. Het vak leerde ik op school, maar de echte vorming begon daarna — in de praktijk, met echte klanten en echte problemen.

2006 · Rotterdam

Eens reclame

Eighteen years ago it started as Eens reclame. First projects, first clients, first lessons.

2018 · Rotterdam

I am Eens

New name, same approach. I am Eens — Exploring Endless New Solutions.

The best project is yet to come

25 years of experience, 18 years of studio. Inventing something new every day. That's the drive.

Three heads, one studio

Good work comes
from more than
one side.

I am Eens works from three principles: precision, courage and attention. Joost keeps you sharp, Ed turns things upside down and Fien makes sure you're never on your own.

Red · Freedom & Creativity

Ed Solide

Ed looks rough. That's accurate. He thinks sideways, moves fast and goes where others drop out. No big story upfront. Just do it and see what comes out. Usually something nobody expected.

Free thinking · innovation · energy

Blue · Craftsmanship & Strategy

Joost Precies

Joost knows the craft inside out. He knows what works, what doesn't and why. No detours, no half answers. He does what he says. Clients come back because they know what they'll get.

No nonsense · real results · reliability

Yellow · Collaboration & Authenticity

Fien Samen

Fien listens. Really listens. She remembers your name, your story and what you said last time. With her you're not a job. You're a collaboration. And she doesn't let that go.

Partnership · personal contact · direct lines · authentic

Ik hou van dingen die kloppen.

I don't like fuss. No lengthy run-ups, no vague promises. Just a good conversation, a clear plan and then get to work. You know what you want. I know how to shape it.

I started for myself because I can't deal with 'that's just how we do it here.' Working at an agency means dealing with decisions that were already made. Not always the best ones, but the ones in place. That doesn't work for me.

In my own studio I can figure out why things work. Draw my own conclusions. Make things better. Make the world a little more beautiful. Not because I have to, but because I can.

The best project I've ever made? Still to come.
That's exactly why I get up every day.