Who we are
We are Piko, an award-winning creative agency founded in 2008 in Chisinau by a team of creatives & troublemakers.
We position ourselves as Creative Athletes™.
Our accent is funny but the works are powerful, we do salads on Fridays, win awards & helping our partners to thrive.
We are based in Chisinau, Moldova, and have a design research unit in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
We are proud members of the ADCN | Dutch Club for Creativity & Board Members of Creative Association COR.
What we do best
Creative Consultancy | Content & Art Direction | Graphic Design & Branding | Brand Experiences | Communication | Design Research & more.
Clients
EA Games, Ducati Scrambler, Carturesti, Danube Footwear, Dutch Government, European Union, The Parliament of Rep. of Moldova, Brainactive.ai, Moldovan Customs Service, DeepDee Netherlands, College of Wizardry, Design Thinking Society, WorkFor Switzerland, Bitfury Group, Swiss Cooperation Office, Babymoon Netherlands, Are We Europe Foundation, Purcari Wines, National Democratic Institute, TEDxChisinau, Anim'est, Soros Foundation, Weyland Yutani, European Focus, Moldova Fruct & many more.
Awards & Features
2024
ROMANIAN DESIGN WEEK 2024
We have been selected as Jury Members at Romanian Design Week 2024
OFFF BARCELONA
Road Signs of Tomorrow are officially selected to be showcased at OFFF Barcelona
Dutch Creativity Awards by ADCN 2024
Finalists at Next Category at Dutch Creativity Awards (Road Signs of Tomorrow)
2023
DUTCH INNOVATION DAYS, ENSCHEDE
Roadsigns of Tomorrow was featured at Dutch Innovation Days, Enschede, NL
Romanian Design Week
Roadsigns of Tomorrow & The Impossible Captcha Test were selected at Romanian Design Week for the Best Practices category, online showcase
FIC | Festivalul Industriilor Creative
Road Signs of Tomorrow was featured at Creative Industry Festival at Artcor, Chisinau
2022
DUTCH DESIGN WEEK EINDHOVEN
Two of our installations with our vision of the future (Road Signs + Impossible Captcha)
were officially selected to be showcased at DDW.
22-30 Oct, 2022
Eindhoven, NL
2021
The 2021 CRESTA GLOBAL TOP 50
50 Agencies setting global creative standards
2020
1x GOLD, 1x SILVER, 2x BRONZE, 1x Finalist, CRESTA AWARDS
Banknote of the Stolen Billion + Rembrandt’s Party,
London
1x GRAND PRIX, 1x GOLD, G8 Festival
Banknote of the Stolen Billion,
Moscow
2019
Selected for Lürzer's Archive
Rembrandt’s Party
Austria
European Press Prize Innovation Award
Are We Europe
GOLD at ADORfor RAMURI
Moldova
Winners of the Moldovan Tourism Campaign
concept #notinfebruary
Moldova
2018
Setting up our Amsterdam Design Research Unit
The Netherlands
Our founder is in Forbes 30 under 30
Romania
2017
x2 GOLD
G8 Digital Festival
The Chosen Dot
Purcari Digital Label
Moscow
Finalist Winner
European Design Awards
Winedrone / Digital
Porto
200 Best Packaging
Designs Worldwide
by Luerzer’s Archive
Fautor Negre
Austria
Winners
Poster For Peace
Bed In expo
SID LEE Collective
Montreal
Finalist Winner
Typomania
Student Travel
Moscow
2014-2013-2012
GOLD
Kiev International
Advertising Festival
Ukraine
Design Angel Winner
AdPrint
Romania
Finalist Winner
Golden Award of Montreux
Switzerland
Finalist Award
ADSTARS
South Korea