Sennheiser brand and design management team launches Notation agency

Notation is a new player in the Zurich agency landscape. The founders Iwan Hänggi and Oliver Berger were responsible for the global brand and design management of the audio brand Sennheiser for ten years. They have now separated this from the company and founded the brand and design agency Notation.

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Founded Notation: Managing Partners Oliver Berger (left) and Iwan Hänggi (right).

For ten years, Iwan Hänggi and Oliver Berger have given audio specialist Sennheiser and its audio products a face. As a global brand and design management team, they have helped transform the technology-driven company into an emotionally charged brand.

In the midst of the first Corona wave, the two, with the support of Sennheiser's management, took the bold decision to spin off the brand and product design management from Sennheiser in order to Notation to found.

Startup with over ten years of experience

As an independent company, Notation will continue to support the Sennheiser brand as its brand and product design partner. This expertise is quickly proving to be of interest to other companies seeking to transform into a customer-centric premium brand. As a result, the agency will be able to count new companies from the European region among its clientele as early as the go-live on November 1, 2021.

The number of employees is also growing rapidly: Notation starts with a group of ten brand and product design enthusiasts and month by month gains new employees with new skills and fresh perspectives. Currently, the agency has thirteen women and ten men from seven nations who bring a wide range of expertise to the table. "We want other organizations to benefit from the experience, skills and methods we have developed over the last ten years in building a global premium brand," says Oliver Berger.

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