EP25: Joachim Baan On Controlled Chaos, Storytelling, and Building a Meaningful Creative Life
Description
Joachim Baan is a creative director, photographer, and brand strategist based in Utrecht. Together with Christoph van Veghel, he leads Another Everything — a consultancy creating outstanding brands and cultural projects through strategy, design, and execution. His career has moved between independent studios, publishing, and global agencies, with collaborations for Nike, Rapha, KLM, Van Gogh Museum, Red Wing Shoes, Skins Cosmetics, and Atelier Munro. Always guided by controlled chaos and storytelling, Joachim has built an ecosystem that blends aesthetics, strategy, and cultural depth.
What if the strongest brands — and lives — are built not on data, but on stories?
In this episode, Joachim speaks about resisting hustle culture, balancing chaos with control, and why he believes sameness is killing creativity. He reflects on building brands with history, the struggle with consumerism, and the role of taste in predicting the future.
We talk about his health challenges, his project Speed of Solitude, and how long-distance running taught him lessons no studio ever could. Above all, Joachim shows that creativity is not about perfection, but about curiosity, resilience, and the courage to make the world a little more beautiful.
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