OUR MISSION
conscious / compassionate / contribution
Our mission is to create and amplify stories and visuals that matter through strategic social media content and digital storytelling. We empower brands to engage their audiences with impactful, authentic and purpose-driven content, helping them build communities, spark conversations, and drive real change.
With a focus on human connections and open dialogue, we collaborate closely with our clients to develop thoughtful strategies and creative concepts that align with their vision. Every project we undertake is rooted in our commitment to honest storytelling, social impact, and creative excellence.
ORIGIN
co.lab - creative collective
co.lab was acctually originally born in Norway in 2008, a collaboration between a creative duo – Trine, a Norwegian creative director and video editor and Marco, an Italian photographer and videomaker. What began as a shared passion for storytelling and visual exploration soon evolved into an international journey.
Starting out in Oslo, the pair produced editorial projects for magazines and visual campaigns for fashion and lifestyle brands. Their path then led to New York, where they gained valuable experience working on high-end fashion and beauty productions, and later to Berlin, where they expanded into corporate films, brand content and large-scale event productions. Along the way they founded Lights Promotion GbH in Berlin, TMStudio Productions AS in Oslo.
After years of creative evolution and collaboration under different agency names, co.lab - creative collective was officially founded in Italy in 2023 — a new chapter bringing together their combined experience, creative vision, and a new network of co-creators into one international collective for photo / film production and visual storytelling.
our experience
Over the past two decades, we’ve collaborated with brands and organizations worldwide
— producing visual campaigns, videos, and documentary -style stories that bridge culture and creativity.
From luxury fashion and beauty to food, wine, lifestyle and corporate industries, our experience spans diverse sectors and storytelling formats.
We bring together teams of directors, cinematographers, content creators, producer, strategists and local talent to create work that not only looks cinematic but feels meaningful.
Our expertise includes:
– Documentary-style films and brand storytelling
– Lifestyle, beauty and editorial campaigns
– Visual content for beauty, hair care, food, beverage and corporate clients
- Concept development and campaign strategy
Wherever your story takes us
- we turn vision into motion and content into connection. and content into connection.
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Massimo Filacchione
Trade Marketing Specialist
Lancôme Italia“We have worked on several different projects with co.lab. They are professional, efficient and come highly recommended.”
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María García Camprubí
Dig_IT Project Coordinator
Reseach Director
ITAINNOVA“Since they joined Dig_IT project (H2020), they boosted the Dissemination and Communication activities, taking the project to a high level.”
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Wibke Böttcher
HR Specialist
Stat Grid Geiri, Berlin Dep.“Working together with this team was inspiring and innovative. They completely understood our needs and successfully transformed them into their design results. Besides the main assignment, they always provided fresh ideas and additional support in a very proactive way.”
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Kari Hasselknippe
Previous Dir. of Sales-and Marketing
Grand Hotel Oslo“As the Director of Sales and Marketing at Grand Hotel Oslo, we hired co.lab to photograph Grand Hotels interior, service and details. The team were quality conscious, very service minded with a discerning taste, which create trust with the client. They really helped us create the visual profile we wanted”
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Arild Tryggestad
CEO Filmbin
Filmbin AS“Smallville Films AS hired co.lab to design a project presentasjon / EPK. We’re very pleased with the final results and how fast she worked. Besides the communication along the way was excellent.”
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Hans Hansson
Professor of Real-Time Systems;
Director Malardalen Real-Time Research Centre; Leader of the strategic profile area Trusted Smart SystemsI’ve been working with Alexandra in a large research initiative where she. developed the communication strategy and were responsible for social media postings. Alexandra is a great person to work with. She takes full responsibility and delivers above expectations. I’m particularly impressed by her project leader skills and drive. I give her my strongest recommendations. I’m sure she will be a valuable asset for any organisation that employ or engage her.
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Stein Georg Lillemoen
CEO
Earthtreemedia“My projects with co.lab have been very successful and a great experience. The team is very dedicated and professional, and they have a strong knowledge of both still and video film production. Pairing that with a humble and problem solving nature, I can highly recommend working with them. We have produced the children tv-series Box Yourself together with co.lab, and the show has been very successful. An integral part of that has been the great photos and videos that co.lab gave us.”
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Gunnar Widforss
Senior Project Manager (research) at Mälardalen University
“Alexandra is a talented and meticulous communicator, wonderful co-worker and project partner, skilled in interpersonal communication, as well as in social media and mass communication.”