Marinus Oomen
About — fifteen years in

A quiet practice for considered brands.

Visual worlds that feel sensual, daring, and always intentional.

Marinus Oomen is a creative director working in fashion, beauty, and still life. The work is built on light more than composition: soft diffusion, low contrast, and the slow tension between realism and abstraction. A lineage traced back to Serge Lutens. Images that suggest rather than describe.

Over fifteen years he has led projects for Zalando Studios, Numéro NL, Vogue Adria, Gezeiten, and Vaemyn, shaping the concept, the team, and the final image.

Based between Berlin and Amsterdam. Available for commissions, collaborations, and long-form creative partnerships.

A working life, briefly.

2022 — now

Independent creative direction

Editorial, beauty, and fashion direction across Europe. Studio between Berlin and Amsterdam.

2018 — 2022

Creative director, Zalando Studios

Led campaign and editorial direction across owned and partner brands; in-house team of twelve.

2014 — 2018

Senior art director, Numéro NL

Magazine editorial and cover stories. Recurring collaborator with photographers across Europe.

2011 — 2014

Art director, independent studios

Identity and editorial work for cultural and fashion clients in the Netherlands and Germany.

2007 — 2011

Gerrit Rietveld Academie

BA Graphic Design. Graduation prize, class of 2011.

Studios, titles, and brands.

  • Zalando Studios
  • Numéro NL
  • Vogue Adria
  • Vaemyn
  • Gezeiten
  • Het Parool
  • De Bijenkorf
  • COS
  • Arket
  • Frame
  • Stedelijk
  • Rijksmuseum Shop

Selected recognition.

  • ADCN — Shortlist, Editorial2026
  • D&AD Wood Pencil, Art Direction2024
  • European Design Awards, Silver2023
  • Lürzer's Archive — 200 Best Art Directors2022
  • It's Nice That — Featured2021, 2024