We can't believe it's already 1 year since we created Omocado! And what a year it has been! We have worked on so many amazing projects and had the opportunity to create content for so many great brands, we couldn't be happier! It hasn't been an easy year, in fact it's probably been the toughest for us, because we've had to combine work with our University thesis. It has basically been all about work all year and we've almost had no time to relax and take a breath. When you are working for yourself, you really do mostly work and since our job is to create content, we've basically been travelling and taking pictures everywhere we go. It's been hard for us to say, ok, that's enough now. Our job is amazing, but it's not always as glamorous as it looks. We always try to show you guys our best and most inspiring moments, but of course that doesn't mean that our life is perfect. Nevertheless, this year has also been very exciting and special for both of us as we have been working and creating something together!
Before creating Omocado, we talked about it for months and of course coming up with a name and identity took us a while. By the way, you can read our post about how we came up with our corporate identity and the name here. As some of you know, I already had a blog before this one and we created content for it every once in a while whenever we could, but due to our studies and our part-time jobs, we couldn't really leave the city that often as we didn't really have the time for it. At some point we had to decide if we were going to make our hobby become our full time job, so we made a decision last year and decided to start something new together. To be able to fully focus on this, Mauricio quit his job at the gallery in Berlin a year ago. Now, a year later, we're both so happy about the decision we made and it really feels great!
We want to use this opportunity to thank each one of you for following our journey this far and for appreciating the content we've been sharing both on our blog and on Instagram, it means the world to both of us. Sharing our trips, projects and our experiences with you is just amazing! All your comments, support and feedback keep us going and push us to create more! Also, we wanted to take the opportunity to encourage you to give us some more feedback about our blog posts by writing a comment when you check them. We are always happy to read all your messages, questions and comments here!
Omocado has taken us on many incredible trips and we can't wait to see what 2018 will bring us. This year we want to live in different cities, like Paris, London and New York! We plan on staying for a month or so in each one of these places. We also can't wait to be done with our studies soon so that we can continue travelling and working on exciting projects! This year we'd like to worry less and take it easy in general! We look forward to visiting countries we've never been to. I mean, the World is so beautiful and there is so much to see! Do you you guys have a dream destination? Let us know, because we are now thinking about all the places we'd love to travel to this year!
Here we've decided to put together some of our favourite moments and pictures from 2017 and we can't wait to start sharing our 2018 journey with you!
Lots of love,
Olja & Mauricio
Не верится, что уже прошел год с того момента, как мы вместе с Маурисио запустили наш сайт Omocado. И какой был год! Работали над множеством новых проектов и создавали контент для самых разных брендов, чему мы безумно рады! Это был нелегко, потому что пришлось совмещать full-time работу с учебой. Почти не оставалось времени, чтобы расслабиться и перевести дыхание. Когда ты работаешь на себя, то полностью погружаешься в работу и иногда сложно сказать самому себе: „хорошо, этого уже достаточно". Мы всегда стараемся показать вам лучшие и вдохновляющие моменты, но это не значит, что наша жизнь вся прекрасна и мы все получаем просто так! Я не уверена, что имеет какой-то смысл говорить о негативной части нашей работы, потому что думаю никому не захочется слушать о проблемах. У нас у всех их достаточно было в течение года. Тем не менее, этот год был очень интересным для нас обоих, поскольку впервые работаем и создаем что-то вместе!
Прежде чем создать Omocado, мы обсуждали это в течение нескольких месяцев и, конечно, придумывали имя, что заняло некоторое время. Кстати, вы можете прочитать пост об этом здесь. Многие из вас знают, что у меня уже был блог до этого и не всегда получалось создавать контент для него из-за не хватки времени. Поэтому в прошлом году мы приняли решение, что хотим начать что-то новое и сделать наш блог приоритетом. Мы немного отложили нашу учебу, а Маурисио оставил работу в Берлине. Теперь, год спустя, понимаем, что решение было верное!
Очень хочется сказать спасибо всем вам! Мы благодарны за то, что вы следите за нашими путешествиями здесь в блоге, а также в Инстаграме. Это очень много для нас значит! Вместе с вами мы путешествуем, делимся нашими мыслями, рассказываем о поездках, проектах! Все ваши комментарии, обратная связь заставляют нас двигаться вперед и создавать больше. Иногда, правда, мы немного расстраиваемся, когда видим статистику и видим, что так много людей заходили в блог, но почти никто не оставил комментариев. Поэтому часто думаю перестать писать на русском, но потом вы мне пишете "продолжай!". Нам очень важна ваша поддержка и мы всегда рады читать все ваши сообщения, вопросы и комментарии здесь!
Что принесет нам 2018 год? Мы с Маурисио не строим больших планов, но у нас есть мечты и цели. То, что мы определенно хотим сделать в этом году, - это пожить в разных городах какое-то время, например в Париже, Лондоне и Нью-Йорке! Мы не можем дождаться, когда закончим официально нашу учебу и сможем жить и работать в городах, которые мы так любим. Еще одна моя личная цель - научится не волноваться по пустякам, а у меня это хорошо получается! Но я над этим работаю! Мы также хотели бы отправиться в этом году в места, где никогда не были раньше. Наш мир так красив и еще так много хочется увидеть. А в какие места мечтаете отправится вы?
Сегодня мы решили показать некоторые наши любимые моменты 2017 года, и ждем с нетерпением, что принесет нам новый год, чтобы поделиться с вами!
Обнимаем,
Olja & Mauricio
JANUARY - We started the year in Tenerife and at the end of the month we went to Copenhagen Fashion Week for the first time! It was freezing, but we fell in love with this city! We are definitely going back soon when the weather is a little warmer.
FEBRUARY - We flew to Tenerife to shoot a campaign for Vince. It was a really amazing experience to be part of such a cool campaign and to be featured in Instyle USA for the first time with these pictures!
MARCH - We went to Paris Fashion Week for the first time and got to enjoy the city and take pictures!
MARCH - Right after Fashion Week we flew to Frankfurt to enjoy the newly designed suites at the Radisson Blu Hotel with a group of German bloggers!
APRIL - We started the month with a second trip to the Netherlands because Calvin Klein invited us to join the VidCon event. We spent a really nice long weekend in the city with the Calvin Klein family! We love this brand so much!
APRIL - Right after Amsterdam we came back to Berlin and did a shoot for Woolrich, where we got to ride a bike around the city!
APRIL - At the end of the month we went to Tenerife again, this time to shoot for the Korean Brand Rawrow and for Billabong Europe! It was so cool to spend the week together looking for locations and shooting all over the island!
MAY - We spent the first few weeks of the month working on our Thesis in Berlin, before starting a new and really amazing project with Canon! As part of the project we shot this video in Cote d'Azur to get ready for the summer!
JUNE - The first half of the month we decided to stay in Berlin and work on the second part of the Canon project and then we went to Ireland with our friends to work on the last part. You can find all about this trip here! This was my first time to Ireland and Mauricio hadn't been back in over 10 years. It was such a beautiful experience! In June we also got all dressed up in sports clothing to shoot for Nike in Berlin!
JULY - The whole month of July we stayed in Berlin. We worked on a campaign with Urban Outfitters and attended Berlin Fashion Week. Apart from that, we made some time to work on our University thesis.
AUGUST - After spending a month and half in Berlin and being almost done with our Thesis, we decided to go to Malaga to visit Mauricio's friends and enjoy the last month of summer. It was perfect, we spent a relaxing week amongst friends at the beach enjoying the sun!
AUGUST - The Last week of August we spent it in London shooting for Rawrow for the second time and we stayed at the most beautiful Hotel - Artist Residence. In case you are looking for nice to places to stay in London, check the post we did about the Hotel here!
SEPTEMBER - We started September with Bread and Butter in Berlin, working with Brands like Fossil and Napapijri!
SEPTEMBER - We went to London again! Reserved invited us to their Store Opening with Kate Moss, so we spent two great days in London before heading to Rome to celebrate my Birthday! We also did our first Q&A and answered some of the most common questions we usually get. if you missed it, you can check it out here!
SEPTEMBER - We spent three amazing days in Rome for my birthday! It was my first time, we found some really nice and healthy places to eat. You're welcome to check this post out, if you'd like to read about the places we ate at!
SEPTEMBER - Again in London! Yes, our third time in London this month! Crazy, but so much fun! This time Amazon Fashion invited us to join a show during London Fashion Week! We spent 24 hours in the city!
SEPTEMBER - Right after London, we flew straight to Milan for Milan Fashion Week with my favorite bag luxury Brand - Aigner. We attended their show, met other bloggers and spent a nice couple of days enjoying the city! While we were in Milan we did daily diary posts, just like when we were in London and in Paris! Let us know if you'd like us to do any diary posts while travelling in 2018!
SEPTEMBER - We spent the end of September in Paris! It was all about Fashion Week this month. We joined great events and met lovely people! As you can see, September was a really crazy month for us. We also took pictures for Samsung and all together worked with 10 different brands this month! I also did a photoshoot for the Frizz Ease campaign with John Frieda and these past three months you could find me in German Fashion magazines like Vogue, Harpers Bazaar or Cosmopolitan. It still feels pretty surreal! It was a really busy and tough month, but we are happy and thankful for all the great opportunities!
OCTOBER - We finally managed to finish our thesis and worked for the first time with Marc O'Polo. The last two weeks of the month we spent them in Greece shooting four different projects.
NOVEMBER - After a crazy September and a very busy October we decided to take a break, so after shooting for Calvin Klein in Berlin, we went to Bangkok for a week!
DECEMBER - We spontaneously decided to fly to Bali from Bangkok and spent two weeks there. It was so good to finally have some time to relax without work and to be able to eat so well. There are so many great vegan cafés in Bali!
DECEMBER - Right after Bali we went back to Tenerife for three days to shoot for ESCADA and Iris von Arnim, and then we flew straight to Paris to shoot for Calvin Klein watches. Paris was our last trip together in 2017!