We are FortyThree™  A creative collective of owner-managed companies. We work omnidisciplinary and think internationally. We cross-link strategists, architects, designers, digital experts and researchers to agile teams who develop ideas, standardise them, implement them and align them to reality. Besides we are close friends since 1998.

We are FortyThree™ A creative collective of owner-managed companies. We work omnidisciplinary and think internationally. We cross-link strategists, architects, designers, digital experts and researchers to agile teams who develop ideas, standardise them, implement them and align them to reality. Besides we are close friends since 1998.

We are like-minded, supporters, neighbours, environmentalists, analysts, problem solvers, site developers, foodlovers, supervisers, brand consultants, dogsitters, trainer, dreamer, live communicators, buddies, UXers, conceptionists, cyclists, retail fans, entrepreneurs and vinyl record collectors.

Who. We. Are.

FortyThree™ unites five renowned German companies GSVI™, SODA Group, Mattt, Marcus Wagner Architecture and Axel Weber & Partner. Their leaders expertises spans from architecture over interior, brand and digital design to brand consultancy, promotion and measurement.

Thorsten Strozik

GSVI™
strozik@gsvi.de

Andreas Müller

Soda Group
mueller@soda-group.com

Thorsten Rölleke

mattt.production
mail@mattt.de

Marcus Wagner

​Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Architekt
Marcus Wagner Architektur
info@marcuswagnerarchitektur.de

Axel Weber

Soda Group
weber@soda-group.com

Holistic scope

We accompany our clients in developing an initial idea. Whether they plan a new product or intend to start their digital transformation. We assist them with feasibility studies, research and scenarios. We define strategies and create spaces, identities, brands and platform for them. Standardise and multiply concepts and helping them to reach a relevant audience.

Capabilities

Think

Consulting for marketing & operations
Brand strategy

Positioning

Naming, messaging, claims
Urban planning
Placemaking
Location development

Brand & corporate identity

Create

Design programmes
Integrated marketing communications
Campaigning
Live communication
Digital & environmental design
Product, packaging & retail design
Service & experience design
Information & graphic design
UX & UI
Motion & sound design
Photography & film
Language & tonality
Design standardisation

Enhance

Architecture
Identity & design assessments
Digital & sustainability concepts
Multiplication concepts
Innovation workshops
Brand management consulting
Client focused research & studies
Consumer trends
Feasibility studies
Data exploration

Our house

FortyThree is at home in a listed building ensemble that was built in the late 1920s. Inaugurated in 1929, it initially housed the municipal tax office and the customs authority. The latter gave the ensemble its historicising name, Altes Hauptzollamt.

After the authorities moved to more functional new buildings, the partners took over a central part of the office. In the following year and a half, they renovated the ensemble with much commitment and love. They created a 1,500-square-metre creative centre for their companies there, which is unique in the Ruhr Area and a home for around 80 creative people today.

Brands we give
everything for