Article: TRAVEL; Ah, Vienna: Ah, Piha How easy is it to swap jobs? Two art directors from Proximity network agencies on opposite sides of the world last year exchanged places for three months. Matt Hampton left AIM Proximity for Palla Koblinger Proximity (PKP) Vienna, while Thomas Tatzl from Vienna took his place. Here are their stories:

Ah, Vienna

By Matt Hampton

If you're heading to Vienna anytime soon I recommend you try a curry wurst (sausage) and an Ottakringer beer from a wrstelstand near the Stephansdome. Ask for "A hasse mit an buckl und brocklerten und an sechzener blech, danke". This roughly translates as "a hot with a hunchback and vomit and a sixteenth can, thanks". A copywriter would have had an even tougher time on this exchange.

Ah, Vienna. The place is inspiring. As an art director, I adopted a scrapbook mentality. This trip was about seeing new ideas and absorbing as much as possible. Despite fantasies of scooping a swathe of European advertising awards in front of adoring Germanic babes not yet ...


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