My friend Mirjam East in New York needed a graphic profile for her colorist and hair extension business Westsidextensions And Color By Mirjam East. I created a simple but effective design to convey the idea of her craft.
Book design of “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger”. A book about the works of illustrator and comic book artist Joanna Rubin Dranger. With texts by journalist Lawen Mohtadi, actor Anna Pettersson, director Suzanne Osten and Farnaz Arbabi and more. 152 pages in a soft cover. Available both in Swedish and English.
Published in February 2008 by Arvinius Förlag.
Buy the book What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger” on Bokus.
Ringen Centrum is a shopping mall situated in Skanstull in the part of Stockholm called Södermalm. It was time to renovate and modernise the shopping mall and a new identity was made. Ringen - Söders Centrum. Ringen - The Centre of Södermalm.
When Våldsskildringsrådt changed names to Medierådet, they needed a new graphic identity and website. The Medierådet is working under the Department of Culture and advises parents on questions concerning children and their viewing habits.
Invitation cards for the premiere of the BIG collection featuring gigantic glass bowls in simple, colorful forms by Anne Nilsson. The largest free-blown glass pieces ever produced in Sweden.
Travel agency Scandinavian Perspectives offer exclusively designed ‘technical visits’ to Scandinavia as a speciality.
The clients of Scandinavian Perspective are mainly companies and organisations in Asia, with the majority from China. Lotus Travels, recognised as the best travel agency for travels from China to Sweden, is behind the company.
As the world’s largest furniture company, it was natural for IKEA to take part in the Design Year of 2005. The purpose of the participation of IKEA was to involve the public in the IKEA furniture design process.
The aim of the activity was to strengthen the idea that IKEA is serious about design and that the customers can join in and contribute to furniture development. The activity should also attract media attention, direct traffic to the IKEA website and promote the store. The campaign should also link to IKEA marketing and product development.
The solution was that IKEA would launch a nation-wide furniture design competition: ‘Fiffiga Folket (Innovative People) – a competition for ordinary people with good ideas’ was born.
The competition rules were clear and simple: think of a good furniture idea, describe it in words and pictures and get the chance to win 25 000 SEK and get your idea realised.
The designs from the 12 finalists were presented at micro exhibitions throughout IKEA department stores and on the website. All candidates had their own SMS number which the public used to vote for their favourite. The three most popular ideas were selected and rewarded.
The aim of the ‘Innovative People’ competition was to encourage people to take part. IKEA provided idea suggestions such as: ‘designing a drinks cabinet for those drunk with happiness’, ‘a plate for book devourers’, ‘a stereo stand for singles’.
The response was overwhelming – with more than
A book about the clothes firm Mah-Jong (1966-1976) who were strongly opposed to the Vietnam war and Sweden’s seamstresses low wages. The designs stood out for their bold colours, soft fabric, unisex ideal, ethics and politics. Mah-Jong didn’t give a face to the Swedish youth revolution but it certainly gave a look it. And for this it was either loved or hated.
The book was part of an exhibition ‘Pret-a-protester’ which was produced in cooperation with The Textile Museum in Borås and toured Sweden until the end of 2005.