A little report from the talk I gave in Zürich at the ED-Conference. The ED-Conference, part of the European Design Festival 2009 which also includes the ED-Awards. Continue reading ‘Talk at the European Design Festival 2009′
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I’m proud to be one of the people judging the ‘55dsl Logo Remix‘ organized by 55dsl and Cut & Paste. The rest of the jury consists of the very talented people Jayson Atienza, Justin Fox, Charles “Emit” Krausz, Carlos “Mare139” Rodriguez, Carlos Segura, Vasava and 55dsl’s creative director Andrea Rosso.
More info about the competition and how to enter can be found here.
Thursday October 9th I’m giving a talk at the Design+Music event initiated by Tank. Design+Music is a part of the Insomnia festival in Tromsø. Yokoland who, made the poster for the event, are also speaking.
Previous speakers are Martin Kvamme, Halvor Bodin, Marius Watz, Grandpeople, Kjell Ekhorn (Non Format) and Håkon Kornstad. More info here
Wolda (previously Eulda) is the Worldwide Logo Design Annual, and I’m happy to have two logos selected for the annual.
I am proud to announce that I was selected to be a part of the first Design jury in the prestigeous Eurobest competition. More info will follow in the press and on the Eurobest homepage. The deadline to submit to the competition is 26th of September 2008.
Kampanje has posted a story on the three Norwegians juding in the various categories (in Norwegian).
Xploding Plastix just released Treated Timber Resists Rot on Beatservice. Run out and buy it, and not because I made the cover, but because it’s a great album.
I know Platekompaniet has physical copies.
For the first time Cannes Lions are includinga a Design category: Cannes Design Lions. I was very pleased to discover that Ringnes Sommerøl has been shortlisted in the category B02 Alcoholic Drinks. Winners are announced tomorrow, but the even being shortlisted is a great honor.
Just as I came back from Stockholm, I found out that I won Silver in the category Packaging Design at the Retailprisen 07 ceremony that was held last friday. Retailprisen is a Norwegian retail competition. A pleasant surprise, I must say. Congratulations to the rest of the team (project manager and consultant) and the client Ringnes.
The ED-Conference was great and on top I won an award in the Brand Application category at the ED-Awards. It was great being there with the whole team from Scandinavian Design Group. Scandinavian Design Group also got a merit in the CD/DVD-cover category. Apart from us, Halvor Bodin represented Norway with a merit in the illustration category. Congratulations to all the winners.
NORWEGIAN GRAPHIC DESIGN EXHIBITION IN ASSOCIATION WITH
DMY INTERNATIONAL DESIGN FESTIVAL BERLIN
From 11th May until 14th June 2008 the Norwegian Embassy, in cooperation with the agency Himmel & Jord, presents “NATURSCHAUSPIELE – Norwegian Graphic Design: Powered by Nature”, an exhibition of Norwegian graphic design which takes its inspiration and references from elements of nature. The exhibition takes place as part of the DMY International Design Festival Berlin and will be on show in the Felleshus of the Nordic embassies.
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Norwegian Graphic Design: Powered by Nature’