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. The festival started with lectures on Friday, May 15 and ended with the award ceremony on Sunday, May 17. My talk was the first on Sunday, at 10:30 AM, and I talked about two projects, Oslo Triennale 2007 and the brand new line of Ringnes beers that will be out very shortly. As far as I can tell, the talk was well received, and although I was preoccupied beforehand, it was actually great fun. After the talk I was interviewed on stage for 15 minutes by host Sandra Planeta. Overall a very nice experience.

As I was mostly concerned with preparing my own presentation, I didn’t get a chance to see all the other speakers, but I was told that most were very good. The ones I did see, confirmed this. I managed to see Alex Trochut, BVD, Koeweiden Postma, Niklaus Troxler, Synopsis and The Designers Republic, and they were all very inspirational.

At the award show, my friends Are Kleivan, Bleed and Halvor Bodin all collected awards, and I also met several interesting people. They filmed all the talks, so perhaps they will be put online eventually. Here’s my introduction page on the ED-Conference website.

Photos (mostly meaningless stuff) from the week end in Zürich can be found on my flickr page

Wolda (previously Eulda) is the Worldwide Logo Design Annual, and I’m happy to have two logos selected for the annual.

This is what they write.

From almost 1,100 excellent entries from all over the world, our unique three-tier jury has selected192 logos (174 professionals + 18 designed by students) to be published in the ‘08 annual. Here are the overall winners for both Wolda professional and Wolda Talent: link

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.

Opening hours:
Mon – Fri 10 am – 7 pm,
Sat – Sun 11 am – 4 pm
Felleshus / Pan Nordic Building, Nordic Embassies

I’ll be really greatful if anyone attending wants to send me a picture or two.

Friday 25th was the 15th edition of the Visuelt Awards. It is considered the most important award for graphic design and illustration in Norway. I am happy to say that I got two nominations and a silver. Also Scandinavian Design Group got several nominations and a couple of golds. All in all a great night. I would also like to congratulate all the others who got awards for their great work. Next stop Stockholm.

Update: slideshow of the winners on the Visuelt pages and Dagbladet

Ringnes’ summer beer is back in the stores again. When I designed it last year, I thought it’d be a one off for that season, but I’m happy to see it back on the Norwegian shelves again this year. Skjærgårdspils is also back as usual.