Visual identity for Vær

WORK | Vær (weather) is a visual identity for clothing designed for large people. Whatever size it should be good to move, stay out and be comfortable. The logo is written in a type of handwriting that show character and make a personal mark. The lines are soft and can relate to air, wind and soft lines in the nature. The client is in the initial phase and is working with the first collection. See more from Vær ›

Paperworld 2011 in Frankfurt

TRAVEL | Being at the Paperworld exhibition in Frankfurt early in February with psaligraf Karen Bit Vejle was inspiring. Thousands of different notebooks, paper, pens, cards and bags gave me a lot of new ideas to bring back to Norway.

My daily dose of type

INSPIRATION | 365 days Typoinspiration from the Typodarium for the year 2011. 365 different fonts: bread-and-butter types and typographical baubles, character sets and punctuational marks, old masters and wild youths, favourite fonts from all over the world.

I love it!

Beautiful books make me happy

INSPIRATION | And this book is one of them. Pachanga – magical moth patterns from the cloud forest. BelénmMena’s book is the celebration of a passion, creative trance, perfection and inspiration rolled into one and captured in a stunning publication by the publisher Hermann Schmidt Mainz. The cover design, typography, patterns and the book production is just great.

Berlin November 2010

TRAVEL |  For four weeks I have been living in a studio flat in Kreutzberg in Berlin. I have been working on several projects which I brought from Norway. I have rented a bookbinding studio in Künstlerhaus Bethanien, trying to prepare an upcoming workshop, been inspired by food, cafes, people, bookstores, magazines, galleries, places, shops, the turkish market outside my door, visitors, the weather, new shoes and a lot of street art…