– a blog about my work, research, ideas, typography and passion for books.

Doctor Bodil Mostad Olsen

31.10.2022

PhD | Today I have officially been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Many thanks to the University of Reading and the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication for the opportunity to be part of the research culture. It has been a challenging and exciting journey with tons of knowledge, archival, structuring, discussions, thinking and writing, including a pandemic.

Celebrating. I passed my viva today

02.08.2022

PhD | I was excited to enter Teams and the online viva voce examination with Dr Alison Barnes and Professor Eric Kindel today. It went well, and I enjoyed the conversation. After two and a half hours, they confirmed that I had passed and recommended that I would be awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, subject to minor amendments being made to my thesis.

Celebrating with Trine Neumann-Larsen at Britannia Hotel. Happy, exhausted and very proud.


Today I submitted my thesis

16.05.2022

PhD | Today, 16 May 2022, I submitted my thesis. Happy, relieved, exhausted and proud. In the next few months, I will prepare for the online viva voce examination to be held on Tuesday, 2 August 2022. I will be examined by Dr Alison Barnes, School of Humanities and Communication Arts, University of Western Sydney, Australia and Professor Eric Kindel, Head of Department, Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading.

Tomorrow is the Norwegian Constitution Day which will be a great day to celebrate in many ways.

working in The centre for ephemera studies, university of reading

04.02.2020

PHD | The Centre for Ephemera Studies is located in the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication and holds much exciting material from 1800 to the present day; from domestic and imported food labels to advertisements and posters. I have spent many hours in this room, going through each box at the time.

researching milk packaging

15.05.2019

PHD RESEARCH | I am interested in how milk is presented from different perspectives throughout my whole research period; 1850-1970 to identify whether various information and promotion has influenced the design of food packaging or not. These labels are from 1950s. ©Wellcome Collection.

Presenting my research project at “The ephemera of food packaging” workshop

29.11.2018

PHD | Workshop and talks regarding the ephemera of food packaging at the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading 28 November 2018. Michael Twyman, Alison Black, Guy Baxter, Julie-Anne Lambert and myself. Great inspiration and fascinating exhibition showing food-related ephemera and books.