The newly launched site designarkiv.se contains more than 25 000 photos, sketches, texts and films from the Swedish design history from 1845 til present. The design archive, made available online for students, researchers and journalists, is a result of years of collaboration between Svensk Form and Centrum för Näringslivshistoria. Nationalmuseum and Arkitekturmuseet are also paticipants in the site.
Papercut is a new store focusing on magazines, books and DVDs. Located at Krukmakargatan 3, only two blocks from NittyGritty at Krukmakargatan 26.
Exhibition of fanzines made by students from Beckmans College of Design at the book store Konst-ig, Åsögatan 124 starting June 11.
5 exhibitions, 2 seminars, 2 presentations, 2 design walks, 2 parties, 1 competition and 1 major conference (including speakers from 15 different European nations). European Designweek Stockholm, 15–19 may.
Swedish graffiti mag Underground Productions issue 38 hits the stores on Friday April 10th. And it got a brand new design. Almost everything has been updated and re-arranged. Format, paper, number of pages. So make sure to check out the new issue. Redesign by Martin Ander
One of the largest food store chains in Sweden, ICA has launched a new product range called i ❤ eco, consisting of organic food, and some Fair Trade. Packaging designed by Identity Works (blog).
Via Emmas blog.
Ohno says: ”We listen to bands that dont even exist yet...and we made a t-shirt to prove it. We also got 3 other new shirts, all available at www.ohno.se”
The portfolio site of graphic designer Johanna Lewengard, all work presented in black and white.
Screen printed textile works by Helena Andersson, based in Brooklyn, NY at jansdotter.com
See the Helvetica Documentary film in Stockholm October 29. Presented by Research and Developement, tickets available here.
Swedens No. 1 graphic designer Henrik Nygren finally got a portfolio site up and running.
Adorable handmade characters by illustrator Sandra Juto, check them out at her portfolio site filed under softies.
The European Logo Design Awards, Eulda has declared a new Best of Sweden Award winner. Snookerhallen logo by Bedow Creative.
Mejan Labs is together with the PixelACHE founder Juha Huuskonen organising the second PixelACHE festival in Stockholm as a part of the Game Art exhibition in September and October. The Stockholm version, PixelVÄRK, will this time concentrate on seminars discussing aesthetic qualities and a club event with Dj and Vj performances.
Wohoo! off to Berlin for the Pictoplasma Conference. No updates until next week. 'Til then, take care and keep mailing your favourite Swedish designrelated links.
Animals for People T-shirts designed by Sara De Bondt and Martin Frostner. Will be sold at shops in London and Stockholm. The profit will be donated to Unicef.
Via CAP & Design.
B-Reel has helped the Swedish Post Office to explain their services with the site Posten Showroom.
Any season is a good season for stylish tees - even autumn. Check out the 50% sale at T-Shirtbutiken.
New font by Bo Berndal at T4 called Cartesius now available at MyFonts. "Rene Decartes, the great French philosopher, was invited to Sweden in the 17th century, when the country was at the height of its power. In the university city of Uppsala he used the Latin name form Cartesius. The typeface that carries his name is inspired by letterforms from the 1600s, but upper case letters are of pure Roman type". CAP&Design wrote about T4 here (in Swedish).
Great campaign site for Apoteket (The Swedish Pharmacy) created by B-Reel and ForsmanBodenfors. The main purpose of the site is for parents to check their childrens symptoms of cold. The site is entirely in Swedish, but have a go anyway: Barnförkylningsakuten.
Via Reklamfeber.
Check out the mix of design and illustration at Rabbit Inside.
Acne has redesigned the logo and mascot. for candy retailer Karamellkungen (Candy King). Very sweet. English site here.
Thanks iCity for linking Swedesres. Big thanks to ThreadlessWatch aswell.
PF Flyers, the classic sneaker brand sold at among other places Sneakers N'Stuff, let eleven artists (among them two amazing Swedes - Annika Bergström, mentioned here before and Christoffer Hall) participate in the creation of an Exquisite Corpse project on their website. All artists' contributions, ten second flash segments, were added onto each others, and the last part is to be added this week.
Check out exquisitepf.com for the coolest animation project.
Art Director Robert Lindström of North Kingdom updates his portfolio site DesignChapel.
Well designed site for the new and upcoming rock duo Johnossi. Have a look (and listen) here.
Toy manufacturer Brio has a sweet site for their next generation of toys "Brio Networkers".
Brilliant neck ties by Ulterior Motive.
"Motor Mouth" is the new font by Martin "Core" Fredriksson. Available for purchase here.
Check out the new portfolio site by Patrik Mollwing, mentioned here before.
A report by The Council of Architecture, Form and Design on the establishment of a designmuseum in Sweden has been handed over to the Minister for Education, Research and Culture Leif Pagrotsky for consideration. The council seems very positive to the idea in their statement. Read the press release here, and the report here, in Swedish. English summary here.
Arkiv för Svensk Formgivning shortens it’s name to Designarkivet (The Design Archive) and gets a new logo created by Elisabeth Björkbom. They sure would need someone to have a look at their site aswell: designarkivet.se In Swedish
New designblog edited by Anna, a Swedish designer based in Boston, USA. Have a look: redhousedesign. In English
London based designer Ben Drury will stage his first ever exhibition in Stockholm at Beneath. The exhibition will run from the August 24 — September 16 and will feature a body of work entitled ”Trust me London”. More info here.
The design collective New Beginnings are offering their font ”New Handwriting” in two weights for free. The font is based on an unsuccessful handwriting reform that the Swedish Head Council of Education attempted to implement during the mid 70s. Download it here.
Via Groupies.
Edit: If you like that font you should definetley check out ”Montessori” by Stefan Hattenbach at Mac Rhino Fonts, as mentioned in the comments.
The guys at House Industries are trying to understand the text on the Swedish candy classic ”Nöt Creme”. Read it here. By the way ”Nöt”=nut and ”God”=good in English. See also this previous post.
Via Groupies.
JC, jeans and clothes retailers has a new logo and site. The ”Boys & Girls” brand has been renamed ”J-Store”. Read a bit more about it at Resume. In Swedish.
DDB Stockholm has created a campaign site for potato crisps/chips producer OLW called Leifs Dansskola. Also check out the campaign site ”Naturchips”. In Swedish.
Excellent work with a contentdriven, honest and thoughtful approach. Check out the portfolio site of Martin Frostner.
IKEA has launched yet another campaign site, this time it’s about their wardrobe selection.
1000 needles is the online portfolio of Magnus Kjäll.
The online portfolio of illustrator/graphic designer Anna Harvard. Thumbs up!
Encina Creative is the online portfolio of visual communication designer Daniel Eek, who is born in Stockholm but is currently living in Sydney.
Play The Knife's new 'We Share Our Mothers Health' video game for the chance to win 1 out of just 10 super-limited edition signed screen prints by Motomichi Nakamura.
Click here to play.
FormgivningNormgivning, an exhibition on the subjects of gender and design with works by students from HDK, July 26 — September 3 at Svensk Form. More info here. In Swedish.
Wonderwall is a new company offering limited edition prints by some of Swedens finest designers and illustrators. In Swedish.
Åkesson Vin has launched two new wines in a new package design. Read about it here. In Swedish.
