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my little eskimo
Jonas Löfgren’s portfolio site ”My Little Eskimo” is finally back online! Lots of wonderful graphics, illustrations and animations. The navigation is a bit messy, but nevertheless — the content makes up for it.
Also check out Gifford Graphics.
under construction 05
The Stockholm Cultural Festival won’t be in full swing until August 2006, but a 3-day megateaser called Under Construction 05 will take place this weekend, September 2–4. Sergels Torg and the area near Stockholm’s Kulturhuset Cultural Centre will be teeming with street theatre, dance, a hallay party, circus acts, concerts, art, outdoor film, walking tours of the city, lectures and photography.
The full festival programme is available here. Only available in Swedish, click ”Språk” for summary in English.
dna 2005 winners
The Swedish winners of the art competition DNA; Diesel New Art, has been announced. The works of Anna Lundh, Niklas Holm, Petra Axelsson and Helga Härenstam was elected by the jury and will be exhibited in a show that starts September 30 in Copenhagen and travels to Oslo and Stockholm. See the winning work here.
Graphic design, motion graphics and a couple of fonts by Joel Nordström and Lars Ohlin at their site sven burman
Sven Burman showcases some excellent motion graphics at his well designed portfolio site.
sweden 360°
Amazing 360° panoramic photos of buildings and places in Sweden at Virtual Sweden.
Daniel Carlsten and Jonas Jansson are now working for perfect fools
Perfect Fools creates online campaigns and corporate websites. They recently redesigned their own site.
jens magnusson
Great illustrations and graphic design by Jens Magnusson at his portfolio site.
kollor
Design agency Kollor is located in Helsingborg, Sweden, check out their portfolio. They keep a quite interesting ”designblog with attitude” here, written in Swedish.
Groupies and Researcher are two other blogs on the subject of advertising and design, both in Swedish.
teresa & david
Teresa Holmberg and David Castenfors has this online portfolio.
strumaland
Strumaland is the playground site of Anders Gustafsson. Lots of games and animations; perfect for a friday afternoon. Don't miss the skeleton in the ”About”-section (mouse-over).
swedesres mailbox
Hello world!
Just want to say thanks for all the e-mails. They're much appreciated and keeps this site going. Keep sending your suggestions and event tips to swedesres.
Thank you!
nudie jeans exhibition
As part of the Fashion Week, Swedish denim brand Nudie Jeans will have an exhibition at Fellow Designers Gallery, Högbergsgatan 28, Stockholm August 8–September 9. (Opening hours 12–16). Nudie Jeans was founded by Maria Erixon, (former designer at Lee Jeans). Here's an interesting article (in Swedish) about the start-up of the company.
Fellow Designers are Eva Liljefors and Paul Kühlhorn — some of Swedens finest graphic designers. Have a look at their work in their (not recently updated) portfolio and at their business representative Agent Form.
Other Fashion Week-events open to the public can be found at Focus Stocholm.
dada's diamonds
Absolutely fabulous — kind of surreal, jewelery from Dada's Diamonds, a company formed by Konstfack students Kajsa Öberg och Ida Forss.
Their Wonderland Collection is currently exhibited at Svenskt Tenn in Stockholm, August 17–September 11. Here's an interview by Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, in Swedish...obviously.
spunk
It's the 25:th, which means payday for most Swedes... So here's another shopping link for you. Spunk Design has been around for about five years and sells art, fashion garment, jewelery and accesories.
Spunk design was founded by Anna Forsberg and the general idea is to showcase unestablished artists and designers. Anna will move to Beijing for a year of Chinese language studies, so from September 1 the store will be run by Ulrika Jansson and Fia Hjelte. The site is only available in Swedish.
nitty gritty
Nitty Gritty unwraps this autumns fashion arrivals and updates their online store. Nitty Gritty is the one store in Stockholm if you're out to get your hands on some handpicked British casual and mod style garment. Brands represented include Lyle & Scott, Stone Island, Duffer and more. The store is situated at Krukmakargatan, on Södermalm and also includes a hairdresser, coffe shop and the outlet department cleverly named ”Needy Greedy”..
north kingdom
Digital design agency North Kingdom updates their site and opens an office in Stockholm.
40 chairs in four feet
It's been 40 years since David Rowland designed the classic chair ”40/4”. Svensk Form celebrates the fact with the exhibition ”40 chairs in four feet” at Skeppsholmen, Stockholm September 1 – October 23. The chair is famous for being the very first stackable chair and the name, 40/4, derive from the fact that it's possible to stack 40 chairs which measures four feet (120 cm).
Twentytwo internationally known designers has been invited to create and present their own interpretation of the chair. Amongst them, Swedish designers Gunilla Allard and Fredrik Mattson. More info and other upcoming events can be found here.
carin lundblad
Illustrator and graphic designer Carin Lundblad has a nice portfolio site.
handskateboard exhibition
A handskateboard exhibition called ”The First Annual Handskateboard Charity Design Exhibition 2005” will be held in the streetwear store Sportif at Renstiernas gata in Stockholm on August 25–September 16.
Botique Sportif asked nine of their favourite creators to design a ”handskateboard” (7x27cm). The boards are for sale and each creator decides which charity-organisation the money will go to.
The participating designers are: CKR, Defyra, Don’t Feed the Swedes, graffiti writers Ziggy & Disey, Hundarna från Söder, Radio LXMBRG and Samir Alj Fält.
studio 101
This Japanese site, Studio101, sells Swedish milk cartons and other Scandinavian everyday products. Apparently considered exotic coming from the other side of the planet...
Via Karins blog.
camilla engman
Illustrator Camilla Engman has two brand new, knitted characters for sale in the shop at her portfolio site.
Online magazine Koolt keeps you up to date with the latest trends and fashion. Only available in Swedish, but the magazine layout style is worth a quick look. electrolux design award 05
If you're a design student at university level, this competition might be of interest: Electrolux Design Award is an international design competition, jointly arranged by Electrolux and designboom open for participation of officially registered university students.
The subject of the competition is ”Imagine the home in 2020” and the submissions requested are designs and concepts within the categories ”Scenario” and ”Product”.
Read more about the competition here. Call for entries/Conditions of entry info here.
Registration and submission deadline September 15 and the winner will be announced during Future Design Days in Stockholm, November 14, 2005.
badhusgatan design collective
The design collective Badhusgatan is a group of eight designers, illustrators and one publisher sharing the same space at Badhusgatan in Gothenburg, Sweden. All eight are presenting their respective portfolio on this site.
lene idermark
The work of illustrator Lene Idermark has been seen in a lot of Swedish magazines and advertising campaigns. Check them out in her portfolio.
anna svanfeldt
Get your scrollwheels ready for some action.
A string of colorful patterns and illustrations in Anna Svanfeldts portfolio.
lukas möllersten
Lukas Möllersten in one of the guys behind the T-shirt brand Hundräven as mentioned before. Check out his portfolio site, lots of high quality content, even the URL is great; Ewing Oil.
dresscode fashion exhibition
Dresscode – an exhibition at Bruno on the subject of crossdressing, androgynity and unisex. Students from Beckmans will showcase their thoughts on the future looks of fashion without gender barriers.
Grand opening on monday August 22 at 17–19, open August 22–september 4. More info at Bruno Götgatsbacken. Illustration by Daniel Söderstedt.
jasper morrison seminar
Designer Jasper Morrison will visit Konstfack for a seminar on August 29. The seminar will be held for the students of Industrial Design, Interior Architecture & Furniture Design.
juliette lewis
Actress-turned-rocker Juliette Lewis sports Swedish designer J.Lindebergs autumn collection in their latest advertising campaign called ”The 21st Century Statement Campaign”.
She stars with Carl Barat of The Libertines in the fashion shoot, shot by photographer Steven Klein. See the campaign here.
ingela & vi
Ingela & vi consists of photographer Peter Turkalj and illustrator/gd Elisabeth Månsson. Check out these wonderful illustrations made for fashion designer Robert&Blad's autumn/winter collection.
More great stuff at their portfolio site.
john lennon exhibition
Utställningssalongen in Stockholm shows the work of former Liverpool School of Art student John Lennon August 17–28. The limited artworks consist of lithographs, serigraphs and copper etchings hand produced from Lennons original drawings. All work is signed by Yoko Ono with John's personal chop and available for sale.
More info here and here.
vote for station to station
The video Station to Station by Joakim Oscarsson, mentioned here before is surfacing the MTV UpNorth charts. Do the right thing and push it to the top by voting.
rozzetta
Rozzetta is the creation of Jenny Mörtsell, made as a Master Degree project at Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design. The project is ”a tribute to the fantaboulous fenomena italo-disco” and consists of the video and 12" for the song ”Fantasy.” Catch a live performance this Friday, August 19 at the club Startling at Landet.
See the Rozzetta site for further information.
metro global print awards
The readers of the newspaper Metro has chosen two out of ten adverts to represent Sweden in the Metro Global Print Awards 2005. The ads for Dove by McCann and Åhléns by Ogilvy will go on competing against adverts from 17 countries and the winner will be presented on September 7.
See the ten nominees and competition info here.
olydig
Bags of all kinds and shapes at Olydig ("disobedient" in English). The online store is cram-full of bags in neat retro-ish patterns. The site is only available in Swedish.
Olydig is run by Marcus and Linda, check them out at Meanwhile in Nowhere.
walse custom design
Lots of music related graphics, like band logos, CD-covers and tour posters, on display in graphic designer Henrik Walse's portfolio site Walse Custom Design Co. The bands he's worked with are some of Swedens finest, google 'em!
banker wessel
Distinctive illustrations and graphic design to be found at BankerWessel's portfolio site.
subörb festival: august 11–14
The street, art & cirkus festival Subörb will take place in Stockholm suburb Alby,this weekend, August 11–14. The massive programme of artists and events are too numerous to mention here but to name a few; WC breakdance crew Project Soul (Korea), rappers Saïan Supa Crew (France), Swedish artists The Latin Kings, Laleh and legendary graffiti writers Ziggy & Disey, Ians, Erse, Puppet, Attila, Atom, Reson etc.
Full programme and info at the Subörb site. (Illustration by Sakari Paananen, as mentioned below.)
sakari paananen
Graphic designer and illustrator Sakari Paananen updates his portfolio with illustrations for Jam and the Subörb festival.
marcus ericsson
Marcus Ericssons portfolio site Subdisc has been updated and is linked from allover the design community.
No wonder why.
commando group
Norway is close enough to Sweden, so here's a Norwegian related post. Design agency Commando Group is in need of two assistants for autumn/winter 05-06. Applications should be in before August 15 though... anyways, their site is well worth a look.
And if you haven't seen it before, check Dirty Deluxe, portfolio site of Swede Joakim Jansson, graphic designer at Commando Group.
Hello and welcome fellow fans of 
Very stylish interface design and content at 2D/3D- illustrator and webdesigner Ola Sundbergs portfolio site acne paper
Design agency ACNE is starting their own magazine called Acne Paper.
The first issue features a 38 pages fashion report with clothes from Acne, photographed by Peter Gehrke. There's also interviews with Marie Chaix from Self service, the artist Jonny Wooster and Kitsunés and Daft Punks Gildas Loaec and a series of portraits of Swedish artists photographed by John Scarisbrick. The magazine will be published twice a year in A3 format and distributed internationally at the cost of 4 euro. More info at Resumé (in Swedish only).
yogini
Graphic designer Katarina Di Leva showcases a wide range of skills at her portfolio site ”Yogini”; graphic design, photography, illustration, music and clothes. Excellent work, well worth a look, especially the beautiful logo and art direction for singer Elin Sigvardsson.
wigerdals world
Speaking of vintage... if you're in Stockholm, pay a visit toWigerdals World and get some vintage furniture, toys and pop culture what-nots.
Unfortunately the site is only available in Swedish.
