swedesres.se

condom commercials

The site kondom.nu are running a series of commercials to promote the use of condoms, available here In Swedish.

street art sofa

Found this sofa today, left in a school yard at Kungsholmen, Stockholm. Nice, huh? See large image at putfile.com/swedesres By the way, it might still be there, I didn’t take it home...

social democrats campaign site

With the Swedish election around the corner (September 17), Socialdemokraterna have put up a smooth campaign site made by Acne Creative. In the name of political independence, here’s a wiki page with links to the rest of the Swedish parties.
Update: Expressen has a gallery of old campaign posters here and here.

swea reggaefestival

Impressive lineup at Swea Reggaefestival Malmö July 25 and Stockholm July 26.

the knife videogame

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.

babian issue 3

Online comics magazine babian.se just released issue 3. Edit: Cover painted by Julia Thorell.

genus & design

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.

grafiktriennal 2007

The 13:th annual Grafiktriennal takes place on January 13 — February 18 2007 at Konstakademien. Artist interested in participating in the exhibition can apply from August 1 — September 1. More info here. In Swedish.

guided street art tour

Stockholms Stadsmuseum are offering guided tours to the street art of Stockholm on July 28 and a Parkour tour (at own risk...) on August 8. More info here. Reservation of tickets may be a good idea, as the previous tours where sold out. Here’s the full guided tours programme (PDF). In Swedish

rocky digital

Check out the website for Martin Kellermans daily comic strip "Rocky". The first of nine books are now available in English. English website here and the new, Swedish website here.

schlockholm

Events and general news from Stockholm at the blog Schlockholm.com In English.

summertime

Swedesres will be back in a couple of weeks, in the meantime browse the archives, check the links page or turn off your computer and get some sun. Please submit any links related to design and Sweden/Swedes using this form. So long!

stockholm street style

StockholmStreetStyle is a new blog capturing different fashion styles on the streets of Stockholm, paparazzi-stylee.

wonderwall

Wonderwall is a new company offering limited edition prints by some of Swedens finest designers and illustrators. In Swedish.

new package design for wine

Åkesson Vin has launched two new wines in a new package design. Read about it here. In Swedish.

gudde wedsberg in memoriam

Anyone working or studying at Beckmans CoD have their own warm and special memory of Gudde Wedsberg, who recentley passed away. Read the In Memoriam published in Dagens Nyheter here and more at Beckmans site. In Swedish.

pia grahn brikell in interview

Dagens Nyheter has interviewed the new Managing Director of Reklamförbundet, (Advertising Association of Sweden) Pia Grahn Brikell in todays issue, read it here. In Swedish.

garbo’s garbos

Ongoing exhibition at Nordic Museum called Garbo’s Garbos displaying photos from the moviestar’s personal collection. The exhibition is open until September 3.
Greta Garbo at wiki.

thoms & nilsson

Clean product design ranging from bird baths to ice sculptures by Thoms & Nilsson at their site.

happyform

Colourful fashion oriented illustrations by Tatjana Jeremic at her portfolio site.

chevychase.se

New design studio named chevychase founded by Jojo Brännström and Jesper Runnedal.

moderskeppet.se — photoshop tutorials

Learn the basics and a couple of new tricks in photo editing and Photoshop at moderskeppet.se edited by Mattias Karlsson, journalist at Kamera & Bild. In Swedish.

sj summer competition

Campaign site for SJ’s (Swedish Railways) summer competition here. In Swedish.

new stuff from stefan gissberg

Stefan Gissberg, mentioned here before, has created the new visual identity and web site for Avaris a biotech company. Check out the site here and Stefans' portfolio site here.

new stuff from rbg6

As one of several directors/artists chosen to create content to a DVD around the SONY Bravia "bouncy ball" ad, RBG6 has created an experiment in color. Check out the clip here (don't miss their full portfolio site).
Via Groupies.

stockholm the musical

Reasons for visiting Stockholm, cleverley presented in this musical(!) made by Farfar.

mikael olsson

Portfolio site of photographer Mikael Olsson, site designed by KokoKaka.

john gripenholm

Fashion, advertising and portraits at the portfolio site of photographer John Gripenholm.