Portfolio site of illustrator Helena Ohlsson: hel-o.com
helvetica film stockholm
See the Helvetica Documentary film in Stockholm October 29. Presented by Research and Developement, tickets available here.
henrik nygren design
Swedens No. 1 graphic designer Henrik Nygren finally got a portfolio site up and running.
sandra juto
Adorable handmade characters by illustrator Sandra Juto, check them out at her portfolio site filed under softies.
eulda winner
The European Logo Design Awards, Eulda has declared a new Best of Sweden Award winner. Snookerhallen logo by Bedow Creative.
pixelvärk festival october 5–7
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.
pictoplasma conference
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
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.
andreas halvarsson
Andreas Halvarsson updates his site.
babian issue 4
The online comic Babian has released Issue 4. Cover by Stina Hjelm.
posten showroom
B-Reel has helped the Swedish Post Office to explain their services with the site Posten Showroom.
sale at t-shirtbutiken
Any season is a good season for stylish tees - even autumn. Check out the 50% sale at T-Shirtbutiken.
new t4 font: cartesius
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).
kenneth andersson
The portfolio of illustrator Kenneth Andersson at ispot.com
Via Pixelsurgeon.
barnförkylningsakuten
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.
rabbit inside
Check out the mix of design and illustration at Rabbit Inside.
dresscode stockholm
New campaign site for department store NK: Dresscode Stockholm. Type your street address to find out what to wear this autumn to fit in, depending on where you live.
new, sweet logo for candy king
Acne has redesigned the logo and mascot. for candy retailer Karamellkungen (Candy King). Very sweet. English site here.
thanks
Thanks iCity for linking Swedesres. Big thanks to ThreadlessWatch aswell.
exquisite pf
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.
design chapel updates
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) brio networkers
Toy manufacturer Brio has a sweet site for their next generation of toys "Brio Networkers".
neck ties
Brilliant neck ties by Ulterior Motive.
motor mouth font
"Motor Mouth" is the new font by Martin "Core" Fredriksson. Available for purchase here.
patrik mollwing portfolio
Check out the new portfolio site by Patrik Mollwing, mentioned here before.
new designmuseum in sweden?
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.
new logo: designarkivet
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: red.house
New designblog edited by Anna, a Swedish designer based in Boston, USA. Have a look: redhousedesign. In English
ben drury exhibition
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.
free font by new beginnings
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.
house industries vs. nöt creme
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.
isa form
Check out the customizable, digitally printed artwork by Isabelle Norman at the site isa.nu/shop and her portfolio site In Swedish.
jc gets new logo
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.
leifs dansskola
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.
martin frostner
Excellent work with a contentdriven, honest and thoughtful approach. Check out the portfolio site of Martin Frostner.
ikea wardrobe campaign site
IKEA has launched yet another campaign site, this time it’s about their wardrobe selection.
tenstabo06
TenstaBo06 is a housing exhibition placed in the Stockholm suburb Tensta. The exhibition is showing housing projects that have been completed, in progress and planned. The focus will be on highlighting the potential and possibilities of the suburbs. August 17 — 27.
1000 needles
1000 needles is the online portfolio of Magnus Kjäll.
anna harvard
The online portfolio of illustrator/graphic designer Anna Harvard. Thumbs up!
ingrid flygare
The online portfolio of illustrator Ingrid Flygare.
encina
Encina Creative is the online portfolio of visual communication designer Daniel Eek, who is born in Stockholm but is currently living in Sydney.
