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We are currently working on a small visual profile for Matmisjonen.no, a food blog run by Hanne Stensvold. Matmisjonen is Norwegian for the food mission. We wanted to focus on food as delicious and nutritious, not “lo-carb”, “lo-fat” or “raw”. This lead us to the aesthetics of scandinavian illustrations from the fifties and sixties; appetising and [...]
We are currently working on the visual profile for photographer MonaMonaMona. Mona is a playful, edgy and colourful photographer and one of the few in Norway with expertice in 3D-photography. Here are som sketches for the design that she didn’t choose. Stay tuned to see how her real profile turns out! [...]
All You Need is Snow
These characters were created for a pitch to make mascots for the World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo. We mixed elements from the norwegian heritage with the childish joy of playing in snow, as well as adding a hint of kawaii. We started with the basic shape of the snow ball, and explored how it could [...]
Happy New Year! Still hung over after the holidays? If you’re feeling blue, go for green! In today’s perfume review in D2 Magazine, Bjørn explains why smelling absinthe a.k.a. “The Green Fairy”, is the choice if you want to embrace gloominess and get miserable in style. Above: Happy in the haze of a drunken hour. An attempt to [...]
Some unhappy leaves that didn’t make it for todays article on autumn perfumes in D2 Magazine. Brooklyn based CB I Hate Perfume’s, has hit the comfort zone with Burning Leaves and M3 November. Go check them out, and cuddle up in front of the fireplace. Below, the final illustration. CB’s perfume M3 November pays homage to “Moominland [...]
Origin of the Species
The visual evidence of Bjørn and Alf Marius Opsahl’s hipster search in New York is covering five spreads in todays D2 Magazine. Here are the illustrations and some unpublished sketches. For those of you who read Norwegian: Go and by the magazine, and read Alf’s text, it’s quite funny.
We are happy to have Bjørn back from NYC, where he has been spending the last week as a reporting illustrator. These are some rough sketches from the Finnair flight.
As you might have noticed, we have redesigned our website as well as our identity. The old horse is gone to where the grass is always green, and a new horse has taken its place. We feel that this horse truly reflects our spirit – it’s stronger, clearer and even more dedicated. We like the [...]
Typographic dress for the launch of new women’s magazine Alt for damene. The idea from the creative team at Kitchen was “stories that stay with you after you have finished reading”. Sketches of various dresses and poses during art direction of the photo shoot. Backstage First rough sketches off the different styles were drawn in [...]
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Happy new year! It is getting lighter everyday. To celebrate this, here are some sketches to cheer you up while waiting for summer. Hold on for just a few more months now! The sketches were made for an illustration on rose geranium in D2 magazine.