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M + M

nico — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:16:15 +0000

Mona is chosen by Mette to shoot all of her lookbook pics for 2012.
Here are a few behind-the-scenes pics from their last shoot.

Mona Ødegård, photographer
Jannike, model
Birgitte Magnussen, hair and make-up
Mette Møller, designer

White-Collar Origami

bjorn — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:32:59 +0000

Classic tailoring with a twist: So sharp that you’d better watch out for paper cuts when tying a Windsor. For D2′s article on the French high-end shirt maker Charvet, we sharpened our scalpels to make these cutting edge paper illustrations. To see the Wing, Round, Spread and Button-down, click here.

Ready for assembly

Buttons down

Made to measure

Opening spread for article in D2 magazine

GQ style

nico — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:50:24 +0000

Marius W. Hansen for GQ Style.

Type Couture

Mari — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:51:43 +0000

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 the studio at the end of the shoot.

Rune Spaans and his team commenced to do the 3D-work. Firstly, the body had to be rebuilt in 3D to get the stance right. The dress was then modeled onto the frame. To the left: The flat sketch. To the right: The draped 3D-model.

When the shape was ready, the UV-map was passed over to us so that we could start working with the text layout.

The typography was meticulously filled in.

It required a lot of testing and “alternative kerning” to get the typography exactly in the right spot. With the UV map ready, Rune could now make a render of the final dress. Here are the results.

The ads were published in a nationwide campaign that ran in magazines, newspapers and on boards .

The campaign was commissioned by the creative team Ole Henrik Stubberud, Heidi Mittun and Elin Dorum Bengtsson at Kitchen.
Foto: Massimo Leardini
Model: Kari-Anne / Team models
Hair & Make-up: Agnes Guldbrandsen/Pudder Styling: Linda Myrseth/Pudder
3D work: Rune Spaans/SuperRune (Light, render og compositing) Christer Sveen (Modeling)

Boa Constrictor – The Wicked Tuberose

bjorn — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:14:44 +0000

Sketches and final illustrastion for my perfume column in D2 Magazine. The subject of the article was the mighty tuberose, and included reviews of Carnal Flower, Tubereuse Criminelle, Fracas and Nuit de Tubereuse.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

bjorn — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:44:46 +0000

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.

Girls With Guns

bjorn — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 22:49:31 +0000

In the “Mass Effect” illustration for the gardening column in D2 magazine I knew I needed three things: A mass of rubble, a stylish girl and a gun. People with guns are one of the most clichéd subjects I can think of, and a lengthy search on the internet did not do much to lighten my mind. Here are some basic woman+gun archetypes, clockwise from top right:

1) The disturbed suburban house wife Betty Draper from Mad Men

2) The disturbed vigilante mom Sarah Connor from Terminator 2

3) The disturbed redneck vigilante mom Sarah Palin

4) The absolutely fabulous safari huntress Veruschka von Lehndorff for YSL

The choice seemed pretty obvious, but a quick sketch revealed that the look sported by Veruschka von Lehndorff did not translate very well to an illustrated format. In the photograph she is an immaculate example on how to dress glamourously in khaki. In the illustration it did not look like smart khaki anymore. It looked like, well, dull plain khaki…

A few more sketches on the Veruschka theme.

I moved on to Betty Draper thinking that a baby doll could make for some interesting semitransparent effects. Below: Awkward posture, but the kimchi recipe is nice though…

Having already used the see-through effect in the “Marrakech” illustration, I felt it was to early to play the transparency card again. I left suburbia and headed into redneck territory, swapping semitransparent for semi-naked. I was really happy with the sketch to the upper left, but it bothered me that the keyword “stylish” was nowhere to bee seen anymore.

My pondering about female gunners came to a close. I decided a simple colour scheme had to do the trick. Basically red tights and lips, and a simple black and white striped dress. The watercolour to the left was transferred with a few alterations to the final illustration (bottom). Rock’n roll.

Curious Yellow

bjorn — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:33:48 +0000

A little colour and transparency study for the “Yellow” illustration published in D2 Magazine. See the final version here.

If I Had A Hammer…

bjorn — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:32:26 +0000

I’d hammer in the morning, I’d hammer in the evening… Seriously! Our beloved client Mette Møller was amused, but not entirely convinced by our carpentry skills, so we agreed on a slightly different approach. The final ad (which, we must admit, is more structurally sound) can be seen in the OFW magazine to be launched at the Oslo Fashion Week. See the final illustration here.

Compost Sketches

bjorn — Sun, 02 May 2010 07:23:02 +0000

Some sketches for the “Ugress” gardening column in D2 magazine. The article was basically about composting, and the odour challenges thereof. The composition was really simple, meaning everything had to rely on a clear and strong pose. Bottom: The final illustration, which also can be seen in full colour here.