Sketches for the “Ugress” gardening column in D2 magazine. The article was about the use and preparation of a fermented brew of stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) for fertilizing, and the olfactory experience thereof – which is apparently very manly, indeed. Hence the connection with the most virile member of the gods, namely Thor, God of [...]

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We were appointed by D2 magazine to do the illustrations for a cover story on perfume. On our first meeting I presented these sketches – pastels on coloured paper. Although well received, there were expressed concerns about the “crudeness” of the sketches – admittedly, there was a certain “art-schoolish” flair to them (which I thought [...]

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Sketches for an editorial on “Swedish Sin”.

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We were appointed to make sketches for a large mural for Sony Ericsson. It was supposed to promote one of the new Sony Ericsson music phones. After some fumbling around with ideas about good vs. evil, and Jeanne d’Arc (where did that come from?),  Alice in Wonderland entered – rather off-kilter, you might say – [...]

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Sketch for a fashion eyewear campaign. With a twist of 60′s psychedelia, we thought this would be a nice take on the well-worn advertising phrase “What you see is what you get”, literally turning the whole experience inside out.

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Initially there were supposed to be three illustrations in the Samsung campaign, but the client settled for two illustrations. This is the sketch for the last one – I was starting to get the swing of it, and it sure would have been nice to finish it. By the way: The comment from our polite and [...]

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Unpublished campaign for a high end department store.

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Moleskine sketches made for an illustrated fashion editorial. Exploring the mix of sex and religion in the pietistic south of Norway. See the finished editorial here

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First sketches for a new series of PhotoRemixes. The photos were provided by our friend Julie Pike.

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Sketches for the 2007 Nordic Samsung Campaign. Other participants were Kustaa Saksi from Finland and Linn Olofsdotter from Sweden. Check out the finished work on the Commando Group portfolio.

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