Design

Bubble Mania, Design For The Conversation Age

October 20, 2008

One of my favorite blogs, Mashable, had a special feature the other day about the use of cartoon bubbles in web design. And it’s absolutely no joke – they are everywhere. It’s ridiculous really once you realize exactly how generic this design element really is. I guess it’s about denoting conversation. Or is it a [...]

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The Social Media Wars Continue. Will MySpace Rise To Power Once Again?

October 7, 2008

There has been a lot of talk about MySpace lately. Remember MySpace? (It’s that social media place which always looked like crap because you had too much say about it’s design and too few tools to do it well). Anyway, I read about it again in Fast Company, and I get the feeling that this [...]

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Productivity 101

September 24, 2008

In an outburst of anxiety of having too much to do I recently turned to productivity guru David Allen for help. His GTD-methodology has actually boosted my productivity more than I ever could have expected, has has freed up time and made me more creative at the same time. And I love him for it.Anyway, [...]

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A Visit To Gaming Wonderland

September 3, 2008

The other day I visited computer game giant EA’s Swedish branch DICE. From their fantastic and huge offices, sprinkled with amazing Phillippe Starck designed lamps and furniture, I overlooked Stockholm from 100 meter+ panorama windows, while sipping away on a latte. Am I in the wrong business I wondered? This two floor mega office houses [...]

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The Beautiful Fashion Tale Magazine

August 28, 2008

I really like the new Fashion Tale Magazine. Beautiful photography, interesting models, superb fashion sense all around. They also have the entire thing on the web for your browsing pleasure. Beautiful work, and hats of to Creative Director Carl Wahlström and Art Director Hanna Hedman. (I capitalized their titles on purpose).

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Household Trash

August 16, 2008

Swedish designer Jantze Brogård Asshoff has dreamt up this amazing looking trash can. I WANT ONE FOR MY KITCHEN! Unfortunately it’s not in production yet, so keep your fingers crossed. (Read more about it here).

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Painfully Different Ideas

August 14, 2008

We’re out with the entire agency on a small island in the Stockholm archipelago. It’s amazing. We’re eating good food, drinking good wine and having talks about design, communication and the agency’s group dynamics. It’s becoming increasingly clear how painful a process it can be to produce ideas that are different. It’s painful, but ultimately, [...]

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Cycle in Style With These Fine Helmets

August 11, 2008

So, you want to swoosh down the street in style, but you don’t want to crack your skull open in case of a crash – what to do? Well, the Danish (who else…) solved the problem. With protective helmets disguised as stylish hats, Yakkay might well be a smash hit in style-conscious communities across the [...]

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Digital Design Is Still a Child

August 7, 2008

Humanity has been pretty good at graphic design for quite some time now (though we may have called it something else early on). The same goes for packaging design. Sure there have been plenty of innovations along the way such as the printing press, photography and modern day packaging technology, but still. I guess you [...]

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How About Some Asses?

August 5, 2008

Sometimes graphic design is just bad. Like the sign on this ice cream parlor for example. The guys att FRASSES (the name of the place) actually managed to cover the “F” and “R” vid an ice cream, spelling out ASSES instead. Amazing. Thanks RBCCT for sharing. (Good blog by the way. Check it out).

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Design Talks: Supercars of the late 60′s

August 4, 2008

On my new little section “Design Talks” I’ll look at some design case studies that interest me. First out is the supercars of the late 60′s and early 70′s. They are interesting for several reasons. The designs have sprung from technical innovations like the mid-engine layout, but are also politically inspired by the space age [...]

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It looks like a million bucks

August 4, 2008

At a deli in Sandhamn I stumbled upon this bottle of water. My initial impression was that this product must be expensive, but it turns out it isn’t. Emotionally, it feels wasteful to indulge in such expensive water, but rationally I know it isn’t expensive at all. So what is going on here? I think [...]

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Ethos Water Redesign

July 21, 2008

I’m reading at The Dieline.com that Ethos Water are redesigning their bottles from this   To This:   Vast improvement if you ask me. At least it doesn’t look like some kind of cleaning fluid anymore. This Verdicchio-inspired bottle also has a more thirst inducing appeal to it. There is something about using crystal clear [...]

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Ben & Jerry’s: The Product Is The Medium

June 27, 2008

I love Ben & Jerry’s. The ice cream – sure – but now I’m talking about the brand. Ben & Jerry’s just feels genuine in a way that few brands can even get close to. How do they do it? By having a congruent personality would be the simple, but all inclusive answer. The link [...]

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Communication Driven by Design

June 24, 2008

In Cannes I got the question several times why I worked in the design business and not in the advertising business, and for how long I intend to stay. My answer was: I intend to stay with it forever. Regardless of how long I work in “the design business”, I will always keep design as [...]

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BK Crown Card

June 23, 2008

Burger King’s lifetime crown card is one of those ideas that are just so simple, yet incredibly effective. They’ve understood that celebs (or anyone for that matter) are not impressed by burgers, but by status. Giving out a lifetime card for free burgers to these celebs is not done to feed them, but to make [...]

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Cannes 2008 Day 2: Inspiration

June 17, 2008

Identity Works were enjoying the perks of Cannes yesterday. (In the pics: Creative Director Helena, Chairman of The Board Johan, CEO Catarina and… me! Design is also a hot topic in Cannes as it has it’s own category for the first time in Cannes Lions history. After running into several people eager to discuss branding [...]

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Thoughts on Apple and Communicative Design

May 26, 2008

I entered a discussion on one of my previous posts about product design, and I’ll post some of my answers here as a regular post for all of you who don’t delve into the comments regularly: Things are always infinitely more complex than any descripition. Such is the nature of information and knowledge. Simplification is [...]

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Transformator and The Role Of Product Design In Brand Communication

May 22, 2008

Industry design consultants Transformator made it into Dagens Media yesterday with a statement that they’re better than the advertising agencies. I’m sure they ARE better. At product design, design of the user experience, the brand in it’s physical product appearance. But that is not what advertising agencies do. What Daniel Ewerman (CEO of Tranformator) is [...]

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Brand Attraction

May 5, 2008

Why am I so obsessed with this business of brands and communication? And exactly what is it that I’m doing? I’ve put a lot of thought into it, and I think I’ve figured it out. I’m in the business of Brand Attraction. When I think about it, that’s really what it boils down to. So [...]

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