A research portfolio exploring the agency of graphic designers in public spaces. The document is a collection of interviews with various designers and a catalogue of projects and objects that provide insight into scenarios that incorporate design in the urban sphere.
A reflective theory piece based on my professional working methods and the struggle for creative independence within my design practice. I provide some learnings in pragmatic terms and how the notion of compromise is not necessarily negative.
Research on lettering and typography in cities (Oslo in particular) as a method of remembering people, places, events and cultures.A little more depth in various lettering methods, the process of preservation and a look at vernacular lettering as a prominent graphical presence in cities.
This is an essay written about Bart van der Leck's version of 'Het Vlas' (aka The Flax) by H. C. Andersen. The book is a rare example of the famous Stijl movement put it into hollistic use in print, for a children's tale no less. Part of my Texts project.
An essay looking at creative movements in society and how political ideologies can be applied to creative works even where there is none. I discuss the preferences of designers, fascist ideals and how propaganda can exist in art and architecture.