Posted by: Søren
in Uncategorized on Apr 12, 2010
My approach towards art is the same as to music. It changes slightly over time - but the main ingredients has to be the same. It has to give you an amount of value - some kind of inspiration. Due to this fact I ordered a new paintings from my girlfriend. For the last 5 years or so we had the same paintings decorating the biggest wall in our apartment and I felt it was time to change.
Inspired by a great musician - Ricardo Villalobos and his debut album from 2003 - Alchachofa - I wanted a painting based on one of the tracks named - I Try To Live (Can I Live). First I wanted the text on the paintings - but it was kind of akward and it was almost left out. But in the right corner the text is slightly visible.
Posted by: Søren
in Websites on Dec 15, 2009
It is no secret that I consider myself a minimalist in the world of web design, music, furnitures and tons of other things. Minimalism in design means removing the unnecessary elements and focus on simplicity.
In this blog post, I am going to show you how web designs can can be considered as minimalism. I found 25 websites design which showcases how to built a minimalistic design using simple, but effective elements. In other words: Less is more:
Posted by: Søren
in Branding on Sep 30, 2009
The Danish Design agency GMTN - Goodmorning Technology is running like a gazelle in 2009. I never heard of the company before I read Børsen's Gazelle review for 2009.
And after a little bit of googling I found this video posted by GMTN on Vimeo:
Posted by: Søren
in Websites on Sep 18, 2009
The Danish brand, strategy and design consultancy Kontrapunkt - has just launched their new website. I like it at lot compared to their old one. The new website has a nice feel and the style is kept in typical Kontrapunkt style: White, grey and black colors and a simple and not to flashy look.
Check the new website out here: wwww.kontrapunkt.com and the pictures below.
Posted by: Søren
in Uncategorized on Sep 15, 2009
Open source software is a really really great thing I think. I have built some websites (And they all look alike:-)) after all using open source software. When I am seeking inspiration on the internet I always visit open source platforms like www.drupal.org, www.joomla.org, www.wordpress.org and www.indexhibit.org.
I have never made a website in www.indexhibit.org, but I think the CMS look promising if you take a look on their website. After checking out some cool websites made with indexhibit a funny thought struck me. Why do all graphic designers think like each other? Browsing the site showcase on indexhibit I realized that their all made by someone within the graphic design business.
Posted by: Søren
in Websites on Jun 16, 2009
Do we need anther fashion/culture blog? Well.
The answer to that question depend on many things. Nevertheless I have been part/involved in designing and programming a CMS based blog for Mette Dixen and her Cand.mag friend Nina. The blog is named indimellem.dk and deal with ( I call it Cand.Mag stuff) fashion, movies, literature, architecture, design, culture, Copenhagen etc (Indimellem is "sometimes" in english).
Posted by: Søren
in Branding on May 22, 2009
The phenomenon "City branding" or experience economy has been "the talk of town" in the world of branding for a long period. Small danish islands like Læsø, Anholt and Samsø has for the last decade experienced a great interest because the islands have been branded in a very "storytelling way". The same is happening with cities in Denmark. Every little city or town are trying to stand out in a attractive way (More tourist - more money).
Because of the financial meltdown Denmark has been experiencing for the last 12 month "City branding" has never been as important as know. The tourist industry needs to push the branding in order to outperform the competitors. Sweden has been very aggressive in their marketing: "Visit Sweden and take advantages of the devaluation of the Swedish crone". Because of this the Danish tourist industry is supposed to suffer great financial losses because of the lack of tourists in Denmark.
Posted by: Søren
in CMS on Feb 07, 2009
During this weekend I took my website offline to give it a makeover. Changes are a new look (fonts, color, style etc). New features are a "blog images rotator function", "latest blog entries" and "blog comments" on the frontpage. All links on the front page except "About Me" lead to the blog.
I am quite happy with the result.
Posted by: Søren
in Music on Sep 23, 2008
When it comes down to fantastic music and great graphic design and visual identity Perlon Records is a classic example of pure coolness.
Perlon is releasing vinyl and CD's (no digital releases) with stunning covers on every single release. Artists include Ricardo Villalobos, Akufen, Baby Ford, Dandy Jack, Zip, Stefan Goldmann and Melchior Productions Ltd etc.
Posted by: Søren
in Websites on Sep 08, 2008
I have made a new website for artist Mette Dixen. I guess the "identity" is very "artist like ". I am very happy with the result.
Check out the new website here.
