More music

Since this week is all about music here at my blog - I have to share this song with you. It´s played non-stop in DK right now and if you click at this link I´ll kill her - by Soko, you can hear it. For some reason I can´t post directly from youtube to my blog lately - sorry. Anyway she reminds my of a young french version of Bjork - and her accent is so cute and the lyrics are great. Soko´s myspace.

I´m also listening to August & The Red Apples new album right now. Don´t miss their very hand-held video that truely captures the spirit of Copenhagen in the summer. Biking around the city in the sun - and hanging out with friends and beer!

Typoberlin- phlow

Another highlight at Typoberlin was the talk by Moritz MO Sauer, from phlow. His talk was a great introduction to netlabels, creative commons, and Flash cover artworks. All of these topics were new to me and I love that he actually played some great music during his talk - and that he created 3 Netaudio-Compilations with all kinds of eletronic music from different netlabels that you can download here for free :)

The lovely cover-artwork above was made by his friend Jeannette Corneille. And we did see a lot of sewn typography everywhere - so get ready to sew your next headline.

Highlight from Typo - psyop

I´m back after a great and inspiring trip to Berlin, and eventhough this years Typo Berlin wasn´t as good as usual, there was still some great stuff around like this Tv-spot by Psyop which is still on my mind. I´ll post about the highlights this week- mixed with some music stuff.

I´m a Berliner

I´m going to Berlin tomorrow for this years Typo Berlin -the theme is music - and I´m looking forward to be kicking back and seeing a lot of inspirational powerpoints, motion graphics, and hear some great music and speakers. Auf wiedersehen bis Montag!

And I have to say that Power Point Presentations can actually work well when designed with care and talent.

citrus - Illustration Friday

These guys - The squeezers - are my entry for this weeks Illustration Friday. And If I´m lucky they will also be part of a bigger project for kids here in DK - I´ll let you know.

The face transformer

Here´s some Friday Fun for you - if you ever wondered what you might look like if you were black? or white? or the subject of a Botticelli? or half chimp? The Face Transformer gives you a glimpse of how you might look. Me as half chimp with shades and earings is my favorite - have fun and have a great weekend! Link from Photojojo

The Ultimate Mother's Day Gift

I believe this is the perfect gift for any mother - for Mothers Day - A donation to Maternity Worldwide. Help save a mother’s life and they will send a personalized certificate of sponsorship directly to your mom! Every minute of every day, a woman dies from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth.

I gave birth to Nanna by a caesarean section - not planned nor pretty! - so I donated the amount of a caeserean section for my own Mothers Day gift - being grateful that I live in a developed country and have a healthy daughter. Link to Maternity Worldwide in Denmark.

Here she is - 9 months old - for our christmas cards 2004 - my favorite gift!

Complimenti gentlepeople

I recently discovered Barbara Calzolari of Gentlepeople ´s work through La Perla´s magazine, and just loved her illustrations/collages and exquisite calligraphy. Make sure to visit her website here.
Complimenti Barbara!

My grandparents

I love this picture of my grandparents in Norway, holding young foxes at their mink farm.

I took a photo af this hand-colored black and white photo in my grandmothers livingroom - hooping to incoporate in a collage real soon.

Diesel Wall

Diesel Wall 2007 gives you a big opportunity to showcase your art work - BIG TIME - On walls in Copenhagen, Milano, Toronto or Beijing. Read more here

back from Norway

Well back home from a lovely visit. This is Denmark from above in May - I love the bright yellow rape fields!

Norvegian Mini Break

My grandmother on my fathers side is the only grandparent I have left - and she will be 90 years old on Friday. So we are flying to Norway tomorrow to celebrate her. I haven´t seen her for 5 years - and in that period of time she has lost both a daughter and a husband - while I´ve been blessed with both a daughter and a "husband" - so it´s about time we get to sit down and talk - and to introduce her to Mr.K and Nanna. She loves flowers and lilac and this photo is to celebrate her good spirit and love. I hope that my grandchildern will live close to me when I grow old!

I´ll be back on monday! take care.

go for a walk in the forest

I recently discovered this wonderful website, Forests Forever . So here are some pictures of my own favorite forests. The top picture is how my local forest here in Aarhus looks right now - it´s so bright and lush that photos don´t do it justice. The bottom picture is fern trees from New Zealand - another of my favorites after a hike in NZ many years ago. So go for a walk in your local forest or explore the website here.

peppa pig & pancakes

Inspired by Nanna´s favorite tv-show Peppa Pig - or Gurli Gris in Danish, we are going to bake pancakes today to see if we can flip them in the air - just like Peppa Pig´s Daddy! I truely admire people who can create stories, books and illustrations that inspire children - and their parents - and I wish so much that I will be able to create my own childrens book one day... I love childrens books and enjoyed this piece about Illustrators of Children’s Books by Bloesem so much.

Craft Travel Swap

Freepeople is organizing a new travel craft swap - Join the fun and sign up here. And have a great weekend - mine starts tonight - and I know it will be great already.

Polar - Illustration Friday

Time to participate in Illustration Friday again. I was inspired by this weeks topic- Polar- since I love Polar Bears and have a very soft spot for anything Artic after a trip to Greenland some years ago. I recently designed a folder about The International Polar Year 2007/2008, and used a photo to draw from + text from the folder - which you can download here. I also designed a magazine with focus on the Nordic contribution - which you can download here - and they are both in English! Enjoy.

marimekko exhibition

I was doing some research this weekend for Imedegoza´s Scandinavian Trip this summer, and discovered that the Danish Museum of Art & Design, have a big Marimekko exhibition right now Marimekko - the story of a Nordic brand. I hope to get a chance to see it before the 28th of May where it ends - but this museum is always worth a visit anyway - so don´t miss it - if you are planning a trip to Copenhagen! Pdf in Danish here.

PaloozaHead staring me!

Oh my - Oh my - I had soo much fun playing around with this brilliant site -it´s a real time killer - but hey it´s Saturday and you are meant to dance and show off your moves - so here are mine!
- just click the play buttom and you will even see me doing the splits!
Create Your Own PaloozaHead

my week in colour+photos

Here´s a summary of this week in my studio in pictures. 1. it´s been quiet in the kitchen with Pinklemon being in Milan for the Furniture fair. 2. I got a new "design assistent/friend" with a great taste in colour and fabric, from Minilabo. 3. I´ve done a lot af fabric-colour-trend & pattern research. 4. I´ve designed my first fabric for a client - and I´ve decided I want to be a fabric designer in my next life - or just print my own fabrics like Lara.
If you wish to design fabric too - here´s some friday fun for you - The pattern tester.

Turn it up!

After a very quiet week here at my blog - due to a busy week at my studio - it´s time to turn up the music and enjoy the new single 1234 from Feist and the cool single-shot video clip. Enjoy!

friday is red

and the tough one - I have very little red stuff at home - so here´s a glimpse of my studio instead.

I heart my desktop picture in the middle by Marion Bantje.

- and I heart the little red stuff in my home :) Have a lovely weekend!

thursday is yellow

and just one of my favorite things!

wednesday is pink

and rapidly invading our home - and a sign that mr. K is back home from Thailand - with fresh orchids for me!

tuesday is green

and full of brand new marker pens - and little signs of spring

monday is turquoise

and so is my necklace - and our plans for summer :)

colour week

Yesterday a new colour week started, hosted by handmaid ...here are the rules: post a single photograph of colour for each day of the week next week following this list:
Monday : turquoise
Tuesday : green
Wednesday : pink
Thursday : yellow
Friday : red

hurry up and join in!

wedding collage

Here´s the final result of a collage I made some time ago, it was a commission and a wedding gift.

Camera phone

I used the Easter Holiday to test my new camera in my new mobile, and I´m quite pleased with the results and resolution. This one is from the the Botanical Garden in Aarhus.

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Some photos from one of our small trips this holiday - So good to get out of town and see some sea, sky and clouds.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all of you.

I´ve wished to create an easter card for some years now - but I never get around to do it in time - so here´s a quick drawing instead.