I am now temporarily resided in Berlin for my internship at Elmgreen & Dragset. It is windy and wet which means perfect climate for coffees, work and clubs. If you have any business inquiries, project opportunities or feel like grabbing a coffee in Berlin within the next 6 months — please do not hesitate to contact me.

The new IdN (International designers' Network) Magazine is released today. The new issue contains a feature on danish designers which I am a part of. If you get your hands on this Hong Kong based magazine you will find some work of mine as well as an interview.

I will be moving to Berlin this summer to start my internship at the world-renowned collaborative artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset. The duo is known for it's commentary work on cultural concerns through installations and sculpture. This work, often rendered in modernist aestethic ethos, alters our perception of public and institutional space.

As a student of Visual Communications I look very much forward to experience the synthesis of their work as well as working with deconstruction and reconstruction of semiotic meanings in 3dimensional space.

KINK (Københavns Inkubator) is a new initiative by KPH Projects which goal is to incubate young non-profit cultural organizations for one year. In this period of time KINK educates these organizations in organization and economical management.

The flag connotates creative young unity.

The network Dansk Dynamit has existed for almost 4 years, and now serves 1000 registered users and 35.000 monthly readers. The future contains loads of exiting new partnerships and collaborations, as well as events and more networking activities. But we need your brain. After over a year of preparation we now open up and share all our thoughts and ideas on our future design network Dansk Dynamit. Our vision is to convert the network to an organic open-source platform where the users are invited to co-create the future of internet.

If you understand danish and have interest in topics like design network, semantic internet, taxonomy, drupal, co-creation and community i would like to invite you to participate in this thread.

Identity proposal for legendary jazz club 'Jazzhus Montmartre' located in Copenhagen. Many jazz musicians, including Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, and Chet Baker, have performed there. Jazzhus Montmartre closed down over 15 years ago, but re-opened again in March 2010 at the old address in Store Regnegade, Copenhagen.

The identity pitch features a bespoke typeface, signage and poster concept.
With Sun Helen Isdahl Kalvenes

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Post Danmark asked students from Danmarks Designskole to participate in a design pitch for a new danish stamp about camping in Denmark. The above illustration was is entry. The stamp focus on the simple life within the camping culture illustrated in a simple iconographic style. More images after the jump.

The typeface is drawn by Ulrik Ejlers.

I am currrently working on a revival of the dutch garalde typeface Elzevir. The original typeface was drawn in 1768 by Christoffel van Dijck.

If you are in Copenhagen the 28'th of may i recommend you swing by Jolene Bar around 19:00 to participate in the release of the anthology 'Generation Kan Selv'. A selected group of young talents from the creative and political scene of Denmark was asked to comment on their own generation. The written and visual work has been compiled to one anthology. My contribution was an illustrated snippet of a quote by Dr. Timothy Francis Leary.

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See my contribution

Ulrik Ejlers and I were hired to design a new publication from Danmarks Designskole & Danish Fashion Institute concerning the relationship between the fashion educations and the fashion industry. The layout is inspired by classic book aesthetics printed in antiqua typefaces in only pantone light grey and black.

See more case pictures here:
http://battin.dk/projects/mode-of-forretningssans

Read more about the publication here:
http://dkds.dk/nyheder/ModeForretningssans

This new book is an encyclopedia of design blogs. I am happy to see Dansk Dynamit is featured in the publication next to some of my favorite design and art-related websites such as VVORK, Honeyee, Manystuff, etc.

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My work for Hus Forbi and Mylius Erichsen Bryghus is featured in the new book Logo Design Vol. 2 from Taschen.
Read more about the book here.

Sun Helen Isdahl Kalvenes and I were invited to battle E-Types, Goodmorning Technology, Jody Barton and Spild af Tid by Copenhagen Design Week. We were given acrylic paint, tools, a card box wall and 3 hours. We managed to make a melting iceberg.