January 2012
2 posts
2012 book report #2
“Blod Eld Död” by Ika Johannesson and Jon Jefferson Klingberg. A book about the rise, rise, fall, rise and rise, etc, of the Swedish (and Norwegian) metal scene. Very well-written, funny, moving and the perfect entry point to a lot of Swedish (and Norwegian) metal bands. Current faves are Dissection (… but only the music), Watain and Bathory. Highly recommended.
2012 book report #1
“Samlade Svenska Kulter” by Anders Fager. Swedish horror novel collection somewhat intertwined; individually some were great, others meh – but overall establishing a rather delightful, Kungsholmen-based Lovecraftian world that I couldn’t get enough of. Recommended.
December 2011
2 posts
November 2011
4 posts
Watchilovebrain:
Character test for upcoming animated film.
Our anniversary project
1, 2, 3, 4. And 5.
September 2011
2 posts
Neeeeew stufffff!
O HAI. Since last time, I’ve founded a new digital communications agency – ish – and as a way of celebrating our entry to the world: a small service about the world. The company is called Dear Future and the service Dear World and both are available at dearfuture.se.
If you love, love, loooooove Swedish, ja, då kan du läsa lite mer om det i Dagens Media eller Resumé.
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August 2011
3 posts
July 2011
1 post
My Best Friend's Wedding
Was yesterday. I was one of two toastmasters. The speech I held was the hardest thing I’ve ever written; of giving it, I remember nothing. It was a truly magical day, evening and night, one in a billion – unique, even. Today I’m filled to the brim with love and pride and at a total loss for words. And: hungover, as the first thing I drank once the amazing dinner (17 speeches!) was over...
June 2011
10 posts
Process, ish, of a logo
In a few easy steps.
Garry Shandling, forever genius
Toward the end of February, in the first-class cabin of a United flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles, the only man on the planet who has hosted late-night talk shows, appeared on late-night talk shows, and created an iconic TV series that parodied a late-night talk show encountered the man who had just been famously ousted from a late-night talk show.
Garry Shandling was in 1A. Conan O’Brien...
Second issue of A Comic Monthly out now
Yup.
#1 is now live at www.acomicmonthly.com. Some excerpts below, but really – the whole thing is a blast.
May 2011
18 posts
Beijing8 Beta: Introducing: the IRL status update →
The Beijing8 Beta restaurant is gearing up!
beijing8:
Starting now, every Monday we’ll update our window with information on what to expect the coming week. Sort of like a status update. Except in reality. Written with a marker. On a window.
2008 commercial for The Royal Opera
For some reason or other, I was reminded of an old commercial we made for The Royal Opera in Stockholm in December, 2008. A cover of the super classic WWW clip “Nintendo 64 Kid”, to promote the ballet The Nutcracker. Made on zero budget but with lots of will, it’s still pretty funny – though almost all things pitched down super (s)low are funny (as made evident in the MEGA GENIUS...
Let me introduce the genre "paler shade of white"
Arcade Fire - Speaking in Tongues (feat. David Byrne)
(Love it)
Our course at Beckmans Akademi!
… can now be applied to. Here.
And here’s some information about it in Swedish:
Kursledarna Jacob Åström och Jakob Ohlsson
Jacob jobbade fem och ett halvt år på den prisbelönade digitala reklambyrån Great Works som art director, copywriter och kreativt ansvarig, tills han sa upp sig våren 2010 för att arbeta i egen regi.
Jakob jobbar som digital planner och strateg, tidigare...
"Morgontrött?"
i lol’d
martenekenberg:
Mitt bästa trick för att gå upp på morgonen: Ställ in din radio (jag använder, såklart, en PAL) på P3. Direkt när du vaknar ska radion slås på.
Om du är en white collar worker så börjar du förmodligen jobba någon gång mellan 8 och 9 och behöver följaktligen vakna 1-2 timmar tidigare. Det vill säga ganska precis lagom till att lyssna på Morgonpasset och, framför...
Analogue Beijing
Here’s some snapshots from our weeks in Beijing.
grandinternational:
Hello People! Just spent two weeks in Beijing, filming a bunch of interviews with creative people of the Chinese capital.
/…/ Some sneak peaks following as below…
Cover of Stig Åsberg's "Karlavagnen"
For this month’s 5070 – on the theme “Space” – I made a cover of one of my all-time faves: Stig Åsberg’s magnificent image “Karlavagnen”.
I'm coming to Beckmans Akademi! This autumn!
This autumn, me and Jakob will hold a ten week course at Beckmans Akademi. Proudly joining the ranks of other very esteemed teachers such as Stefania Malmsten (one of my all time favorites and constant source of inspiration), Eric Ericson Lotta Agaton, Nille Svensson, Pär Engsheden, Jonas Dahlberg and others. Wow. Did I mention we’re proud?
You can apply… soon. End of May, I think. Until...
“Ever the pessimist, Chen sees the party’s rooting itself deeper and deeper...”
– Cultural Exchange: A shaken art scene in Beijing — Chen Danqing, one of China’s most popular painters, ponders the aftermath of artist and provocateur Ai Weiwei’s arrest.
“But still, I think what Chinese always has is: we can endure. We don’t give up...”
– From one of the interviews we’ve made here in Beijing — this quote regarding the Chinese censorship and how the people of the Chinese internet cope with it. Some small rays of sunshine through an otherwise very thick layer of smog.
April 2011
26 posts
Beijing, like pulled pork, takes time and, like...
And that’s the way it is. Lots of love from a city that is – weirdly, as it is a true, mega-super-sized, never-ending sprawl of a city – quietly growing into a very special place in my heart.
Inside a flower market inside an irish pub lies...
It is wonderful. YOU should go there. (WE went there with our friend Stephanie from Shanghai yesterday, who’s here working. Had fried burgers. Etc.)
朝阳区东三环北路乙8号亮马桥花卉市场1楼爱尔兰酒吧内
Chāoyáng qū dōng sān huán běi lù yǐ 8 hào liàng mǎ qiáo huāhuì shìchǎng 1 lou ai er lan jiu ba nei
SanYuan Bridge
