Surrealistisk uke
Jeg misliker å ha fri. Eller, det blir feil. Jeg misliker å være sykemeldt. Jeg gikk tre dager denne uka og trodde jeg nesten skulket fordi jeg følte meg for sliten og ekkel i kroppen til å jobbe. Så kommer jeg til legen og får høre at det er hjernerystelse og at det var riktig
DetailsMin offisielle spillanmelderdebut
I dag kommer siste episode av Tales of Monkey Island ut. Dette er fortsettelsen på den fantastiske historien om Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate™, som begynte i The Secret of Monkey Island i 1990. Sistnevnte er et av mine aller fineste yndlingsspill gjennom tidene, kun toppet av Day of the Tentacle som topper ALT. The Secret
DetailsPhotoshoot with Paulina Palian and Lisa Lindøe
A couple weeks ago I was contacted on Model Mayhem asking if I could spare some time to model the clothes of amazing polish fashion designer Paulina Palian, with Lisa Lindøe behind the camera. This sounded like a great idea, so I met up and had a fabulous day in the park wearing pretty clothes
DetailsDiverse graviditeter
photo credit: h.koppdelaney Gravid er et ord jeg har hørt mye i det siste. Ikke gravid som i «jeg er med barn» (vel, jo, litt det og. På søndag var jeg modell en plass der make-up artisten var gravid i 6. måned, men det er ikke poenget her). Jeg snakker om gravid med idèer og
DetailsFriday Inspiration: Sagmeister on the power of time off
Stefan Sagmeister is one of the designers that makes me think simply by opening his mouth. I don’t always understand his work. Sometimes I even find it frustrating, and I find it disagrees with my view of design. But when he gives talks, he’s one of the more inspiring design thinkers. His philosophy is what
DetailsMitt budskap til verden
Thomas Moen har kommet med en utfordring i bloggen sin, og siden jeg er som jeg er, måtte jeg bare slå til. Han sier det best selv: Derfor utfordrer jeg DEG til å lage en bloggpost med et bilde av hånden din hvor du skriver et budskap du vil dele med verden, og oppfordrer andre
DetailsThe fun of flowrite
I’m still way behind on nanowrimo. Closing in on 8000 words. If I make it to 10000 tonight, I bet I’ll be able to hit 20000 during the weekend, and then I should be back into a manageable state. The story is flowing well, though, so I see no problem in finding enough to say.
DetailsNanowrimo progress
photo credit: dunkv I were supposed to write about 2000 words per day. This hasn’t happened. It started promising with about 2200 words the first day, and then I got lazy. It took me until yesterday to get to 3400, and then, last night I was sitting doing a huge stretch until I managed to
DetailsThe marvels of identity
photo credit: Rookuzz As a BA(hons) Graphic Designer, I’ve spent much time drowning myself in visual identities. These can be seen everywhere. They make those brands you know so well. they make up that ‘thing’ about the girl you meet every day on the bus. They make you recognise. These days we hear much talk
DetailsInteressante spørsmål i søkeordstatistikken for oktober
Av nysgjerrighet sjekker jeg diverse statistikk på sidene mine med jevne mellomrom. På sidene til bedriften jeg jobber i inneholder søkeordstatistikken som regel produktnavn, ingredienser og diverse former for å stave firmanavnet. På mine personlige sider, derimot, kommer mer interessante ting. Nå skal det nevnes at jeg sjekke statistikken for hele webhotellet mitt på en
DetailsBlog status
During an upgrade, this blog went a bit wonky, and it took a couple weeks before I could manage to get it back properly online. Now it’s back with all the old posts and comments, and everything is almost back to normal. Well, except the fact that the tags and categories are no longer attached
DetailsChimichanga!
Denne posten er både for å promotere en tegneserie jeg digger og for å tipse om en god tex-mex-rett. Vi kan ta tegneserien først, så får jeg forklart hvordan jeg oppdaget denne retten og. I fjor sommer jobbet min bedre halvdel i den da nyoppstartede Outland-butikken i Drammen. Her oppdaget han en serie som het
DetailsTwestival!
Etter en god stund med planlegging samling av ting og tang og generelt organisering fra noen veldig driftige folk, kommer Twestival Oslo endelig i gang! Du kan se det jeg har skrevet tidligere her. Siden sist jeg skrev om den, har Twestivalen bestemt seg for å gi pengene vi samler inn til Sabona. Dette kom
DetailsValgfrustrasjon
Denne valgkampen har vært noe av det mest forvirrende jeg har vært borti. Jeg har prøvd å få med meg alle saker som er viktige for meg og hva de enkelte partiene mener om dem, og det hjelper ikke. Jeg prøver å være engasjert, men ender bare opp med å bli oppgitt. Nå kan det
DetailsDukkehuset
Som noen vet, bor jeg i en bygård sentralt i Oslo. Denne bygården er som gamle bygårder flest og har et stort loft. Vanligvis pleier vi ikke gjøre stort annet på loftet enn å legge ting i boden vår og tørke klær på en av snorene som finnes der. Det er litt synd, egentlig, for
DetailsKatteløs dag? På mitt internett?
Her står jeg opp om morgenen, aner fred og ingen fare, skrur på jobbmaskinen og ser hva? At internett vil ha en dag uten katter? Har pandamonium endelig kommet gjennom? Jeg har tidligere vært usikker i mine teorier på hvor kattene står i forhold til Pandamonium, men nå vet jeg at de er på vår.
DetailsGøy på landet?
Ca annenhver helg drar jeg og kjæresten langt ut av byen for å besøke familie i indre Buskerud. Det finnes flere grunner for disse besøkene, men ingen av dem er viktige for det jeg har å si nå. Jeg har innsett at «landet» er oppskrytt. Etter tre år i en mindre by i England og
DetailsNår man ikke trodde situasjonen kunne bli mer alvorlig…
Ekorna trapper opp og ser ut til å bli mer uforsiktige. Dette kan brukes til vår fordel. Via anonyme kilder (for deres egen sikkerhet) har jeg fått tak i video fra en treningsleir for ekornmilitiaen i Pandamonium. På videoen ser vi to ekorn øve på samkjørt angrep/tyveri. To fluer i en smekk. Effektivitetstrening, altså. Om
DetailsLaks og Mojito
Etter en vanlig Mandag på jobb, fant vi i kollektivet ut at det var på plass med god mat og drikke (for uten det, så duger helten ikke). Salmalaksen lå allerede i kjøleskapet, så da manglet bare alkohol og tilbehør. (Og siden enkelte i bygget nettopp har blitt gammel nok, passet det med en poltur
DetailsOm å gjøre ting feil
I bokhyllen min står to bøker jeg synes alle bør lese. Begge er skrevet av Paul Arden og har de tiltalende navnene Whatever You Think, Think The Opposite og It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be. Han har også skrevet en bok kalt God Explained In A Taxi Ride,
DetailsMer bevis mot gnagerpakket
I går kveld la jeg ut et innlegg om den store trusselen som kalles ekorn. Etter dette har jeg fått flere tilbakemeldinger på videre bevis. I disse ligger også mulig håp om allierte i dyreverdenen. Fugler, for eksempel. Vitner beskriver ekorn som morderiske jævler som dreper fugler på et meget bestialsk vis for så å
DetailsTwestival Oslo
Den første bloggposten min brukte jeg til å fortelle om farene ved ekorn. Denne skal jeg bruke til det første jeg har involvert meg i av veldedighet på lenge. For å være helt ærlig, så får jeg mark av veldedigheter flest. Jeg har vært involvert i for mange av dem, og refererer til deler av
DetailsEkorna ser deg
For noen år siden oppdaget jeg noe. Samme hvor du er, er det store sjanser for at du blir sett på, studert, rett og slett spionert på. Du kan aldri føle deg trygg. Ikke ute i offentligheten, og ofte heller ikke hjemme. Hvem er det så som gjør denne udåden, spør du vel? Jo, det
DetailsInspiring shampoo ad
( via @sjefsengel, from Phil Bolsta) As advertising goes, this is one of the strangest I’ve seen. As a short film, it’s amazing and awe-inspiring. The video will spin for about four minutes, something I think everyone should be able to afford for a break.
DetailsPrincess? Who?
Three years ago, I wrote/made this: I’ve come a long way since then. I started wearing more skirts, and now I have two pairs of trousers wearable in public. Neither of them are any kind of favourite (I had to throw those trousers away because of disintegration). I mostly wear skirts and my selection of
DetailsBack from holiday
A couple weeks ago, I was extremely exhausted. Moving house, job hunting and finally nailing that full-time occupation as a designer took its toll. And then I took two weeks off, recharged my batteries, and now I’m back in the game. So much back, in fact, I couldn’t sleep last night out of anticipation for
DetailsInspiration on a Thursday
We all need it, and we all crave it, so here you go: Some typographic animated inspiration set to music. Take a break for a couple minutes now and clear you mind a bit, will you? I don’t know what does it, but I myself has been devoid of drive for a short while now.
DetailsD&AD Awards
This years D&AD Awards has had many strong submissions. I was delighted to see one of my favorite coin designs ever being featured among them. These coins are absolutely stunning, and I love how they can be puzzled together. These coins can be enjoyed both as a means of payment AND as a beautiful collectors
DetailsAmazing post-it stop motion animation
Today I’ve had this video mentioned from @dagthomas, @smashingmag and @Agent_M. That’s only one of the many reasons as to why this video is awesome. The video is a student work by Bang-yao Liu, who used Röyksopp for his soundtrack. Enjoy some post-it pixel-animation! I guess I’m not the only one hating deadlines and being
DetailsSummery poster play
As some of you might know, I’m a graphic designer. This flyer is one I originally made for the company I work for, and then I reworked it a bit to work as a separate poster. Ironically, everything went wrong while trying to post this. Yay!
DetailsThe Bondage Fairies
photo credit: hiperkarma For people who’ve had a peak in my music library, it might not come as a surprise that I’m fascinated by weird band and song names. The latter as evidenced in my last post featuring the Lonely Island song Jizz In My Pants. While I could write an entirely new post on
DetailsThe Lonely Island
I’ve had another music revelation. Found their video for Jizz In My Pants a while back, and laughed my arse off at Justin Timberlake doing a cameo and the lyrics and the everything. Some days are for cheesy music. So, I decided it’s time to show them here as well. If you’re on Spotify, here’s
DetailsReasons for Happiness #6
Sushi! This one is a handroll bought at a Sushi place that used to be in Carl Berners in Oslo. Unfortunately, the place seems to be no more, but this epic handroll will be remembered.
Detailsa spotify realisation
I’ve had Spotify for a bit now. After a while of «trendy shit for wannabe’s»-whining, curiosity came over me and I got myself an invite. I love it. I enjoy buying the music I actually listen to, and with just about enough money for food and housing, this doesn’t allow for much music. This results
DetailsReasons for Happiness #5
«How do you know if you’re happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?» – Valentine from MirrorMask. I had this dessert at Bagatelle in Oslo some time before christmas. It was delicious. I was going to say a couple words about the Zeromancer concert I went to the other day,
DetailsReasons for happiness #4
Some days, alcohol packaging is the way to go to ensure my happiness. This one’s from my dads collection of miniature bottles: Yumyum, spunk with vodka. Sounds delicious. The next two are from the beer department at Centra Colosseum in Oslo:
DetailsPublic transport advertisements
In Amsterdam, a fitness studio decided to make people really want to go to their studio, so what do they do? They do some nice guerilla advertising and install a weight on the seating of the bus stop shelter. The weight is displayed in large, red letters in the ad space. Clever. The campaign is
DetailsReasons for happiness #3
Since my birthday was on Monday, I’ll show you one of my gifts. It was made by a good friend. She came with a tray of chocolate cupcakes with blue glacing and sprinkles shaped like cows, dinosaurs and dolphins. The one pictured is cows.
DetailsReasons for happiness #2
In November or something I was walking home from the tram when this met me. It was just lying there, on the ground, broken. Poor thing. I wonder who stepped on it and broke it. Damn heartbreakers. Hurr hurr.
DetailsReasons for happiness #1
Unfortunately, it’s not there anymore, but finding kirby on the descent to Jernbanetorget subway station in Oslo (the one by Oslo Spektrum), was a laugh for sure.
DetailsDevelopment
Lately I’ve been stressing about with this strange feeling of blogguilt or something. I’ve also had this idea for another couple blogs for a while now. One of them is the theme «stuff that makes me happy», which basically is mobile pictures of things I find amusing in my everyday life. And the other one
DetailsShort, short films
After the six words stories last week, I bring you 5 seconds films. What will it be next week? 3 piece canary bird? The Changeling:
DetailsShort stories
Some times I stumble over some very interesting websites. Six Words Stories is one of these. The stories there are highly interesting, and some times you can’t but imagine what more’s going on. There’s quite a few there by names like Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) I suggest you all go take a look. Here’s
DetailsOslo Burning
Today I witnessed a demo. I think it started with the pro-israel demonstration in front of the government, by the anti-Israelians who decided to make a counter-demo, only with firebombs and the likes. Later in the evening there was a parade of people with lit torches. Now, that was an amazing sight. Simply a bunch
DetailsHappy New Year!
I’m mostly away from computers now, and I won’t write here again until it’s 2009. Until then: Don’t let the xmas goats egg your house too badly, ok? Here you go, everyone, new years cookie for all!
DetailsRecession
I don’t bother much about economy and politics. I hardly have anything to say. But I must say I find the (Norwegian) media’s conclusions rather … conflicting. The last few weeks I’ve seen these headlines among many other similar: «Foreigners the first ones to get fired» «People with disabilities/chronic conditions the first ones to get
DetailsMore music for your soul
So, in a recent burst of loving Bubbemeises, I decided to see if I could get some new soundbytes from David Krakauer and his crew of Klezmer Madness. A simple youtube search gave profit! I introduce to you one of the weirder videos I’ve seen lately. It can not be explained, and I believe it’s
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