If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you’re a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.
Kurt Vonnegut
A carpenter was commissioned to build some boxes for a SPCA cat shelter. This is what he did. He did not even bother to pretend to do a half decent job. Continue reading “digital carpentry” »
2011
Technical writing, software testing, manual design.
“Imagine an electronic page for each species of organism on Earth...”
Encyclopedia of life is an amazing, insane undertaking. E. O. Wilson did a delightful, rambling TED-talk, and things actually happened. Continue reading “a ux look at (the encyclopedia of) Life” »
2011
Information architecture, usability, company identity, design, graphics. Custom wordpress. HTML5, CSS3, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, WordPress. Responsive design.
Continue reading “quality flight solutions” »
I went to a little talk today, held by Mano Mark, senior geo developer at Google, for whoever at the Smithsonian who wanted to come. I learned some interesting things… Continue reading “earth, wind, fire” »
“Webdesign” is often a thankless thing; the discussions and arguments runs heated in the forums these days. Because webdesign is structure, plan, architecture, planning for flexibility and future needs, usability, accessibility, indexing, storing. And yes. Colours and boxes too. Continue reading “the art of no” »
2011
building a web interface and information architecture to display large amounts of CT scans and information from a large section of the Smithsonian collections. Continue reading “CT-project, National Museum of Natural History” »
If you walk slowly enough, you see little things in Oslo. I came across a couple of mysteries.
Continue reading “oslo mysteries” »
Keep It Simple, Stupid!
Websites. it is everything and nothing. Not everyone needs a website. But by god, how much shite is out there – it is baffling; it begs belief.
Continue reading “KISS websites – drowning in drivel” »
2011
an inspired singers epic journey across USA, retracing old history, creating new.
2011
a freelance journalist and traveller’s personal ramblings, his bio, portfolio, work and the odd photo. customized WordPress child theme, upgrading from wp 2.0.
2011
structuring html and css for an in-house application.
2010/2011
Coding, structuring, implementing new web pages, company blog, information architecture, interaction design. Coding timeline JS & PHP by Lars Bjørkevoll graphic design by Alexander Odden WordPress, HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, Photoshop, Illustrator. Continue reading “favourite systems as” »
I have committed my first sabrage. Using a sabre, the top of the champagne bottle is sliced off, in a show-offy manner. Continue reading “sabrage” »
what happens in black and white?
days looks different.
melbourne, australia Continue reading “black & white” »
I am a freelancer now, not being able to do an interview the way it is supposed to be done. It is a game; there are rules. There are formulated questions, and therefore formulated answers. I cannot do it.
Continue reading “triage” »
A while ago, I applied for a job as a 3D-assistant. I can do that, I figured. The description of the job and subsequent application went through a large site that deals with everything from selling houses to pencils. And job listings.
I was summoned to the interview, both by phone and an e-mail through finn.no’s system. Continue reading “the interview” »
2010
A small flash animation for an interactive exhibit, concerning telephone design and the industrial designer John Houghton. Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator.
Continue reading “norwegian telecom museum” »
2010
Interaction design, information structure, conceptual design and coding for a system for media critique. Illustrator, HTML(5), CSS3. Programming by Lars Bjørkevoll
2010
Web-based prototype for disseminating and visualization of complex, cross-field data. Information architecture, interaction design. For The Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Natural History, Human Origins Program. Continue reading “Smithsonian Human Origins: Relating scientific data through time and space” »