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  • oslo mysteries

    oslo mysteries

    If you walk slowly enough, you see little things in Oslo. I came across a couple of mysteries.

  • Born in medieval times. the bookbinder, the GPS and the e-book

    Born in medieval times. the bookbinder, the GPS and the e-book

    I study digital media. I was born in the early 70′. I am a dinosaur. My fellow students are 15+ years younger than me – born in another era, on a different planet. We learn roughly the same things from opposite directions; we each hold an end of the stick.

  • Creativity and alphabet love

    Creativity and alphabet love

    ‘…qualities like quiveriness and vulnerability come to mind when I think of creativity… creativity requires a sense of smell, a palate to taste the scents that make brilliance. All life feeds upon the random. Creativity is the haute cuisine.’ -Douglas Hofstadter-

  • Helvetica, gods of fonts. I don’t like the a.

    Helvetica, gods of fonts. I don’t like the a.

    I finally saw the much-trumpeted film. It was amusing; mainly for the characters in it – and I mean the designers, not the fontface. That helvetica is everywhere is no surprise. It is clean, bland, large, simple and good for signage. Generally. But the designers was the funniest bits. Some of them are clearly off…

  • Letraset, academics and writing

    Letraset, academics and writing

    Went through some old notebooks, boxes and piles of stuff before moving here.. and the in the process found my old, precious Letraset book- it used to be a treasure, and a priced possession. Hands up, all who have done plaka lettering; meticulously drawing up and painting letters on awful quality paper. Thought not. Not…

  • Perfume for my x-mas tree, salt for my hair

    Perfume for my x-mas tree, salt for my hair

    Going to my sisters place is fraught with danger. She’s got a large basket with newspapers, economic tidings and interior magazines. It’s the latter that contains pitfalls. On one hand, I like to flick through others’ creativity; other ways to treat three dimensions. Bear in mind that all these magazines are worked over the same…