About a month ago (and almost before anyone in Denmark had acctually touched the iPad) I taught a class in Digital Editorial Design at the Danish School for Media and Journalism. I have been teaching Digital Editorial Design there before and I knew that the interactive design students at DMJX are great at adapting new technologies. Thats why I saw an opportunity for the students (and myself) to play around with the hyped new gadet from Apple.
From what I could see from the demos that some of the big international publishing houses had already released, this gadet would be very well suited for magazine-like content. Therefor I approached the Danish high end food magazine Gastro and asked if they wanted to help supply us with some magazine content and to critique the finished designs in the end. Creative Director Kenneth Schultz took the challenge and it seemed like he didn’t regret spending a hole day of bad coffee in a class room in the outskirts of Copenhagen. Thank you Kenneth!
The assignment
The student had two and a half week to research, conceptualize and design an iPad app/magazine.
- First task of the assignment was to research the target audience and to design two Gastro reader personas.
- Second task was to think up a concept for Gastro that would appeal to these to personas if they were iPad users
(Considering: Great user experience, relevant in the user context and possible to monitize). - The third and final part was to design and animate the concept.
I selected 4 of the final projects to feature here…
Made by: Marcus Fuchs & Jacob Rosenberg
Made by: Ida Lawrence & Filip Lund
Made by: Alexandra Mourier & Jonas Braagaard
Concept and design by: Ane Vithner & Kristian Skov
This is the time a year for awards, so here we go again… This Friday The Creative Circle Award was held at the VEGA Venue in Copenhagen, Denmark. I was nominated in 3 categories and the agency where I’m Creative Director, Hello Monday, was nominated for 2. It all turned out pretty good – here’s what we brought home with us:
Politiken.dk
Awarded Gold in Informational Websites
Folketinget.dk
Awarded Silver in Informational Websites
T2.tv
Awarded Silver in Branding Websites
Working Element
Awarded Bronze in Branding Websites
Well, the Webbys went well! At Hello Monday we got our second Webby the other day. This year we won the “Peoples voice Award” in the category Professional Services with our own site www.hellomonday.com and we’re very proud. See all the Webby Winners here.
This month I’m featured in Computer Arts Projects Design Dhallenge. The challenge was to design a blogish portfolio website for Orlando based designer and illustrator Joshua M. Smith. Further more I’m also a part of this month’s experts panel giving advice on how to build the perfect design portfolio. I strongly recommend that you go to your local magazine store to pick up an issue og CAProjects May issue :-)
» View my contribution to the challenge here
» Read more about Computer Arts Projects here
Yay! My agency Hello Monday is nominated for 3 webbys in two categories.
You can do us a big favor by casting your vote for us here:
· Best Home Page, T2 Vote Here:http://bit.ly/ardt3
· Best Home Page, Hello Monday Vote Here:http://bit.ly/ardt3A
· Professional Services, Hello Monday Vote Here: http://bit.ly/bKfFn9
Today the Danish paint manufacturer Flügger launched a major website e-commerce update that I helped conceptualize and design. The new site allows Danes to purchase more than 2.000 products online and is designed to guide them safely through the complex process of selecting and buying paint and wallpaper.
