Wonderful news! The leading Danish news magazine Berlingske Business Magasin has singled me out as one of 100 new business talents in Denmark. The magazine features 100 young (up to 35) up coming profiles in management and leadership functions in their yearly “Talent100″ special edition. I’m selected as a talent in the “Design & Innovation” category that I share with only 3 other skilled young Danes within this field. Needles to say, I’m very proud and happy for this huge recognition.
Here’s an english translation of the article (in Danish):
Drevet af passion
“Have a passion, not a businessplan”, hedder Jakob Kahlens mest populære foredrag, og han lader handlingen følge ord som creative director og partner i designbureauet Hello Monday.
“Hvis man arbejder sammen med gode mennesker med et godt hjerte og en passion for, hvad de laver, bliver hverdagen meget nemmere.” Det er da også de menneskelige egenskaber, der bliver nævnt først, da hans kollega, Anders Jessen, bliver bedt om at give Jakob Kahlen et skudsmål.
“Han er en sød og rar fyr. Fagligt spænder han meget bredt, og så er han eminent til at lede projekter. Når det går godt, mærker man ikke, han er der. Men når noget går galt, træder han til og får styringen tilbage,” lyder det fra Anders Jessen.
På dette grundlag har Jakob Kahlen skabt en blomstrende forretning med store internationale kunder som Google og Reebok og et hav af designpriser. Nøglen til succesen er igen mennesker, siger Jakob Kahlen og forklarer: “Vi arbejder med digitale løsninger og har en god blanding af kreative og teknisk funderede mennesker. Vi arbejder godt sammen og skaber resultater med passion.”
Today we’re launching a new project for the brilliant people at LEGO. It’s called Life of George and it’s the world’s first interactive game combining real LEGO bricks with apps for your iPhone/iPod Touch. Follow George around the world as he challenges you to a series of fun building tasks. Build as fast as possible, capture your model with your iPhone/iPod camera and get scored on your building skills. Apart from the tasks George gives you, you can build and save your own models and challenge you friends to be the fastest & best builder in the two player mode.
Hello Monday did the design of the interface and the entire illustrative universe for the app and the game levels.
More George:
Download the app here: iTunes store
Buy the bricks here: LEGO Online Store (or any LEGO flagship store)
Hang with George on Facebook
Here’s a selection of some of the press that the launch got:
Techcrunch
Engadget
Wired
FAST Company
CBS News
Creativity Online
ZDNet
TIME
The danish agency news site Bureaubiz wrote a nice article on how Hello Monday is expanding.
· Read the article here (in Danish)
The Danish Paper on Marketing wrote a nice article on Hello Monday and the amount of awards we are nominated for at the moment.
The UK magazine Webdesign did a spread on our design for HAY calling it an “Uber-stylish furniture brochure”. I stumbled upon it by accident in Gatwick Airport on a trip to London.
The website for the amazing Danish Furniture company also won a FWA Site of the day recently.
Interview in the Danish marketing newspaper Markedsføring on my Cannes Jury appointment.
· Read it online (in Danish)
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
