Pushing the limits | Museum of World Culture

Today I visited Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg in order to take a look at the exhibition Pushing the Limits that Unna design created. The exhibition opened in September 2007 but I was unable to participate. So today, two days before the closing I finally saw what my colleague Anna Edsjö and I created. I was thrilled and proud

In the exhibition Pushing the limits young activists in conflict areas talk about the conditions for young women and how the like to change the society. Pushing the limits is aimed at anyone who is interested in issues surrounding activism and feminism.

Pushing the limits is a travelling exhibition and next place will be Umeå (Sweden).
Hopefully many more museums want to show this important and exiting exhibition. Our client was The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation which supports women's organising in conflict regions.

Travel abroad IV (London)

Imagine that you only could travel abroad once in your lifetime?
Where would you go? London?

Travel abroad III (Unguja, Zanzibar)

Or is the Island Unguja your choice?

Travel abroad II (Fårö)

If you're not from Sweden than maybe Fårö, a small island near the big island Gotland, could be the once-in-a-lifetime-place to visit.

Travel abroad I (Rome)

Imagine that you only could travel abroad once in your lifetime?
Where would you go?

Logotype

Logotype for the exhibition Smal opening in March 2009 at Arbetets museum in Norrköping, Sweden.
Unna design is currently working with an exciting exhibition project about the ideals of beauty and how it affects young people. The content, research and ideas for the exhibitions come from young people from four different cities in Sweden.
Our role has been to help them develop their design ideas, outline the planning for the exhibition and making the graphic design. Smal (thin) is a travelling exhibition.

All those designers dressed in black

“It’s impossible to find black clothes for my child”.
I’m told that a famous Swedish furniture designer once said this. He is of course most often seen in public wearing black clothing, like many other designers and architects in Sweden. In the design world that’s cool and safe. Then it might be a problem if your child likes to dress in a colorful way, not to mention clothes with all kind of childish patterns.

I once asked my son, (at the time six-years old), to wear black trousers with thin grey stripes for a wedding. He protested, saying: “I don’t want to look like an old man”. And he totally refused the black shoes I had bought him, despite my exiting voice saying: “Daddy bought very cool shoes for you!”

“It’s shoes for grown-ups.I will never use those”, he answered. He was really offended. I had to buy him a pair of red shoes, and then he accepted to wear the trousers for the wedding, but never after that. He loves his gold trousers, glitter shirts and his shirt with a big Asian inspired dragon print.

And what about me? Well, I have to be honest. There are some black and grey shirts and trousers in my wardrobe, even though I really like bright colors. Like my son, all my favorite garments are colorful or full of patterns.

Wabash Street, Chicago, Illinois

Ages ago I studied music at Roosevelt University. Wabash Street was one of my favorite spots.

Swedish arms exports

Sweden with a tiny population of about 9 million people is today the world’s eighth largest arms exporter. Four years ago I designed a folder about the Swedish arms export. It been up-dated once and now it is also published in English.

A quote from the folder:
“But maintaining a leading role in the international arms market is not without its share of consequences. To be precise, there are four: Swedish arms help fuel wars and conflicts, contribute to violations of ­human rights, contribute to poverty and strengthen dictatorships.”

Our clients are four Swedish NGO:s: Amnesty Sweden, Diakonia, Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation, Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society.

Back to work

Back to work after more than two weeks vacation. Most of the day I have been sketching on graphic design for an exhibition. And my wife and colleague has been busy with the planning.