Featured Project Recent Projects Selected Projects Information Associates Contact		Supershapes — An Introduction
			Supershapes is a strategic design studio. We work with communication and graphic design. We believe great work stems from a coherent cultural understanding, a truly passionate approach to design, as well as carefully crafted, well executed ideas. We develop ideas to solve communication problems in all forms of media. We help our clients define themselves — in order to act and communicate who they are in the most relevant way.		The purpose with Supershapes is to create opportunities to do great work for our clients while simultaneously work pro-actively to develop our own products. Another important aspect of our philosphy is to share our knowledge with others, to start and facilitate a critical and creative dialogue on communication and design, what it is and how it affects everyday life. For our services, please contact us here.

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			Swedish General Elections 2006 — SVT Design Program
			In January 2006, Swedish Television, SVT, turned to Supershapes to art-direct and design all graphic materials needed for the 2006 Swedish General Elections. After having laid the conceptual groundwork and estabished the general identity we launched into designing all necessary materials such as, vignettes, bumpers, identification marks, election night result information graphic templates, signs and some of the studio materials. For the most part, the graphic language adheres to the general idea of choice, what is it and how does it work? We felt that choices often depends on point of view which we also included as a point of reference to work from. To produce the materials needed we found inspiration in everything from Japanese Origami, to binary code, and random chance — which we also found is a way of making choices.

			Recent Projects
			Absolut Bling–Bling — Website design & production
			During the late fall of 2006, Supershapes, together with From Stockholm With Love helped our very good friends over at Great Works to design and develop the seasonal promotion campaign site for Absolut Vodka’s Absolut Bling–Bling. With a foundation in the print ads developed TBWA in Paris we took this to another level where one could explore this somewhat surreal exhibition space.

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			Houdini Sportswear — Identity, Packaging, Collateral
			Since 1993 Houdini has developed core comfort apparel, base layers closest to your body, for outdoor sports. In 1993 Houdini was first in the world with underwear in flies — then a ground-breaking material. Today Houdini is not only groundbreaking when it comes to materials and functionality. Houdini has added design to the mix, creating clothes that are not only functional enough to climb Everest, sail cross the Pacific or play a set of golf in — they are now stylish enough to wear to the bar afterwards. We have helped develop the Houdini brand into a well-known institution in the Scandinavian sports market. Today our challenge is to keep the brand exiting and adapt the marketing tools and strategies for the move to the Asian market.

			Waytion — Brand Communication Templates
						During the first few months of 2006 we helped our good friends over at Waytion to solve their communication problems. We developed a new color, type and tone system which we applied in a new set of printed collateral as well as a spanking new web site

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			Olympic Games Athens 2004 — SVT Design Program
			In the Spring of 2004, Swedish Television, SVT, turned to Supershapes to see if we could art-direct and design all graphic materials needed for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Once all project parameters were set we launched into the design of the material such as, vignettes, bumpers, identification marks, text templates, signs and some of the studio material to name a few. The basic visual idea stems from the official graphic manual but has been further refined and made to fit SVT. Some of the official colors and the idea of vase chards were taken on-board - so was the idea of incorporating ancient Greek patterns, but we felt it necessary to take this graphic language further. The basic shapes needed greater refinement, making them friendlier and more metamorphic. Considering the intensity of usage we also introduced several sets of assets in different colors to make all transmissions more flexible and alive. In the weeks following completion everything was brought to life together with Micke Lindell, one of Sweden most experienced and sought after motion designers.

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			Vetenskapens Värld — TV Show Graphics
			With its premiere in 1973, Vetenskapens Värld is Swedish Television's, foremost science program. The show aims to show the the best science documentaries from the international market, through collaborations with many of the best international television companies such as British BBC and American PBS's Nova. During the Fall of 2004 the show was launched with an updated the format to give it a more contemporary feel. As the freshly packaged show also needed an updated graphic language SVT turned to us and Micke Lindell for assistance.

	The book is currently available in Europe, the USA and in specialist bookstores. It is currently only available as an English text version. You can also order a copy of the book from Laurence King, Magma Books, or Amazon Books for instance. During the course of the project a work site was prepared with information about the project, early page layouts and links. >> Launch the work site in a new window.		55 Degrees North — A Supershapes Book Project
			In the last five years a new wave of designers have won Scandinavia an international reputation for graphic design excellence. Their prolific output, especially on the web, has influenced designers and design audiences worldwide. Many are now working abroad, with cities such as London and New York experiencing a great influx of Scandinavian talent. 55 Degrees North, Contemporary Scandinavian Graphic Design was designed and edited by Supershapes during the winter of 2002. The book was published by Laurence King Publishing Limited in London in the fall of 2002 and is now widely available in selected stores. Featuring work ranging from pixel-based art, 3D character design, web and video projects to record sleeves, flyers, posters and editorial design, 55 Degrees North brings together fifty-five of the best graphic designers from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The book contains 360 color illustrations spread over 176 pages.

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			Mera — TV Show Identity
						During the Fall of 2004 Swedish Television, together with Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company, started a knowledge centered digital channel. Within this channel all SVT's programming live under the umbrella brand Mera which translates to More in English. Within this format the there is a chance to delve deeper and each day has its specific focus such as culture on Mondays and science on Thursdays. The identity needed to cater to these differences in editorial content while also grouping the disparate topics. This commission came to us through Dallas STHLM DDG as they needed help with the art direction for the complete packaging, including vignettes, signage, credit texts, etc.

	The title is available to buy directly from Digital Vision. Here you can also browse the other titles in the series. Furthermore, copies of the Infinity 2 series can be found at major resellers of graphic materials.
			68 Days — Infinity 2, Digital Vision Illustration Series

	68 Days, Supershapes contribution to the Digital Vision’s Infinity 2 Series is a collection of 30 royalty free illustrations. Commissioned in the Fall of 2002, this series of illustrations is sold on one DVD with all its Photoshop layers intact. This means users can assemble the illustration the way they see fit. Creating 30 illustrations broad enough in concept and abstract enough in its representation is an arduous task. We commenced working on the title with preconceived directions in mind, but as the project progressed we were creatively released as we realized we had free reign to take these illustration wherever we wanted. This shifted our focus from the inherent possibilities embedded in software and the work found new inspiration, and paid homage to more traditional painting techniques.

	To view the work presented here and other work created in the past, feel free to contact us through the link below and we’ll arrange for a private viewing. A PDF of work in higher quality is available upon request. >> Show me more work!		Selected Projects
			Below are a few projects created in the past few years. The work is created between 1999 and 2006, ranging from identity work, illustrations, websites, and other forms of design work. Feel free to browse the projects to get a greater overview of the work created by the studio. If you want to see more then download the Projects Folio from the link to the left.
						Sambo — TV Show Identity Sambo is an interior decorating show on the Swedish Channel 4+. The show identity with all that entails; logotype, interstitial material, and signage was created by us, and the boys over at Waytion during late Summer 2003. Click on the link below, or on the preview image to the left to launch a presentation of the project. >> View Project Movie Files & Larger Screenshots

			Magasin Z Film — TV Show Identity Broadcast identity and interstitials created for the film program Magasin Z Film, for Swedish Z-TV. The project was created together with James Widegren from Idiocase. Click on the link below, or on the preview image to the left to launch a presentation of the project. >> View Project Movie Files & Larger Screenshots

			Selected Logos — Identity Development Pictured is the logotype for the TV show Tjockholmen on Kanal 5 in Sweden. Selected are a few logos we have created in the last couple of years. Some of the logos are part of final identity systems whereas others were commissioned as concept sketches. Click on the link below, or on the preview image to the left to launch a Flash presentation of the project. >> View The Collection

			North By North — Book Illustration Created for Miles & Marvin for the book North By North, published by Die Gestalten Verlag. This 2 page illustration investigates text as an abstract, coded form of communication. Click on the link below, or on the preview image to the left to launch a Flash presentation of the project. >> View Larger Screenshots

			Form as Pattern, Pattern as Form — Illustration This illustration was originally commissioned by Digital Vision. Although, the concept of where representation meets abstract form is exciting so there will be more of these in the near future. >> View The Illustration

			3 Mobile — Booklet Illustration These illustrations were created for a booklet for 3, the leading mobile video communications company. Based on photographs the images were painted over with the appropriate brand colors and overlaid with suitable patterns and textures. Click on the link below, or on the preview image to the left to launch a Flash presentation of the project. >> View The Three Illustrations

			OFFF — Festival Identity & Collaterals During the late spring of 2001, James Widegren from Idiocase, and we, developed the identity, web presence and collateral materials for the On–Line Flash Film Festival, in Barcelona, Spain. Click on the link below, or on the preview image to the left to launch a Flash presentation of the project. >> View Some of The Printed Materials

	Information
	The Supershapes studio is located at Styrmansgatan 39 on Östermalm in Stockholm. You are more than welcome to come visit us at any time if you are curious to see what we are up to. We’ll treat you to a cup of coffee and a smile. Who knows, perhaps there is cake too. If Stockholm seems far away we are always available via e-mail. Click here, or on the e-mail link in the navigation to contact us. If you prefer to talk to us directly then call us anytime on +46 70 605 2727.

	Associates
	We work closely with other studios and individuals if projects require special skill-sets or larger teams. Below are short descriptions and links to some of our closest associates and friends with whom we work, but also respect tremendously. Please take a moment to explore these spaces as they will give you an idea of the great talent available, as well as being great sources of inspiration.
	CHAPTER 3 Swedish born, LA living designer, Chapter 3 is home to handsome Jens Karlsson and his 3-D, digital abstract illustrations and much more work. CUBAN COUNCIL Based in San Fransisco, Cuban Council is a small interactive agency which specializes in creating simply superb solutions for web & print & such. DFORM Danish born US living and fan of all things electronic, graphic designer extraordinaire Anders Schroeder can be found through here. DIESELPRINT Representing Finland, but professionally active in New York, USA, Dieselprint is home to graphic designer and Flash guru Kim Granlund. GREYSCALE He is blond, young, ultra talented and cute. The Swede Erik Jarlsson, the creator of Greyscale and former employee of the month at Hi-Res in London now working at Syrup NYC.			IDIOCASE Behind Idiocase we find Swedish designer James Widegren who also manages to run the design portal THREEOH in his spare time. PLASTICBAG Tech and design Maestro with an affinity for Escheresque visual trickery with a modern touch, German power through the eyes of Philipp Koerber. TOBIAS & TOBIAS This London based outfit is run by the Kiwi brothers Chris and Simon Tobias. Be sure to consider them If you need design or code help in London. XIMERALABS Belgian boy Tom Muller, Graphic Designer at Kleber in London during the day and comic book aficionado at night.