EARLY CLIENTS INCLUDED THE TRENDY 'CITY' SUPPLEMENT OF SWEDISH NATIONAL NEWSPAPER SVENSKA DAGBLADET, BRAINPOOL FOR SONY MUSIC AND CANDELIA POPS CONFECTIONARY PACKAGING FOR CLOETTA.
IN 1997 I WAS SIGNED TO ART DEPARTMENT IN THE USA WHICH OPENED THE DOOR TO MORE INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS SUCH AS NYLON MAGAZINE, WALLPAPER, LITTLE BROWN AND ARTISTS RANGING FROM MACY GRAY, LIL KIM, RZA.
IN EUROPE I CONCENTRATED MORE ON FASHION PERIODICALS DOING LENGTHY ILLUSTRATED SPREADS FOR JALOUSE, DAZED & CONFUSED, FRANK, DELICIAE VITAE, VOGUE UK, ITALIA & VOGUE BRAZIL. THIS SPREAD TO USA AS WELL WITH NYLON & FLAUNT MAGAZINE BEING REGULAR COLLABORATORS ON THE FASHION FRONT.
WHILST BASED IN LONDON 2004-2007 I WAS REPRESENTED BY BIG ACTIVE (UK) & ART DEPT (USA) DOING INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING FOR COCA COLA, CITROEN, DIESEL, NIKE, HEWLETT PACKARD AND A LENGTHY CD COVER SERIES FOR DEFECTED RECORDS.
IN SWEDEN I AM MAINLY KNOWN FOR THE ANNUAL CONCERT POSTER SERIES I DO FOR GRÖNA LUND THAT ARE FLY POSTED ACROSS STOCKHOLM ALL SUMMER. I STARTED IN 2001 AND HAVE DONE POSTERS FOR A RANGE OF ARTISTS INCLUDING IGGY POP, BECK, LADY GAGA, ALICE COOPER, BRYAN ADAMS, BUNNY WAILER, ZIGGY MARLEY, BEASTIE BOYS AND MEL C.
FROM 2005 I ALSO BEGAN COLLABORATING WITH CLOTHES COMPANIES DOING SPECIALISED PRINTS FOR T-SHIRTS AND SWIMWEAR STARTING WITH BJÖRN BORG, WHYRED AND MISTRAL IN FRANCE. FROM 2007 I WAS BASED FULL TIME AT H&M AS A PRINT DESIGNER FOR 3 YEARS AND AS A FREELANCE IN NEW YORK I HAVE NOW EXECUTED PRINTS FOR MARC BY MARC JACOBS, LITTLE MARC JACOBS, SWAG LIKE US IN LOS ANGELES AND MORE TO FOLLOW.
HERE ARE SOME IMAGES FROM THOSE ERAS;
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