Photos from Danmark, Issue III
Me and My Pioneer Rabbit, Declaring Independence
Update from the Bureau Abroad
It’s been 3 months since I took a leap and moved the Bureau abroad to Copenhagen, Denmark. Since then, I’ve worked on projects with US clients in Portland and New York, launched a Kickstarter campaign, and spent countless hours getting the Bureau up to speed in a new country, which includes but is not limited to:
1. Accountant to explain the Danish Tax Burden to me: check.
2. Danish Design Association networking events up the wazoo: check.
3. Sharing office space with the kind folks at Wemind: check.
4. Going to lots of museums: check, check, check.
And then…
5. My first Danish design gig: check!!!
This is the first big payoff after quite a bit of nose-to-the-grindstone time. I will be working with a small local design studio called Bessermachen to help design a series of chocolate packaging. Plus, I get a meal ticket for their lunch plan where steaming hot lunch is served promptly at noon every day. If this isn’t a dream gig, I don’t know what is. Last year Brandhouse & Bessermachen’s “Chocolates with Attitude” make a big splash on the packaging design circuit, so this year will be a good challenge to help Creative Director Kristin Brandt make the 3rd edition just as great.
Bessermachen focuses solely on packaging design, which is one of my true design loves (in addition to designing for books, food and travel). Plus, Bessermachen pretty much means “make it better” in German – I think this is what you call kismet?
Triple Placebo Effect
Goodie Monster Snack Sheet
Update June 4, 2012: The next steps for the Goodie Monster are to find a home in a Portland area school, to make an impact at a local level directly with kids by providing a framework for eating healthily. Check out the Goodie Monster on Facebook, or contact Mark Jacobs for more information at mark@goodiemonster.com.
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My idea-partner Mark and I are currently fundraising money to make more Goodie Monsters, so we are offering rewards for people who support the project. This reward is a PDF snack sheet with the Goodie Monster’s path to snacking, some tips, a kale chip recipe, and info about snacks from around the world. Personally I don’t go a single hour without thinking about what my next snack is going to be. To back the effort, check out the campaign on Kickstarter.
Baked Kale Chips
Ingredients
1 bunch kale, washed and dried
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
Remove leaves and tear into bite-size pieces
Toss with olive oil and salt on baking sheet
Bake until crisp (10 to 15 minutes)
You can also experiment with other root veggies like sweet potatoes, carrots, or beets, and sprinkle on your own spices.
This Is A Circle
Every morning I wake up to a giant piece of ceiling stucco above me. It is centered over my bed and 4 feet wide, so I don’t even have to twist my head to see it. Hello, good morning, it says to me. I’m still here.
Lately I’ve been rising earlier than my alarm, so I lie awake in the morning sun tracing the circle with my eyes, practicing the shape over and over, as if I were training for something, perhaps a professional circle drawing contest.
So, as I frequently do with things stuck in my brain, I put this circle on paper, cave man style and to the power of 10. Yowza.
Goodie Monster Snack Pouch
Update June 4, 2012: The next steps for the Goodie Monster are to find a home in a Portland area school, to make an impact at a local level directly with kids by providing a framework for eating healthily. Check out the Goodie Monster on Facebook, or contact Mark Jacobs for more information at mark@goodiemonster.com.
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As part of our efforts to raise money to create more Goodie Monsters, we are offering rewards for people who support the project. This reward is a hand-made snack pouch with custom printed fabric and filled with some of the Goodie Monster’s favorite treats. Check out the campaign on Kickstarter.
The Goodie Monster Snack Pouch measures approximately 4.5×7 inches and has a gray zipper, green back and custom monster mouth front. Thanks to Allisa Jacobs for crafting each snack pouch.
Best of Summer Lettering
Last year I created some lettering for Hanna Andersson to use in their catalogs. This year, they got back in touch to letter more phrases for their Best of Summer book. Super sweet and perfect for their Swedish-inspired basics, especially their striped pajamas (for kids and adults alike).
Goodie Monster Poster
Update June 4, 2012: The next steps for the Goodie Monster are to find a home in a Portland area school, to make an impact at a local level directly with kids by providing a framework for eating healthily. Check out the Goodie Monster on Facebook, or contact Mark Jacobs for more information at mark@goodiemonster.com.
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One of the rewards that we are offering as part of a Kickstarter campaign to make more Goodie Monsters is a poster. The Goodie Monster really loves to snack and has no problem telling the world all about it. Check out the project on Kickstarter and see some of the other great rewards we have for people who back the project.
Goodie Monster T-Shirt
Update June 4, 2012: The next steps for the Goodie Monster are to find a home in a Portland area school, to make an impact at a local level directly with kids by providing a framework for eating healthily. Check out the Goodie Monster on Facebook, or contact Mark Jacobs for more information at mark@goodiemonster.com.
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Mark Jacobs and I are in the midst of a Kickstarter effort to make more Goodie Monsters, so we are offering rewards for people who support the project. This reward is a gray American Apparel T-shirt with a hungry monster character on it. Locally screen-printed in Portland, Oregon, the shirt is available in Men’s, Women’s, and Toddler/Youth sizes.
Is he waiting for cherries and plums to fall from the sky into his gaping maw? Is he letting out a giant monster burp after having eaten too many fig bars? Is he merely bellowing his appreciation of healthy snacks? All of the above! To get a monster t-shirt and support us, check out the campaign on Kickstarter.
