Literary Collage

Originally intented as a book mark illustration for literary magazine. 

Happy New Year!

I love my job!

new www

christineclemmensen.dk

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Made a new website for my graphic design studio, using Muse.

T-Shirt Design

For Trekanten Fencing Club.

 

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Work

Christmas Greetings // Årets julekort

Every year I strive to make a Christmas 'Card' that will spread a bit of joy and colour, and this year, it'sa da flowers. Each one unique and made by yours truly, packed in a cardboard box, and shipped by Santa. Okay, last one not entirely true.

Here, you can see a few of the crepe buddies, and this post also serves as a ... usability service for the receivers ;-)

Merry Xmas guys!

xxoo

 

 

 

 

 

Artist Journal Pages i ny bog // Featured in new book - out now

For noget tid tilbage fik jeg en email fra Dawn DeVries Sokol, forfatter til bl.a. 1000 Artist Journal Pages, hvor hun spurgte mig om jeg ville være med i hendes kommende bog: A World of Artist Journal Pages: 1000+ Artworks - 230 Artists - 30 Countries. Mine 'journal pages' præsenteres over to opslag i bogen, og jeg er endda på forsiden ;-) – den lille fiskebasse i toppen er fra en af mine sider. I disse dage er mine Q&A om, hvordan jeg arbejder, og hvor jeg henter min inspiration fra, på Dawn's blog her.

Tak endnu en gang ♥ for at invitere mig! Og for at lave denne skønne bog med inspiration fra hele verden.

A while ago, Dawn DeVries Sokol, author of 1000 Artist Journal Pages (and other wonderful books) askes me to contribute to her new book: A World of Artist Journal Pages: 1000+ Artworks - 230 Artists - 30 Countries. My work is presented on two spreads in the book (I even made the cover—the little fishie on the top is mine ;-), and today, my Q&A about the way I work and my sources of inspiration is featured on Dawn's blog here.
Thanks again ♥ for this great opportunity! And for making this book of great inspiration.

You can read the interview here

 

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HAR DU LYST TIL AT KOMME PÅ
COLLAGEWORKSHOP I MAJ?

Søndag den 10. maj kl. 9-15.30 i vores skønne og inspirerende lokaler på Christianshavn.

Undervisere: Christine Clemmensen og Pernille Mühlbach

Du kan læse mere om workshoppen her

og melde dig til ved at sende en mail med dit navn og din adresse til: 

mail@muhlbachclemmensen.dk

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Egne collager //My collages
Egne Artist Journal Pages // My Artist Journal Pages
Scraps—A Field Guide to Collage available in english here 
(Den danske udgave af Scraps – et kursus i små mirakler er udsolgt fra forlaget, men jeg er i gang med at genudgive den som e-bog)

Bogomslag // Book Cover

Kunde/ Client: Det Blå Hus Publishing

 

Samlerens Bogklub // Work

Forrige gang jeg layoutede medlemsbladet til Samlerens Bogklub, var hovedbogen Wladimir Kaminers Russerdisco. Jeg blev briefet, hørte lidt om handlingen i bogen, stemningen, og jeg havde ikke høre ret meget om Øst og Vest, Honecker og hele den jødisk-russiske aftale i Berlin i 90'erne, før jeg havde kysset på nethinden. Og da jeg havde besøgt byen - og Muren - ganske få måneder forinden, havde jeg oven i købet billedet liggende på mit kamera. Jeg forelagde ideen, og redaktøren (som udover at være skøn, inspirerende og en litterær supernova også er ret modig) var med på ideen.

Billedet »My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love« forestiller Leonid Brezhnev og Erich Honecker fejre 30-årsdagen for DDR. Det meterhøje billede på East Side Gallery i Berlin er malet af Dmitri Vrubel i 1990.
(som lille note skal siges, at jeg havde pænt meget noia over, om jeg var tilladt bruge dette billede, eller om det på en eller anden måde var omfattet af copyright. Efter at have iført mig livrem og seler i flere lag, og haft mange lange samtaler med diverse rettighedsfolk, fik jeg go til at bruge billedet. Begrundet med, at det havde en vis relevans i forhold til Kaminers historie.

:-* 

 

Last time I layouted member magazine for Samlerens Book Club, Wladimir Kaminer's Russerndisco was Book of The Month. The editor told me a little about the plot of the book, the feel, and after a few seconds of East and West, Honecker and the Jewish-Russian agreement in Berlin in the 90s, and the Kiss appeared in my mind. It had only been a couple of moths since I had visited the city - and the Wall, and that specific image was still sitting in my camera. I presented the idea and the editor (who–in addition to being amazing, inspiring and a literary supernova also is quite brave) dug the idea.
 The image 'My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love' depicts Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker celebrate the 30th anniversary of the DDR. The meter-high painting on the East Side Gallery in Berlin is created by Dmitri Vrubel in 1990.(As small note: I had serious doubts whether I was allowed to use this image, or if it somehow were covered by copyright. After wearing my belt and braces in several layers, and had many long conversations with various rights people, I got the go to use the image. The reason whas, that it had a fair amount of relevance to Kaminer's story.)

Nyt bogomslag // New Book Jacket Design

Shefali Tsabary's Forældre i nuet er lige kommet – frisk fra bogtrykken; omslaget har jeg været heldig at få lov at lave. Jeg har også læst en anden af hendes bøger; Out of Control: Why Disciplining Your Child Doesn't Work and What Will, og den kan jeg bare ikke anbefale nok!! Som i: virkelig!!! 

Den lille spire er et gummistempel jeg skar til opgaven :-)

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The Danish edition of Shefali Tsabary's The Conscious Parent just arrived—fresh out of the printers, and I was lucky enough to be asked to design the jacket. I read another one of her books; Out of Control: Why Disciplining Your Child Doesn't Work and What Will, which I cannot recommend too much. Really!!!

The lille sprout is a rubber stamp I carved for this.

Nyt logo // New logo – La Petite Scandinave

 

Jeg har designet logoet til den franske designblog La Petite Scandinave (Den lille Skandinaverinde). Kunden havde selv nogle ønsker og ideer, bl.a at der gerne skulle indgå et hus, da mange af de designs der præsenteres på bloggen er ting til huset.

Herunder er skitserne der lå forud for udformningen af det endelige logo.

:-)

... efter at have tegnet og tegnet, sovet på det og tegnet lidt mere, valgte jeg dem ud jeg synes det var værd at arbejde videre med, rentegnede dem, og præsenterede dem for kunden.

Kunden valgte to – jeg viste dem på de forskellige platforme, hvorefter hun valgte denne

og vi kunne gøre klar til launch :-)

Tak for samarbejdet, La Petite Scandinave ♥

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 I designed the logo for the French design blog La Petite Scandinave (The little Girl from Scandinavia). The client had a few requests and ideas,she would like the logo to have a house in it, since many of the designs presented on the blog are items for a house.

It was necessary that the logo worked in a square - La Petite Scandinave is on facebook, instagram and twitter - all of which use a small square or circle for the profile picture.

Above are the sketches which preceded the drawing of the final logo.

  ... After drawing, sleeping on it and drawing some more, I chose the ones I deemed worth continuing with, computerized, and introduced them to my client.

She chose two—I presented them on the various platforms, after which she chose this. And we could make ready for launch. 

Thank you La Petite Scandinave ♥

 

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Gavstrik // Knitting Mag

Jeg holder meget af at layoute strikkemagasinet Gavstrik :-) Nyeste nr. har design af Hanne Gaard Grønlund på forsiden. Jeg kan varmt anbefale et besøg på hendes side :-)

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I do love layouting the Danish knitting magazine Gavstrik. The cover of this latest issue is from knitting designer Hanne Gaard Grønlund. I recommend a visit :-) 

Plakat // Poster

Igen i år har jeg lavet plakaten til udstillingen Mit Hjem er Mit Slot. I år er den blevet frisket lidt op med et nyt typografisk udtryk. Mere sans serif. Mindre Melior.

I did the poster for the garden show My Home is My Castle. This year, the poster went through a subtle redesign. More sans serif – less Melior.

MAX A5 udstilling // show

Igen i år deltog jeg i fællesudstillingen MAX A5; denne gang i galleri TYS i Studiestræde.

I participated in the group show MAX A5, in TYS Gallery in the heart of Copenhagen.

På skolebænken // Back To School

 

Jeg var på kursus i denne uge - i at lære at lave apps. Det var FEDT at få undervisning! Og det var et godt kursus. Eneste bet var, at vi, på den sidste undervisningsdag erfarede, at Adobe lukker Single Edition User-delen ned, så man altså skal være megamastodontspiller på markedet for at kunne udgive apps. Grrr. Må finde en anden vej. Men ikke desto mindre - jeg er hooked! Interaktivt design rocker :-)

Oplaget af Scraps er ved at være udsolgt, der er efterhånden kun ganske få trykte eksemplarer tilbage af den danske udgave, så planen er at udgive den som e-bog.

Det er sjauw at designe til tablet :-)

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I took a class this week, on how to create apps for tablets. Learning stuff is AWESOME! Only downside was, that we also learned Adobe is planning to shut down their Single Edition service. Which means you have to play in the major leagues to be able to publish apps. Hmm. I will have to find different way, then. Nonetheless—I'm hooked! Interactive design rocks :-)

The Danish (printed) edition of Scraps is almost sold out, with only a few books left. So I'm planning to self-publish it as a E-Pub.

Designing for tablet is fu-un :-)

Arbejd'

Det nye bogklubblad fra Samlerens Bogklub er på gaden. Udover layout har jeg også tegnet forsideillustrationen denne gang.

More work

A flyer:

 And illustrations for shop-»buttons«:

for Christin Illeborg.
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Lari Washburn's Pinterest boards hold much inspiration :-)

Work

Thought I'd share a little bit more of the work I've made recently

Here's an email invitation I did for Sct Matthæus Church in Vesterbro, Copenhagen.

And two book covers; the first for Borgens Publishing house, the second for Det Blå Hus:

  

I Haven't had time to update my portfolio lately, but you can see some of my earlier work here

Label design

My friend Morten and his partner Nikolai have developed a spicy chili sauce; Millinge Sauce. It is their own personally developed recipe, and it is now a real batch, sold by the bottle. Congratulations, guys :-)
I love the taste—warm and round and flavoured with a wide range of spices that makes it soooo much more than a chili sauce. It is a-b-s-o-L-U-T-E-l-y addictive! YUM!

I designed the label in close co-operation with the two Millinge Sauce Chefs—I'm happy to be part of the process, and cheer for many more bottles to come! :-)

Sweet Dreams

for Christin's class on how to get better sleep.

Sweet idea from Sweet Paul Magazine: Dancing Family Cut-outs

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