And I, who didn't think anyone read my blog. Yesterday a total stranger told me to keep writing on my blog and then shortly after, my totally cousin gave me a hint about that non-moving car, that is my blog. Anyway thanks for support guys. I promise to write more from now on. I do...I really do.
That Tweet in my eyes
I got on the tweet-train. I was a little tired with the whole facebook thing even though I realize the power of networking which have given me work and connections. So finally I tried Twitter. As a graphic designer working with communication design I need to stay on track with what is new and fresh. But I found Twitter to be much more than I thought it would be. When following the right people I get a huge amount of inspirational links that I don't have time to search for myself. This is a great help. I do get the logo of the day, beautiful package design from I love packaging and other cool stuff from designers all over the world.
But Twitter is even more. I can do a quick market research. I searched the word "Bose" that is the name of one of my clients and a large amount of tweets about my client came up. It's was amazing to see all these people around the globe so happy about my clients products that they felt like sharing it.
You can also network with twitter. That stranger is no longer a total stranger anymore and it's also a good way to stay updated on your friends and make new connections on a global scale. The other day I connected with a upcoming UK freelance magazine and website and it sounded really interesting.
So whatever your passion is – whatever stimulate that thing between your ears - it's out there. Movies, fashion, design, electronics, travels and gardening - there is tweets about everything.... go find yours - and start with mine: http://twitter.com/enterthemark
tirsdag den 30. juni 2009
tirsdag den 20. januar 2009
Welcome 2009 and goodbye 2008
Hello there 2009 and hello blog. I'ts been a while...and I really need to get better at my blogging. May 2008 was the last time and how lousy was that? But that was 2008 and this is 2009. But before I get ahead of myself I should fasttrack you from may 2008 to 2009 with a few notes about last year.
The whole summer was a blur for me and I really can't remember much so I will fast forward to october where I went to New York to attend the AIGA's Design & Business conference together with a danish delegation from DDA (Danish Design Association). DDA is the danish "AIGA". The trip was pretty amazing. It's fantastic to talk to people from around the world about their approach on design and business. I should and could write a lot about this trip but I already did in my newsletter in danish and I'm not going to here :o) OH but we did visit AKQA and Mother Design. YUMMI!
November was the anticlimax of the year and the trip to NYC. Our biggest client, the magazine "Film Guide" has closed due to not being able to make any money. It's getting hard to sell magazine-ads and that was the whole foundation for the magazine so there was no way back for them. This of-course hurt us bad. and we will miss it. We used to make this mag 10 times a year and the magazine was our bread and butter. But as it was, Daniel and I talked about Daniels wishes to try something fresh after 3 years with The Mark, so together we decided that he should look for other work. The timing was perfect and this week Daniel found a job, regardless of the crisis. This is something Daniel totally ignored. Well done and we wish him the very best as he departs at the end of January. We hope he will visit often. We do still have a classic soccertable!
So what now?
Our client have all been a little quiet for a while so I went back to my roots in advertisement but this time working with graphic design instead of final artwork...or at least a combination. I've have had some really fantastic projects to work on and love the time I usually have on projects when working for ad-agencies... We have also been invited to pitch on a super cool design project but it's secret for now so come back later for more on that.
We recently moved our offices to the center of Copenhagen. It's a really cool space that we share with other creatives. We moved in together with Imagework who is working with advanced photo retouch for the fashion-, art-, and advertising-industry. This is our new headquarters and from here we will continue to fight for new clients and ofcourse the clients that are still with us. The year is just beginning and everything feels new and fresh. We will try to apply that to our designs.
Come back soon. The bloggin has just begun...again
Mark! The Mark!
The whole summer was a blur for me and I really can't remember much so I will fast forward to october where I went to New York to attend the AIGA's Design & Business conference together with a danish delegation from DDA (Danish Design Association). DDA is the danish "AIGA". The trip was pretty amazing. It's fantastic to talk to people from around the world about their approach on design and business. I should and could write a lot about this trip but I already did in my newsletter in danish and I'm not going to here :o) OH but we did visit AKQA and Mother Design. YUMMI!
November was the anticlimax of the year and the trip to NYC. Our biggest client, the magazine "Film Guide" has closed due to not being able to make any money. It's getting hard to sell magazine-ads and that was the whole foundation for the magazine so there was no way back for them. This of-course hurt us bad. and we will miss it. We used to make this mag 10 times a year and the magazine was our bread and butter. But as it was, Daniel and I talked about Daniels wishes to try something fresh after 3 years with The Mark, so together we decided that he should look for other work. The timing was perfect and this week Daniel found a job, regardless of the crisis. This is something Daniel totally ignored. Well done and we wish him the very best as he departs at the end of January. We hope he will visit often. We do still have a classic soccertable!
So what now?
Our client have all been a little quiet for a while so I went back to my roots in advertisement but this time working with graphic design instead of final artwork...or at least a combination. I've have had some really fantastic projects to work on and love the time I usually have on projects when working for ad-agencies... We have also been invited to pitch on a super cool design project but it's secret for now so come back later for more on that.
We recently moved our offices to the center of Copenhagen. It's a really cool space that we share with other creatives. We moved in together with Imagework who is working with advanced photo retouch for the fashion-, art-, and advertising-industry. This is our new headquarters and from here we will continue to fight for new clients and ofcourse the clients that are still with us. The year is just beginning and everything feels new and fresh. We will try to apply that to our designs.
Come back soon. The bloggin has just begun...again
Mark! The Mark!
mandag den 26. maj 2008
The Mark rocks RockZoo
RockZoo is one of our smallest clients, but as we love them all and always takes our work seriously, small is not a problem! We have created the new logo for RockZoo, a hard rock music management agency. We have also helped them out with a few posters and are currently working on a website design for RockZoo. Stay tuned!
For the love of movies
We never write much about the movie-magazine we do almost every month but the truth is we love to work with movie-related projects. Film Guide is out every month in the cinemas and cafés around the country and this year we have already made 5 issues. The thing is, when you work on the same type of work over and over again you have to constantly think about how to improve your work and get new ideas, but all within the design guidelines we have made for the magazine and that is actually the great part about it. Always stay on our toes and stay sharp! Here's this years covers!
Bose is back...in black
This winter (january/february) we helped Bose with an in-store campaign followed by newspaper ads. This is all about making this Bose product the hero of the campaign. Speaking earliere about going international with our clients, working for Bose has showed us that this is a task, we can manage.
A pocketfull of MindShare
For a few years now we have helped our client MindShare with this sweet little pocketfull of danish media information. It's a very quick way to get media information from the biggest players on the danish media-scene without browsing various websites. Get your own from www.mindshare.dk
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