Designing for Sweden

A project we worked on for a Swedish camping and outdoor activity center. We designed the beaver logo and two roll up banners to take to fairs. We loved working with the wonderful pictures and designing all the pictograms and the illustrations. Almost feels like we're there :-)

Hier werkten we aan voor een Zweedse camping en buitensportcentrum. We ontwierpen het beverlogo en twee roll up banners om mee naar beurzen te nemen. We vonden het heerlijk om met de prachtige foto's te werken en al de pictogrammen en de illustraties te ontwerpen. Voelt alsof we er bijna zijn :-)

How to use iPhone in cold weather

When visiting Tallinn we brought only our iPhones to take pictures. But using the touch screen was quite a challenge facing minus 15 degrees Celcius. Jaco likes challenges, so he found a way :-)

A tutorial on how to take pictures with your iPhone when it's freezing cold.

 1. Hit the home button twice. You can do this with your gloves on.

 2. Touch the camera icon with your nose.

 3. Use the right volume button to take a picture. Still comfortably wearing your gloves!!

You could of course forget all this and just buy really cool hand knitted iPhone mittens like Aline did. They have a special flap to cover your fingers when you are not using your iPhone. 

Actually the nice old lady who made them didn't have this purpose in mind, she was wearing a pair to keep her fingers warm in between sales. Guess all good designs are multifunctional :-)

Time out in Tallinn

Just took a 2-day pause together in Tallinn, Estonia. Perfect city for it!
What we loved: history all around, but free wifi too. Also:

Cafe restaurant Must Puudel (Black Poodel). Nice atmosphere, retro 70ties design and friendly staff,  good choice of music and piles of interesting satire comics from Sovjet times.

Also at Must Puudle: very decent breakfast for a good price. Yes, we are going back there :-)

Very nice textile. This design by Zizi.

Inspiring illustrations everywhere..

Lovely streets to wander at night. With an occasional hot wine to fight the cold. Or the perfect hot chocolate with a little rum at Cafe Josephine. Cheers :-)