They are finally here!! After one whole year of waiting, the Christmas chocolate pieces I designed for Freia last year are finally in the stores.

I really love how they came out and they even got all the details of the face of the fjøsnisse (the norwegian gnome-santa) and the little swirls in his beard. And they have that modern yet nostalgic feel I tried for. The package design is done by SDG.

So for all of you living in Norway, go out this instance and buy a bag of them!
Merry Christmas! :)

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Wooden birds 11/16/2011
 
New products for the shop!

Just in time for Christmas I`ve now lasercut some birds out of scandinavian birch veneer, gocco printed some of them, and stained them with a walnut varnish. They will be for sale at Designernes eget Julemarked at the 3rd and 4th of december at DogA here in Oslo, and will also be listed in my webshop around the same time.
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Finally it`s here, the Jamie magazine Christmas issue! I`ve been a fan of Jamie for years and have almost all of his cookbooks. I especially love his simple and straight forward approach to cooking, and his passion for getting healthier school dinners and the ministry of food project.

So, when I got asked to do a Nuremberg map illustration for their Christmas issue I of course said yes! It was so much fun to get to do the typography as well and to incorporate it all into the illustration. I really love the magazine`s extensive use of illustration and how well it all goes with the rich and colorful photos. And I also love the way they used the hand drawn typography (not mine) on the front as well.

I also had to take a picture of that wonderful moustache guy and gingerbread santa from the Nuremberg article. Love them!

So go to your local newsagent or Narvesen here in Norway and buy the magazine! It`s packed with lots of wonderful holiday recipes and illustrations. :)
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Winter has just started, yet I already dream of flowers and green leaves. So I thought I`d upload some flower sketches from my red sketchbook that I drew this summer to cheer myself up a bit.

And also there are some very exiting products coming in my webshop soon, hopefylly by the end of november, just in time for christmas. Yay!
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Dinamo 10 years! 11/04/2011
 
One of my favorite clients Dinamo just celebrated their ten year anniversary, and asked me together with nine others to contribute an illustration for limited edition t-shirts that were to be exhibited at their celebration party. Of course I loved their theme and idea, and the result was this cat and mouse spelling "Ti" (norwegian for ten) with semaphore flags.

Two of my favorites of all the contributions were the Beatnik drummer by Mikael Eriksson and the motorcycle guy by Bjørn Rune Lie. The other contributers were Robin Snasen Rengård, Levi Bergqvist, Cecilie & Gilles, Simen Grankel, Tonje Jæger, Kristine Five Melvær, and Henrik Tandberg.
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This summer I did some illustrations for a new blog about nordic coffee culture by Wilfa.
As you might have guessed, it`s a blog about good coffee and how much it influences the nordic cultures. Who would have ever lived up here if we did not have coffee, right?

I love when campaigns turn out like this, fun and playful. :)
The agency behind the campaign is Saatchi & Saatchi.
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Eight magazine 10/10/2011
 
In june I was asked to contribute to the next Eight magazine. Eight magazine is a free magazine published throughout the Netherlands and in Copenhagen by HUB footwear to promote new artists. The magazine is in international A3 size and all the illustrations are ready to be cut out and framed to be put on your wall. Really nice idea for a free magazine I think. The theme in this issue was "the city where you live", and the city name had to be incorporated into the illustration.

And another thing I really love is that Killian Eng is on the opposite side of the spread. I remember first seeing his amazing work as a jury member at Kolla some years ago. We all loved it so much, and unanimously awarded him the gold award in the student category. I would strongly recommend to check out his work here, here and here.

Also check out the other very talented contributors Jordy Van Den Nieuwendjik, Oliver Bierauge, Gwènola Carrère, Oliver Hofmann, Philipp Dornbierer and Miss Lotion.
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Come and play! 09/08/2011
 
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Photos copyright Marie Kristiansen.

Lisbeth Bjørndal the founder of barnigjen.no just did this amazing makeover using our fabrics in a little playhouse in her garden. I absolutely love what she has done with the fabrics, and she even crocheted the little hamburger on the stove, and fruits and cupcakes on the table!
Go check out her site barnigjen.no for more of her beautiful creations.

Fabrics can be bought by the meter here, and I`ve put up more photos of the makeover on my Flickr here.
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Hello there! 09/05/2011
 
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Still here, and busy as a bee with lots of new projects. Hence the lack of updates.
Just gave my site a real makeover, and there will be some new exiting products in the shop soon.

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The new labels are already put into good use. Yesterday I delivered a batch of bambi necklaces to BerlinTexaz in Grünerløkka, and they are already up in the store window.

The necklaces are a collaboration between me and my dear Superrune and me.
Here are some WIP photos of the project.
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