Bitter seier goes to print

Sent off the files for the cover of Alf R. Jacobsen's Bitter seier: Narvik, 10. april – 10. juni 1940 to print yesterday. It is the fourth and final book in his series about the German invasion of Norway...

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Barnas bok om småkryp

Barnas bok om småkryp

Recently designed the book cover for an illustrated children's book about insects to be published by Vega Forlag in the spring of 2013. Beautiful water colour illustrations by Vesla Vetlesen.

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Nostalgic cookbook

Sent off to the printers today: Petter Schjerven's latest book All mat kommer fra Ungarn – Nostalgisk kokebok (wich translates into something like: Hungary is the Origin of all Food – Nostalgic cookbook), an entertaining look back at old cookery and recipes. A...

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Kampen om Norge board game

All graphic material for the board game Kampen om Norge (The Battle of Norway) was sent off to production this week. The game itself is designed by Yngve Bækholt and myself, while I have supplied all illustrations and graphics for...

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Frog legs

Self promotional illustration.

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Norwegian Wars

The giant project Norges kriger (Norway's Wars) was sent off to the printers at the beginning of this month. Eagerly awaiting the finished product, a 528 page mastodon of a book. Designed both cover and layout on this one, and...

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Autumn releases

A few books that I've worked on that have been released over the last few weeks. Three books in the Mathilde series, illustrated by the brilliant Erik Ødegaard, are now available in book shops. Bardommens TV-spill – fra Space Invaders til...

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Video Games from our Childhood

This book about classic video games from the era spanning from Space Invaders to Doom should soon be arriving from the printer. My recent book design projects also includes a documentary about Norwegian post punk music in the early...

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Ad for children’s books

Just made this magazine advertisement today for three children's books in a series about Mathilde, a little girl with a great imagination. The books are written by Einar A. Lund and illustrated by Erik Ødegaard, while I have designed...

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Spicy book cover

My most recent book cover. Spice Encyclopedia, written by my mother, Kari Vetlesen. A must for every kitchen library! Also attended Visuelt recently. Really enjoyed the talk from Dino dos Santos at DSType. Many great competition winners. Always great to...

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