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The studio (2012, w/o Jan)
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Bar area (2011)
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Back room (2011)
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Our street in 1939: Check out the 2nd floor of “Babyland”, where it says “Magic Tricks Jokers Novelties”…
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…that's where we are today, right above the Dunkin' Donuts!
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The musical corner in our studio—as it is today
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The high art of self-promotion (Thank you, Paul!)
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Hahaha! A test shot for…
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…Creativity magazine's cover (2006)
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Magazine cover—feat. old Hattler design (2010)
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Shirt A
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Shirt B
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Shirt C
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Shirt D
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Shirt E
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Shirt F
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Driving on the wrong side of the car
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In the face
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Welcome to Africa
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On the streets of Rome (2006)
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Hjalti—feet-forward crawling on the streets of Manhattan (2007)
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Before the show
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After the show
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Hjalti—panning the outskirts of Beijing
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Wrapper for artisan chocolate makers Mast Brothers from Brooklyn (2009)
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Looking busy—still in China
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Hat A
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Hello! (1)
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Hjalti (on the right)—back when he was a student
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Hjalti and Jan when they were young—with their second favorite toys
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Hjalti with his big brother—Jan with his small bunny…
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Yes—put a magazine in your freezer overnight to enjoy an ice cold read in the morning. Do it today! It's a great experience!
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Having a drink with our very dear friend Martin Woodtli
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Hjalti—twice (by Peekasso)
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Jan—twice (by Peekasso)
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Hjalti—as seen by a professional photographer for a professional magazine
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T-shirt designed by God
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Nicole and Hjalti after a test drive during their Lamborghini visit (Italy, 2010)
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Peculiar perpendicular
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Shiny
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Best breakfast
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Karaoke loves us (Part I)
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Power napping on the job…
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…looks like working, but…zzzzzzzzz…zzzzzzzzzzzzzz…
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Karaoke loves us (Part II)
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Hat B
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And the beat goes…
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Eat this!
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In memoriam
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The studio (2005)
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A bear touched my chair
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The bar are(n)a (2005)
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Our classic chair ’n’ sofa combo—we bought it second-hand for $120 when we started the studio
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Hat C
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Novum magazine (2002)
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Our studio—as seen by our dear friend Peter Stemmler (Quickhoney)
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“Riddu” twice a day—says this cover draft for a German design magazine
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In front of the studio on 6th Avenue (photo by Spessi, 2002)
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Our annual WGDFC (World Graphic Design Foosball Championship)—now at the ADC
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The 2nd annual WGDFC in 2005—when it was still small enough to be in our studio
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Trying to compete
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Our very first holiday card (2001)
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Our second holiday card (2002)
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A Chinese new year's card—we had missed the deadline for the other new year…
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…designed and printed for us by AKA printing in Chinatown
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A bad idea followed by an even worse execution
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Studio mailer #2 (2003)
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Our setup during the first 2 months in our office…
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…and here is Hjalti bursting with excitement with the brand new equipment
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Business cards (2001)
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Skype Meetings (Part I)—Sandra and NJ
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Flexing on 6th Avenue
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After one too many (bow ties)
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Chinese something something
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Believe it or not—but it did get hotter and hotter there
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Nicole (by Peekasso)
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The studio in 2010 (photo by Daniel Moss)
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Nikki J Island—our one-day satellite office in Atlanta (w/ free wifi)
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Invite to the “tellmewhy” book launch party at the Diesel Style Lab store (2003)
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At the “tellmewhy” book launch party at the Diesel Style Lab store (2003)
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The title speaks for itself
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Contractual obligations and clerical mistakes
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From an Icelandic newspaper article (2001)
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From another newspaper article in 2003 (photo by Elisabeth Smolarz)
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Skype Meetings (Part II)—Sandra and NJ
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Behind the scenes
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Mr. Vignelli turning 80
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Awesome photo (by and thanks to Dimitri Bruni)
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Hjalti in his favorite t-shirt
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Jan's “All My Shirts” installation during the SVW workshop (2009)
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Jan at the Oslo Opera House—summer time (during “Visuelt Conference”)
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Hjalti at the Oslo Opera House—winter time (during “By:Larm Festival”)
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Who needs a sketch book when you can sketch like this
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karlssonwilker show at Ozone gallery in Belgrade
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Early morning before a conference in Stockholm (2008)
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In Ai Wei Wei's studio in Beijing
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East Jerusalem (2011)
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Who am I and where am I going?
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Shooting Shirin Neshat's hands for “Creative Time: The Book” soft cover version
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Fun times in the office
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Tickets were cheeep
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Nicole giving a lecture at the Apple store in SoHo (2011)
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Nicole with her boyfriend Roberto Cavalli in Miami (2011)
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Nicole with her gorgeous hair in New York (2012)
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And this is Nicole during her internship with us (January 2005)
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AGI Open Barcelona (2011)
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Ningbo Design Museum (2008)
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One of Colani's many masterpieces—this one's also a piano
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Shellf
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Assembled in USA
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Prototype of the Puma El Rey shoe—wrong color
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During Adobe world tour (2004)
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Jesus…
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We shook his hand afterwards
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Our beloved vinyl cutting machine in use
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A project for Capitol Records that never went anywhere except here
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Poster for Harvard GSD
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Hello! (2)
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Few B celebrities and many C celebrities at our local lunch spot—and us
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“20 projects in 5 minutes…for fast readers”
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Santa Fe—Hjalti judging the Clio awards (2011)
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Typo Berlin (2006)
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A project for Friends of the Highline—before the highline became the Highline
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The karlssonwilker show in Riga/Latvia
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Our old website (Flash & Netscape)
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London, 2011: In the background, they're busy skimming Hjalti's credit card…
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The first days in our studio before we had chairs and a desk
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Jan during a presentation in Tijuana/Mexico
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Gugulethu/South Africa
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W/o suuts
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W/ suuuts
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Suuuuts
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Suuuuuts only
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Box head
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Brown curderoy & blue linen
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Climbing Lion's Head one early morning
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Bulbs
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Jan trying out new material
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Ivan (&) the Great
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Two design magazine covers (Swedish left, Latvian right)
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Our man Holmes, we salute you!
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BFF
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Skype Meetings (Part III)—Sandra, Mio and NJ
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Quito/Ecuador
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Judging and pointing at design
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On the way to the elongate
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“When we saw all these images of these starving kids in Africa, we just had to react in a personal way, so we drew this steak for them.” (“tellmewhy”, 2003)
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Business glass
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Morning commute
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First Friday of the month at 2pm, from ’05 to ’08—a special performance was held for those who had discovered the hidden webcam on our site—maybe it's still up
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It's very funny for Germans. Ja!
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Jan & Hjalti go to White Castle
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That's Canada
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The other kind of chicklets (Qatar, 2011)
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The year was 2000
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Doglamps
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“This cover is so gay” she said and left—“Wow, so not PC” he said…
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“If possible—invest in a zoom lens”
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Hjalti and Jan at DesignIndaba (South Africa, 2008)
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We made it official right from the start
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Long time no see: “Welcome to Portfolio Island” (2001)
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The studio (2003)
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Shirt G
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The very first day in the studio
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Our picturesque outside space
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Hjalti with the president of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, and Goddur (far right)
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Very early round of mock-ups for the “tellmewhy” book
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Cover of “Grapevine” (2012)
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Hjalti, pre-Photobooth filters and flatscreens…
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Jan—obviously thinking about Hjalti's design skills (2000)
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During one of many all-nighters—very many years ago
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