| Biography 1-UP is the moniker and freelance umbrella for the Swedish graphic designer Joakim Jansson. Living and working in Oslo, Norway since 2005. In September 2009 he joined one of Norways finest design studios, Bleed. His work encompasses many areas related to design including art direction, graphic design, typography, illustration, branding and web. His work has been featured in numerous books and magazines: NY Times Magazine, IdN Magazine, Colour Mania, Los Logos 4, 1000 Music Graphics, Dazed & Confused, Computer Arts, Cap & Design, Swindle Magazine, Snitt, Nordic Youngblood, Dissoanze Exhibition, Taschens 1000 Favorite Websites. He is running a pop club in Oslo called Soda Popinski, which is also his dj-name. | Contact Joakim Jansson Sverdrups Gate 19 0559 Oslo Norway — E. joakim@1-up.com P. +47 934 55 222 Associate • Bleed • Blog (In Swedish) • Last FM • Dropular • Flickr • MySpace |
Experience
Bleed, Senior Graphic Designer, Oslo, Sept 2009 — Present
1-UP, Owner, Oslo, Aug 2002 — Present
Making Waves Graphic Designer, Oslo, Mar 2007 — Sept 2009
Uniform Graphic Designer, Oslo, Jan 2006 — Mar 2007
McCann Norway Freelance Graphic Designer, Oslo, Oct 2005 — Dec 2005
Commando Group Graphic Designer / Internship, Oslo, Feb 2005 — Sep 2005
Buck Graphic Designer / Internship, Los Angeles, Aug 2003 — Mar 2004
Litium Affärskommunikation Webdesigner, Jönköping, Aug 1999 — Jun 2002
Education
Hyper Island School of New Media Design — Crew 8, Karlskrona, Sweden, 2002-2004
Honors and Awards2007
Gold — Farmandsprisen — Flyktinghjelpen
2006
New Faces 2006 — Computer Arts — Mentioned as one of ten new faces to keep an eye on for 2007
Magazines & Books
2010
IdN Magazine — Pick Of The Month column Jan/Feb 2010, Hong Kong
2009
KF — Kreativt Forum #7, Nov 2009, Norway
NY Times Magazine, Sept, USA
Colour Mania, Aug 2009 Hong Kong
2008
Los Logos 4 Oct 2008, Germany
1000 Music Graphics May 2008, USA
2007
Swindle Magazine Nov 2007, USA
SNITT Aug-Sep 2007, Norway
Computer Arts Feb 2007, UK
2006
Cap & Design Jun-Aug 2006, Sweden
Dazed & Confused Apr 2006,UK
Cap & Design Feb 2006, Sweden
Computer Arts Feb 2006, UK
2005-2003
Dazed & Confused Sep 2005, UK
Practical Web Projects Magazine 2005, UK
Nordic Youngblood May 2004, Norway
Taschen's 1000 Favorite Websites Nov 2003, USA
Recognition
2009-2006
YWFT Profile Featured profile of the week, Apr 2009, USA
Monarkh Magazine Online Interview, Sep 2008, Spain
Sveriges Jerusalem Online Interview, Mar 2007, Sweden
2005
Revol Online Magazine #6, 2005, USA
Lounge 72, Online Calendar, Jan 2005, Germany
2004
Use It Again, Print Exhibition, 2004, Belgium
Wear It With Pride Various buttons, 2004, UK
2003
Threadless Blandband Deluxe, Winner of a t-shirt competition, 2003, USA
Beautiful Decay #6 — Online Magazine, Designer of the month, 2003, USA
Dissonanze Poster exhibition, 2003, Italy