Hello!

This is the website of the swedish located creator < designer johan hammarström, current student at HDK. You’ll find a collection of works with emphasis on concept, art and typography in different perspectives. This site has just been makeovered and will be updated periodically.
Thank you for your attention!

Ongoing projects:

Dark side - The School of Film Directing. Graphic profile
Varför lyser inga stjärnor - The School of Film Directing. Visual effects and graphics


↓ łPARALLELISM//


Magazine / Animation

Parallelism focuses on the fashion scene, but where the focus is not on the clothes. The expressions of the image is entwined in a composed poetry in where the parallelism is sought. The story ends in an animation.
Student project

In collaboration with Jesper Lindström, Johanna Nyholm, Max Green Ekelin, Eric Davidsson, Pär Olofsson, Victor Zakarias Svedberg

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→ ̰/¬ W & P / Retina≂


Identity ¬/ LP-Covers

Wildbirds & Peacedrums return in May 2010 with Retina, the first of a pair of limited vinyl only EPs. Its companion, Iris, will be made available in early June. Each will be individually numbered, limited edition white vinyl 12”s. The two EPs will then be compiled as an album, entitled Rivers, to be released as a double CD and download in August.
More to come!

In collaboration with Leaf Label / Photography by Andreas Werliin & Mariam Wallentin

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N° 3 / CONSISTENT MONO¹‾/


Typeface

A lower case typeface, which is based on the curve of o. The idea was to remove the identity of each letter which creates a monotonous typeface. Every word creates a building block with its own compact expression. Fonts are most useful as headlines.
Student project.

Student project

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↑ 4 / BANDJO /


Motion Graphics

BANDJO is a duo from Stockholm and the record label force majeure. The video was created in relation to their new 12" releases in June. The animation shows the birth of the fan which is the strong symbol of Bandjo's new album. + Poster/Image-work

In collaboration with Jacob Haage

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▲° 5 / TRACK OF TIME


EP-release / 2x7"

Anna von Hausswolff is a swedish singer from Gothenburg. Everyone who hears Anna von Hausswolff sing, immediately stops, listens and gets touched by her magic. Her voice is that of total expression. Sometimes it caresses you, sometimes it roars up a storm; but it always finds a very special place in your heart. The voice perfectly combines total knowledge with a wild and natural feeling, reality with romance.
First release contains 7"-double vinyl in a handmade gatefold.

In collaboration with KningDisk

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◙6 /CONSISTENT TYPOGRAPHY/


Magazine▬

Consistent Typography is a magazine that focuses on typography that are used daily around us. It includes images, texts and interviews in several chapters. The magazine looks at how the fonts used and changed in their context. The dimensional chapter shows how a font changes expression in three dimensions

Student project. No commercial purposes.

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░° 7 /ˣ̤̬͖ ͖ SFF + / PICTURE IMPERFECTⁿ /


Posters / Swedish Photographers Association

The posters were created for SFF's booth at the book fair in Gothenburg 09. The posters should communicate daily or weekly schedule, and bring their attention and work with a contrast booth.

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N° 8 / SAME PICTURE /


Experimental / Photography

The project is an ongoing. As a souvenir pictures are identical around the world at famous known locations. What happens when you distort the image? Is it still the same place? Does it get more interesting? The bubbles create a space with the image's content.
More to come!.

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[{° 9 / INTERACTIVE BALL/


Experimental / Interactive Project

The experiment shows the gap between the real and unreal. The interactive opportunity to get physical movement digitally. By deleting the sound amplified expression of the image and gives a stronger sense of reality. The ball is coded in ActionScript and listens on the computer's microphone.

Student project.

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⌐× 10 / THE FIRST BIG WEEKEND/


Motion Graphics

The animation is from a series of different music visualizations. The project was based on synestesti, people with sensory perceptions. The idea was to create a stronger experience for the viewer as well as strong understanding of people with impaired senses.

Student project / Music:Arabstrap

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N: 1-1 / WHITE SPACE BOOKS /


Manuscripts / Books

Publications in a series of three which is a space between a book and movie. The manuscript is written about in book form with some standard templates. The publications are printed on Xerox's paper and focuses on what is from a book. Theme loneliness.

Movies: Taxi Driver, The Swimmer, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.

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