o Employment of 50% at Konstfack as lecturer, 2020–
o Guest tutor at ECAL master program in typedesign (CH) 2019
o Taught as guest lecturer at KHiO, Konstfack, Beckmans, Nyckelviksskolan, Broby Grafiska, Grafikskolan, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, ECAL, ArtEZ, HFK Bremen, Sint-Lucas Ghent, 2011–
o Founder, OPS Type, online type foundry, 2017
o Graphic designer, Sakari Paananen (March–April) 2017
o Graphic Designer, Acne Studios (March–May) 2016
o Graphic designer at Our Polite Society, 2008–2023
o Founder, Our Polite Society, Amsterdam, 2008
o Researcher, Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht, 2007–2009
o Graphic designer, Bleed design studio, Oslo, Norway, 2006
o Bachelor degree, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, 2006
o Studies at Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, 2004–2006
o Studies at “Bild och Form”, Nyckelviksskolan, Stockholm, 2003–2004
o Studies at Stockholm School of Art, Stockholm, 2002–2003
o Employed graphic designer at Infobahn, Stockholm, 1998–2002
o Studies at Berghs School of Communication, evening course, Stockholm, 1997
WORKSHOPS
o Interview, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, 2024
o Språk men inga ord eller I'd rather dance than talk with you, Konstfack University of Arts, Craft & Design, together with Jöns Mellgren, Stockholm, 2021
o Know How Show How, International Summer School, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2015
o ArtEZ, Arnhem, Netherlands, 2014
o REDO International Graphic Design Conference, Pristina, Kosovo, 2013
o HfK, Bremen, Germany, 2013
o Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2013
o Sint-Lucas, Ghent, Belgium, 2011
LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
o Reading the OPS Type website, open lecture, Konstfack, 2024
o The FACIT Model, open lecture, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, 2024
o The FACIT Model, EKA, Tallinn, 2023
o The FACIT Model, open lecture, Konstfack, 2020
o The FACIT Model, Folkuniversitetet, Stockholm, 2020
o The FACIT Model, ECAL typeface design master, Lausanne (CH) 2019
o Our Form of Type, lecture, Elisava, Barcelona, 2019
o The FACIT Model, open lecture, Beckmans, 2019
o AGI Open, lecture, Rotterdam, 2019
o Kunstverein Bielefeld, graphic identity presentation, 2019
o Typomania, Moscow, lecture, 2019
o The FACIT Model, book release, Amsterdam, 2019
o Digital, Not Industrial, type design symposium with Jung-myung Lee, Fabian Harb & Johannes Breyer (DINAMO), 2018
o HGB, Hochshule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, Germany, 2016
o Know How Show How, International Summer School, Sofia, 2015
o REDO International Graphic Design Conference Pristina, Kosovo, 2013
o ITEMS Live, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2013
o Recyclart, Brussels, Belgium, 2013
o Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2013
o Bulthaup Gallery, St Petersburg, Russia, 2010
o Sint-Lucas, Ghent, Belgium, 2010
o Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, Germany, 2009
o The Best Dutch Book Design, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2024
o Open Print 2023/24, Konstfack galleri Pölen, Stockholm, Sweden, 2024
o Sense of Rhythm – Borderless Poster, curated by Zhanar Serikpayeva & Vyacheslav Kirilenko, Kasteyev Art Museum Almaty, Kazakhstan, October 2021
o The FACIT Model, Konstfack library, 2021
o Proposals for Municipal Art Acquisitions, The FACIT Model, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL) 2020
o The FACIT Model, Brukskultur Åtvidaberg, 2019
o The FACIT Model, Fanfare Project Space, Amsterdam, 2019
o Typomania, Moscow, exhibition, 2019
o The Best Dutch Book Design, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2018
o Signals From the Periphery, Tallin, 2017
o Victoria & Albert in London acquires Our Form of Book for its design collection, 2017
o The Surface of Design, Purchase College, NYC, 2016
o Works acquired for the permanent design collection of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, since 2014
o The Best Dutch Book Design, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2014
o Means of Production, Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2014
o Means of Production, Design Week Berlin, Germany, 2014
o Rules of Hypergraphy, Extrapool, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2014
o Vaguely Specified Objects, San Serriffe, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2014
o Vaguely Specified Objects, exhibition, This is not a Wild Card, with Åbäke and Dexter Sinister, International Poster and graphic design Festival Chaumont, France, 2014
o Books &Foam, Foam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2013
o Offprint Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2013
o International Poster and graphic design Festival Chaumont, France, 2013
o A Common Dialect, Marres, Maastricht, Netherlands, 2011
o Amsterdam Art/Bookfair, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2011
o Some Things Better Change, solo exhibition, Gallery HBK, Saarbrücken, Germany, 2010
o Surfing the Black, Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht, Netherlands, 2010
o Surfing the Black, Zagreb, Croatia, 2010
o Common Ground, Bulthaup Gallery, St Petersburg, Russia, 2010
o Situation Room, P/////AKT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2010
o Quality Remains Long After Price is Forgotten, solo exhibition, MZIN, Leipzig, Germany, 2009
o Graphic Design Festival Breda, Netherlands, 2008
o LA Works, Jan van Eyck in Los Angeles, USA, 2008
o Swedish Style, Tokyo, Japan, 2008
o The Session # 1–18, fanzine project, 18 different locations (Amsterdam, Malmö, Stockholm), 2007–ongoing
o Research project together with William Andersson and Iréne Thisner about Elsie Svennås and her typographic work within the textile marking tradition. 2024–ongoing
o The FACIT Model — Globalism, localism & identity. Project about the company FACIT’s graphic material in the form of a book, exhibition and four typefaces. Concept and research by Our Polite Society in collaboration with FACIT-muséet and Brukskultur Åtvidaberg, 2019
o Our Form of Book (based on El Lissitzki’s text Our Book) Project at Extra Pool / KNUST, Nijmegen. Concept and research by Our Polite Society and Paul Gangloff, in collaboration with Will Holder (UK), Delphine Bedel (NL), Ostengruppe (RU) and Tim Voss (NL), 2016.
o Vaguely Specified Objects, documentation of a journey from Amsterdam (NL) to Chaumont (FR) in the form of a typeface. Concept and research by Our Polite Society accompanied with a text by Paul Gangloff.
PUBLISHED
o Slanted in Stockholm: Our Polite Society, Slanted Magazine #39 (DE) 2021
o “Digitale Typefaces der Legendaren Facit”, PAGE (DE) on The FACIT Model (typefaces) 2019
o “A stunning typography-led graphics project inspired by failure and an unusual commune”, Creative Boom (UK) on The FACIT Model (the book) 2019
o “Facit-modellen håller stilen än”, Corren (SE) about The FACIT Model (exhibition) 2019
o “Stram designprofil får nytt liv”, Sara Kristoffersson, DN (SE) about The FACIT Model (exhibition) 2019
o “Facits trycksaker blir bok och utställning”, Corren about The FACIT Model (exhibition) 2019
o This is Paper, online article, Our Form of Book, 2017
o It’s Nice That, online article, Our Form of Book, 2016
o It’s Nice That, online article, Progression, Susann Brännström, 2016
o Tecknaren, article about self-published magazine 8 PAGES (SE) 2015
o Etapes Magazine, article on collaboration, Paris (FR) 2014
o FAT Magazine, B-sides, Copenhagen (DK) 2014
o Cap&Design, Bauhaus project, September, 2013
o Poster Graphics, BNN Publishing (JP) 2013
o Visual Identities for Small Businesses, Gestalten, Berlin (DE) 2012
o Typografische Monatsblätter, OCCII project (CH) 2012
o Graphic Magazine #10, Seoul, South Korea, 2010
o ID/Pure Magazine #21, Zürich (CH) 2010
o Gonzo (cirkus) Magazine, online edition, (NL) 2010
o Grafik Magazine, NDSM-Magazine (UK) 2007
o Grafik Magazine, Research & Practice (UK) 2007
o I.D. Magazine. NDSM-Magazine, Student Design Review, (USA) 2007
o Samtal grafisk design, Konst & Teknik, Sandvikens Konsthall, 2007
o Kelvin: Colour Today, Gestalten Verlag (DE) 2007
o Onehundred at 360 degrees – Graphic design’s new global generation (UK) Laurence King, 2007