QUALIFICATION DESIGN BY FRIDA SVENSSON
HELLO Frida is produced in Motala in Sweden, and is composed of a broad interest in design. She started up her design schooling with three years on the Aesthetic art and design program at the secondary level in Platengymnasiet, and then continued with three years at the Product Design program at Linnaeus University in Kalmar. After graduation, she first worked a few months as a teacher in sketching techniques and freelancing designer in Sweden, and by Christmas 2008 she packed her bags and moved to Stavanger. In Stavanger she first worked as a graphic/ product designer for the company SoluDyne. Her tasks there involved designing the interface to the software SoluDyne with all that implies of interaction design, layout, design and implementation of graphics and icons. The time on SoluDyne gave her a deeper understanding of screen-based design. After one and a half years in Stavanger, she received a job offer from an advertising agency with specialization within expo, called Argus Expo. The company was located in Haugesund, so she moved there. (Even though she by this time had fallen in love with Stavanger) At Argus Expo she worked with everything from graphic design for print, web, product design and expo. Argus Expo teamed up with the design firm Colours in February in 2011 and Frida joined in. Nowadays Frida is working as a Graphic designer/ Product Designer at Colours Stavanger office with both graphic and three-dimensional projects. She likes working with design in all media and has her strengths in idea generation and visualization. DESIGN BY FRIDA.COM DESIGN BY FRIDA SVENSSON
CV Design is a constant mindset. Frida Elisabeth Svensson Born: 13 september, 1986, in Motala, Sweden. Lives: Randabergveien 12 in Stavanger. Knows: Design in 2D and 3D Has: A daughter and a Scottish man A big interest in design, music & art A workout addiction (and a chocolate one) Bad humour Tools: Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Bonzai 3D Mail: post@designbyfrida Tel: +47 41 22 83 23 WWW.DESIGNBYFRIDA.COM Graphic/ Product Designer 20110101- (today) Colours AS, Stavanger, Norway. Design- & Communication agency. Graphic/ Product Designer 20100415-20110101 Argus Expo, Haugesund, Norway. Expo- & Design agency. Graphic/ Product Designer 20090112-20100401 SoluDyne AS, Stavanger, Norway. Software Supplier. Teacher/ Workshop facillitator Design and Sketch tecniques 20081020-20081220 Linköping University, Sweden. Freelancing Designer (Expo concept for Save the Children 20080525) Degree of Bachelor of Arts in design 20050915-20080610 Kalmar University/ Linnéuniversitetet Nybro, Sweden. Upper Secondary School: Art & Design 20020816-20050610 Platenskolan, Motala, Sweden. 4
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REFERENCES Said about Frida 20150609: Frida er en idérik, allsidig og systematisk designer som utmerker seg med et særdeles sikkert grep om tredimensjonale løsninger. I tillegg har Frida lang erfaring med grafisk design, og er dyktig både når det gjelder utvikling av nye uttrykk, og forvalting av eksisterende visuelle identiteter. I tillegg er Frida ustytelig morsom og en fryd å dele arbeidsdager med! Borghild Marie Kvale / Former manager of Colours Stavanger and Senior Communication Advisor I am pretty decent to work with. Frida Svensson / Graphic & Product Designer Jeg har jobbet tett med Frida i fire år. Det blir nok flere år, for hun er kreativ, lyttende, løsningsorientert og ikke minst pliktoppfyllende. Med andre ord er hun mer enn leveringsdyktig som designer. Ole Marius Norvik / VP Communications, ROSS Offshore & long time customer Frida er en dedikert designer som uansett arbeidsoppgave tar imot, analyserer, produserer og gjennomfører prosjektet med eierskap og motivasjon, og gir seg aldri før kunden er fornøyd. Hun har stor arbeidskapasitet og leverer jobber raskt uten at dette går på kompromiss med kvalitet. Hun har en utrolig god forståelse for både 2 og 3 dimensjonale flater. Hennes bakgrunn som produktdesigner har vært en ressurs i flere sammenhenger, særlig i arbeid med å lage helhetlige konsept innen expo design. Frida er også en erfaren illustratør og grafisk designer som håndterer både store og små formater på en fenomenal måte. Sesella Fossan Knutsvik / Project Manager, Colours Stavanger 8
Attester: SoluDyne Attester: SoluDyne Ref. Ref. ef. Ref. 9 10
GRADES
Bachelor of Arts in Design Bachelor of Arts in Design 13 14
Bachelor of Arts in Design Bachelor of Arts in Design 15 16
Art & Design - Upper secondary school Art & Design - Upper secondary school 17 18
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