Experience

Karlssonwilker Inc.

• United States
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and Partner

  • 2000 - Present

  Co-founded award-winning design firm Karlssonwilker in 2000. Client projects cover a wide range of disciplines; branding, corporate identity, signage, wayfinding and branded environments, information graphics, motion graphics, exhibit design, print, digital, fashion, product design and advertising. Project highlights include branding and interactive design for Vitra ID chair / Eastern European Road trip to launch globally the MINI Coupe / creative direction and all information graphics for redesigned Bloomberg’s BusinessWeek / develop a new editorial brand of information, reports, and data focused on climate changefor Bloomberg, Bloomberg Green / redesign of Bloomberg Markets, magazine / redesign of the Reykjavik Art Museum (the preeminent art museum in Iceland) / identity, wayfinding and rebranding for several international museums, including Museum of The Moving Image in New York / information graphics and cover design for Time Magazine’s end of the year Top Ten Issue. In 2003, 'tellmewhy', a singular book describing the first two years of Karlssonwilker was published by Princeton Architectural Press. Selected clients: Aishti Foundation Bloomberg LLC Bloomberg Markets Equifax Fannie Mae Guggenheim Icelandic Provisions Italian American Museum Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) MINI/BMW MoMA The Municipal Arts Society Museum of the Moving Image National Real Estate Netflix NewArk Farms New York Stock Exchange The New York Times Magazine Nintendo Parsons School of Design Puma Remai Modern Reykjavik Art Museum The Rockefeller Foundation Samsung Swatch Sotheby's TFCornerstone TIME Magazine Vitra Wolf-Gordon Inc. I frequently judge design awards and give talks worldwide. Recent presentations & workshops: AIGA, New York 2021 Art Center, Pasadena, California 2021 AGI Open, The Hague, Netherlands 2019 DeTao Shanghai, China 2019 Show less



Sagmeister Inc.

• United States
• Design
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Designer

  • 1996 - 2000

  Lead designer and art director for Sagmeister Inc., the design studio lead by Austrian designer Stefan Sagmeister. Managed and oversaw all the studio’s projects. Projects included CD packaging and branding for The Rolling Stones / Aerosmith / Lou Reed / Pat Metheny / David Byrne / Skeleton Key. Ad campaigns for HBO Productions / packaging for Lucky Strike / identities for Ben Cohen’s Move Our Money Foundation / book designs for Lou Reed’s Pass Thru Fire, David Byrne’s Your Action World, American Photography and the studio’s own monograph Made You Look. Show less



Siegel+Gale

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Designer

  • 1995 - 1996

  Designed and implemented all branding and marketing materials for Warren Paper. Designed and implemented all branding and marketing materials for Warren Paper.



Pentagram

• United Kingdom
• Design Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Designer

  • 1994 - 1995



Arnell Group

• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Designer

  • 1994 - 1995

  Designed and art directed ad campaigns, in-store graphics, point-of-purchase and fragrance packaging for Banana Republic. Designed and art directed ad campaigns, in-store graphics, point-of-purchase and fragrance packaging for Banana Republic.