My Cup of Type

Coffee meets Design, and together they hook up with Typography and Illustration to make the perfect cup of type.

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If our stats are speaking the truth then approximately 80% of you guys are English-speaking, and not in Trondheim at the moment (even though you should be, because this place is really cool) so I'll take the liberty of abruptly switching to Norwegian in the middle of a setning fordi folkens!

Fra og med klokka 18:00 i dag, på det som tidligere var kjent som Norges Kreative Fagskole, kan du se blant annet de koppene vi har lagt ut i det siste (i tillegg til mange fler), og mye annet designsnadder på Dash of Colour - Utstilling på Høyskolen Kristiania!

Det er de flinke folka fra grafisk- og illustrasjonslinja på Høyskolen Kristiania som har pynta kaffekoppene fra Jacobsen og Svart. Er du en av 60 første gjestene kan du faktisk få en av koppene de har lagd, f. eks denne fra Tanja-Irén Harsvik Haugen.

Utstillinga starter fra klokka 18 i dag, 14. mai, og er i full fres de neste dagene, inkludert kaffe- og bollekos på 17. mai – Vanskelig å si nei til sånt.

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by Kristian Jørgensen.

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Marte Vik Eriksen pretty much summed up this project of ours in two words – Professional procrastinator. Yup. Seems about right.

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by Sandra Olsen.

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by Camilla Sæter.

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The first cup from our workshop last week is brought to you byyyy... Ingunn Skirstad!

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Hvordan vi gjorde det vi ikke skulle gjøre, og hvorfor det er kult.

(og hvor lite vi kan om HTML)

Senk terskelen og publiser dritten din, for folk kan ikke se hva som gjemmer seg på harddisken din.

Kul oppsummering (som tar null hensyn til stress)

Over 300 kopper

Ble intervjuet av et nettmagasin

Holdt et foredrag på Pecha Kucha

Tilfeldige mennesker har satt seg ned for å tegne, blant annet en italiensk park ranger

Ble spurt om å illustrere merch til en Starbucks-lignende kafékjede i Italia

Solgt 10 keramikk-kopper

Inspirert en altfor ydmyk dude fra Thailand til å lage blogg og dele tegningene sine

Uavhengig av skills, bare bli ferdig. Det er digg å bli ferdig med noe.

(Thomas Tjensvoll er forresten artisten bak mesterverket)

Til de av dere som ikke fikk oppleve det her i all sin relevans, så er det altså presentasjonen vår til en workshop på Høyskolen Christiania, også kjent som Skolen Med Mange Navn.

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Recently I read this book about finding your WHY, by “Simon Sinek, and besides being a very inspirational read, it turned out to be quite a frustrating one as well. The idea is that you shouldn’t let HOW or WHAT you do get in the way of WHY you do something. It’s a great method to stay on track, but according to my experience the method relies soley on input. Otherwise you’ll be stuck inside all day getting depressed about not having a WHY. Your WHY needs input (in this context; perspective) to thrive. And the last time I checked, perspective didn’t grow on tree’s. The good news is that you’re guaranteed to find the WHY’s amongst them. Not with me? I’ll give you a good’ol advice wrapped up in a new shiny candywrapper: If you’re struggling to figure out what you’re all about, put yourself in wierd or unfamiliar situations and see where it gets you. Your WHY is in the forest, now go for a hike.

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We don’t know exactly who said this, but apparently it seems to be some sort of Spanish proverb. All we know is that them Spanish people know a thing or two about procrastination. That’s for sure.

It’s been a while since our last cup, the simple reason being that we’ve started up a filmmaking company. Turns out that creating your own company is actually pretty time consuming – Who knew!

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From time to time we reach a certain point with a project where we don't know what to do next, that's usually the time when procrastination kicks in. Because there's always something more exciting than that thing you really should be doing.

As long as we're procrastinating we might as well make the most out of it. One thing's for sure, we always end up being more energized, and more inspired, than we were earlier.

Shout-out to Friedrich Nietzsche for the quote at the end.

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Striving for perfection will of course raise the standard of your work, but at what cost? To the point where you have several projects dusting away on hard drives for no one to see? No. Get your stuff out there, be done with it, learn from your mistakes, and move on the next one.

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This quote comes to you from the guy who invented the first Polaroid camera, our main man, Edwin H. Land.

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This is how it begins. A bunch of squiggly lines on top of each other giving the outline for potential coolness. More or less.

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Christmas is coming up, and Mira Strøm Braaten wrote us a fancy, little note, to make us even more excited.

"Snart Jul" is Norwegian for "Christmas is almost here" (directly translated it would actually be "soon christmas", but you get the point).

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Listening or reading something is just listening or reading. It’s not real learning. Real learning comes from making mistakes. And mistakes come from implementation.

We found this quote by Sean D´Souza in an article written by Michael Cho, named "Create more than you consume". He elaborates on how it's not about how much you consume, but rather how you consume it that makes all the difference.

The words on the cup are actually from a song by Jay Z, called "Beach Chair". It's interesting how a song you've heard numerous times suddenly can trigger the memory of something completely different.

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P for Perfection – A quality, or standard that no one can actually live up to.

It's a mountain you can't climb, yet so many aim for it. 

A moment in time might feel perfect in all its glory and wonder. But if you scratch that surface it'll be like looking underneath a big rock in your backyard, simply to discover a lot of bugs and spiders. That's what perfection is. 

An undefined ideal full of expectations, anxiety, and dissapointment.

The opposite of perfection however – imperfection – is both fun and inspiring. Full of flaws and give-a-fucks. It's being true to yourself. And it's being honest and vulnerable to others.

Don't strive for perfection, strive to get the work done.