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Serious about making things.

Design and engineering, Copenhagen. We make identities, software and physical products.

Selected work

01–07

North Propulsion

Brand & design system

A space brand with its feet on Earth.

North Propulsion

North Propulsion orange emblem on a black business card
Identity
Orange and black North Propulsion hardware from the design manual
Art direction
North Propulsion emblemThe mark / Original artwork

Change the script.

A different story for a space technology company. Dependable hardware, physical materials and an unmistakable character, brought together in an identity grounded on Earth.

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North Propulsion hardware in a Nordic forest, from the design manual
A world for the machine
Identity & art directionNext 02 gaps

gaps

Product design & software

Edits the pacing of recorded speech.

gaps

gaps single-file editor with waveform, words, pace, pitch and intensity lanes
Single editor

Fixes the timing.

A speech editor for pacing — pauses, pace and articulation, measured from the recording. Works with Pro Tools and Adobe Audition.

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gaps multi-file editor with clips arranged in a waterfall timeline
Multi editor
ShippedNext 03 Duet DS

Duet DS

Design systems & web components

A shared foundation for digital products.

Duet DS

Duet published design-system presentation
The system / LocalTapiola & Turva

One system for both brands.

Reusable web components and common foundations for LocalTapiola and Turva. One design system supporting two distinct brands.

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Contact and delivery form template on the published Duet DS site
Form template / Published example, duetds.com
System imagery: LocalTapiola / TurvaNext 04 DR / Typography

DR / Typography

Typeface initiative & early design

The idea, first draft and case for a shared typeface.

DR / Typography

Published DR Publik typeface presentation by DR Design and Overtone
DR Publik / Published typeface presentation

One voice. Across platforms.

Our contribution began with the typeface initiative and first draft. The finished DR Publik family shown here was developed by DR Design and Overtone.

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Character details from the published DR Publik specimen
Character details / Published specimen
Published specimens: DR / OvertoneNext 05 MedTrace / aQuant

MedTrace / aQuant

Software engineering

Complex imaging software, built end to end.

MedTrace / aQuant

aQuant / Image: MedTrace

Make complex data legible.

PET analysis, image review and reporting in a structured workflow for heavy clinical data.

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Visual review / Image: MedTrace
Product imagery: MedTraceNext 06 IKEA / 3D Banken

IKEA / 3D Banken

Digital product & software

Product discovery, asset workflows and 3D inspection.

IKEA / 3D Banken

Product discovery / Original screenshot

From catalogue to close inspection.

A catalogue with 3D inspection. Click an item to view its data and associated assets.

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IKEA 3D Banken wireframe inspection view
3D inspection / Original screenshot
Collaborative project / Original screenshotsNext 07 Dynamic Identity

Dynamic Identity

Identity system & generative software

Drawn by a seeded program.

Dynamic Identity

A generative zigzag stitch mark, one generation, its tail left hanging past the square
The mark / Live generation

The mark changes with every render.

A seeded program generates a zigzag stitch that varies every time and can always be repeated from its seed.

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The same mark rendered at 128, 64, 32 and 16 pixels to check favicon legibility
Favicon check / 128–16px
Design and engineering: Threads, in-houseFull project index
Full project index

Things we make

All products
Gaps speech editor

02gaps

Make every pause count.

Shape the rhythm of interviews, podcasts and spoken audio. Works with Pro Tools and Adobe Audition.

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Gaps fit-to-duration view
FlexLamp lit against a dark ground, steel loop base and red cable

FL-1FlexLamp

Off, it droops. On, it stands.

A lamp that changes posture with the light. Its upper section stands upright when on and relaxes when off, above a continuous line of steel and cable.

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FlexLamp on a pale plywood table in natural window light
Oval birch-panel hojtaler standing in a living room

HT-4hojtaler

A sheet of birch that plays.

Three millimetres of birch plywood, driven from behind by two surface exciters, so the panel itself is the speaker and the room is part of the instrument. Spotify Connect, AirPlay 2, Bluetooth and Snapcast, with room grouping and tuning built in.

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hojtaler seen edge on, showing how thin the panel is