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A torn sheet of white paper being sewn back together with orange thread

Serious about making things.

Design and engineering bureau, Copenhagen. Identity, digital products, software and physical objects.

Selected work

01–06

North Propulsion

Brand & design system

Identity, art direction, print and digital.

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

An identity with somewhere to go.

A visual identity for a space technology company. Symbol, typography, colour and material, brought together across print and digital.

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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

An instrument for spoken audio.

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

Give speech its rhythm.

Speech editing, acoustic analysis and editorial timing. A purpose-built interface for working with the shape of a voice.

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

Duet DS

Design systems & web components

A shared foundation for digital products.

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

Two brands. A shared foundation.

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.

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. A considered workflow.

aQuant / Image: MedTrace

Make complex data legible.

PET analysis, image review and reporting in a structured workflow. Complex measurements, made navigable.

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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.

Product discovery / Original screenshot

From catalogue to close inspection.

A product and asset catalogue with detailed 3D inspection. Find an item, examine its data, and move from the product to its digital assets.

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IKEA 3D Banken wireframe inspection view
3D inspection / Original screenshot
Collaborative project / Original screenshotsFull project index
Full project index

Things we make

All products
TABI split-toe shoes in green on a gum sole

TB-2TABI

One toe apart.

Project T reworks the split-toe shoe as an everyday product. A separate big-toe pocket, a slim sole and carefully placed panels define the silhouette, and the collection runs on into colour and pattern.

Project T, 2010.

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The green TABI shoe from the side, 2010
FlexLamp lit against a dark ground, steel loop base and red cable

FL-1FlexLamp

Off, it droops. On, it stands.

An upright halogen lamp with a Flexinol spring. Switched off, the glowing upper section hangs its head. Switched on, it straightens and goes rigid. The cable has exactly the diameter of the tubing, so the line simply carries on in another material.

Original collection.

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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.

In production.

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hojtaler seen edge on, showing how thin the panel is
byThreads leather shoulder bag and strap, close up

BT-3byThreads

Carry less. Consider more.

Leather cases, hand-knotted bags and protective wraps. Everyday carrying worked out through material and construction, with simple access and minimal hardware. Designed in Copenhagen, made in Vietnam.

Original collection.

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Original byThreads Shouldercase worn over the shoulder