I’m Christine, a Norwegian graphic designer, currently working and studying in San Francisco, CA. I have experience in a range of formats, including print, web and motion graphics, and a strong technical background. I’m currently a student at California College of the Arts, set to graduate in 2013. Go back to the front page for more information, or take a look at my résumé.

    freeform application

    research methods / spring 2012

    In a research-driven class taught by Jeremy Mende, my group spent 7 weeks investigating the work habits of graphic design students, with the goal of creating a product that would connect CCA students to better time management. As a part of our final solution, I designed an OS X application that would enable students to manage their projects more efficiently.


    career expo poster

    sputnik / spring 2012

    Poster designed for the CCA Career Expo as a part of Sputnik. Because many students are worried about the economy and their job prospects, the promotional poster spreads the positive message that there are indeed jobs out there, and encourages students to come and interview with over 40 different firms and employers at the event.


    mfa show
    promo material

    sputnik / spring 2012

    For the 2012 spring semester, I was chosen among with 9 other students to be a part of Sputnik, CCA's prestigious in-house design studio. As a part of this studio, I designed a proposal for a poster and environmental material for the college's annual exhibition of MFA work. The poster consists of 47 different facets, one for every MFA candidate and each representing a piece of something uniquely Californian, the golden sky and ocean.


    universal health care for all

    type 3 / fall 2011

    Universal Health Care For All is a website I designed for my final project in Information Graphics in order to promote universal health care in America. Addressing popular myths and misconceptions with facts and data presented in a clean and approachable fashion, the website educates the reader and encourages them to support the HR 676 bill.


    mountain goats maps

    type 3 / fall 2011

    This project explored mapping out all the places mentioned in songs by indie folk rock band the Mountain Goats, with one map per album. Each card folds open to reveal a mini-poster, showing the locations and relevant lyrics. In a sequence, John Darnielle's obsession with mobility becomes obvious, while separately they effectively illustrate the story found within each album. Prints are for sale here.


    what food
    looks like

    type 3 / fall 2011

    What Food Looks Like (whatfoodlookslike.com) is a photographic diagram showing the staple ingredients in cuisines around the world. The idea was to photograph unprepared ingredients to depict what your food really looks like before it's cooked, and then showing differences and similarities between each cuisine. All photography and coding was done by me.


    perceptions of common drugs

    type 3 / fall 2011

    For my charts, I gathered data from University of Michigan on 12th graders' perception of drugs over 30 years. The final charts show the various drugs and their level of harmfulness by usage level in a clear, consistent way.


    cca form system

    type 3 / fall 2011

    A series of CCA forms designed for my Type 3 class, where the objective was to create a consistent system that could be adapted across all of the school's forms. My final design uses vertical headers to separate the forms into distinct sections, with sidebars to provide additional information in a clean fashion. I also designed guidelines for each form.


    dear bosses

    gd 2 / spring 2011

    Dear Bosses is a booklet (10x15 in) based on a text by SF studio Language In Common. By combining the original manuscript with cut up typography and abstract photography, the straight-forward rant by a disgruntled employee transforms and is elevated to a higher level, as opposed to being a throw-away pamphlet.


    up the punx (ipad app)

    type 2 / spring 2011

    After finishing the history book, we were given the assignment to adapt the project into a digital format. I did so in a quite literal sense, porting all the text from the book into an iPad app. The new tablet format allowed for the expansion of the book, to also include additional pictures, music, video clips and easy cross-referencing.


    vivacious isolation

    gd 2 / spring 2011

    A stationary system designed for a fictional entity, which captures the ideas of the arbitrary adjectives vivacious and isolated. The logo is a lightning bolt wearing headphones, which together represent both the idea of isolation and liveliness. The identity is designed around bright colors (vivacious) and crop marks (isolation).


    up the punx

    type 2 / spring 2011

    A traditional history book on the topic of punk rock and culture. I struggled to find a middle ground between the clean, elegant look I usually strive for, and the expression of punk. In the end, you have a traditionally typeset history book that incorporates elements of the punk visual language, such as spray paint, hand written letters and photocopied zines. The hand-bound book features 80 designed pages, with photography and text lifted from other sources.


    hansel & gretel

    gd 1 / fall 2010

    A recontextualization of the classic fairytale Hansel & Gretel, designed for my Graphic Design 1 class under Mark Fox and Angie Wang. The book is typeset in a classical manner, using my own photography of the Dogpatch district in San Francisco. The project encouraged me to take up bookbinding, as I fell in love with the craft when stitching together the hardcover book.


    the money inside your
    daily fix

    gd 1 / fall 2010

    An awareness poster designed for my Graphic Design 1 class, intending to inform people of the process behind their coffee and the benefits of fair-trade. I ended up using information graphics to most effectively depict the information. Designed under instructor Mark Fox at California College of the Arts. This work was featured on the frontpage of GOOD on November 23rd, 2010.


    oh no they didn't!

    freelance / 2008-2010

    Throughout the years, I’ve worked closely with the celebrity gossip community Oh No They Didn’t (also known as ONTD). What started out as simply a hobby was taken to a more serious level when LiveJournal purchased the community in 2009. The company then approached me, wishing to buy the rights to the logo, as well as hire me to completely redesign the website. Since then I have worked closely with both the community and the company, developing the website over the years and designing and implementing new features as they are deemed necessary. ONTD is a part of BuzzMedia, and boasts over 300,000 page views daily.


    lifestock '10

    freelance / 2010

    I designed the identity and poster for LifeStock '10, a non-profit music festival organized in Riverside, CA to raise money for cancer charities. In 2010, our efforts raised over $3000, all of which was donated to the Children's Hospital of Orange County.


    oslo in the summertime

    intro to gd / fall 2009

    A school project from November 2009, where I was to design and craft a CD cover for a song of choice. I went with the song Oslo in the Summertime by Of Montreal, and after scrapping my initial concept, I started working on a cover that would capture both the mood and the sound of the song.