Jacob Lysgaard

New and old housing

Jacob — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:06:18 +0000

The video of the guy in Oregon having built an “Ewok village”, basically a bunch of tree-houses, have been making the rounds on all sorts of blogs now. But have a look at the project behind this video, and you find FairCompanies, a website hub about simple living, sustainability and other, broader concepts. It’s a treasure drove of cool videos about new ways of thinking about living, and well worth the watch.

I’m getting to be the age where there’s a lot of glands making me wanna build stuff. A two-by-four now gives me the feeling I used to get from action figures and racing cars, plus tree-houses never stop being fun, right?

As a firm believer in responsible and sustainable design, I’m also very intrigued by these houses being made from pre-fabs and retired shipping containers. My first thought was that the insulation has to be a huge issue, but containers made for refrigeration and freezing are extremely well insulated, making them a great starting point for.. many things. Insert your own post-apocalypse joke here.
Videos after the break!

Type & Tunes

Jacob — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:02:18 +0000

Here’s a few letteforms from two character sets I’m working on. Hardly rocket science, but I’m trying to do a whole lot more custom type treatments these days. Hope you like’em!

Today’s soundtrack: Senior, from my old neighbors Røyksopp. If you missed my track Singsiri, it’s still available for free download, you know.

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Some fun tote bags

Jacob — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:54:26 +0000

Hey gang!

I just finished silk screening a few tote bags, mostly to see if I could make it work. I could.

For this batch, I only made four, but I have loads more planned (but with a totally different designs). Since they are more an experiment than a real “product”, I’m selling them for just the price of materials. So this is your chance to get a unique design and a practical bag for the price of a cup of coffee… Available in the store!

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Bell identity system film

Jacob — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:14:47 +0000

I just found this half-hour pitch on the now legendary identity system for Bell by Saul Bass.

For logo-nerds such as myself this is top entertainment, and my fascination for the graphic design work of this era helps too.
It’s quite fun to watch how far the design field has come since those days, and at the same time, which things stay as true today as they did then.

From hilarious design statements:

“In the contemporary world, stripes have a message. “

To this simple sign of the times, about the new uniforms for the female employees:

“More flattering than anything offered by the airlines.”

Enjoy.

My new neighborhood

Jacob — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:06:45 +0000

So, we just signed the contract on a beautiful new apartment, in the Fredriksberg area of Copenhagen.

We haven’t moved yet, so I’m spending some time in the general area with a camera to get to know my new surroundings. Here is a collection of some pretty storefront signs, cute neighborhood bars, and our new front door!

And yeah, I used one of those stupid photo apps. Sue me.

In other news, I’m turning up the dials on my poster and silk screening production. Getting all the stars aligned for it is talking a little time, but stay tuned for some new stuff showing up in the store before long!

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How about a free song for christmas?

Jacob — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:01:45 +0000

Huzzah! My track Singsiri, which has been in the works for some time – and some of you might have heard an early version of already – is finally finished and ready to hit you guys right in the face.

You are all very welcome to download it for totally free right here, and if you are a music nerd like me, you can find it at Soundcloud, too.
Free stuff is awesome. Awesome stuff is awesome. Merry christmas guys.

I keep a separate mailing list for the music stuff I do, to avoid giving you stuff you don’t want. So if you liked the song and want more, sign up for the newsletter right away (If you download the song and enter your email, I’ll do it for you)!

And if you are now asking yourself ”What, music? Weren’t you a designer guy?” Then the answer is yes and yes. I do this too. When I make music I simply use my last name, so if you see a Jacob in front, it’s a design thing. Confusing? Not at all. Don’t believe me? I have a website for it and everything. Now go listen to some music already.

Christmas party poster!

Jacob — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:30:00 +0000

And boom, it’s here.

This is the poster I just finished for Nabovarsel’s christmas party, featuring a pretty stellar booking. The whitest boy alive will be playing some all-new stuff never seen before, and our marvelous Advanced Language just released a free single for you! The event is on facebook, and so am I.

Only hours after the announcement, we got some pretty nice press coverage. Here’s our local BA, and here’s one from Gaffa.

Logoforms

Jacob — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:55:22 +0000

While working on the new poster for Nabovarsel (which I will be able to show you soon), this form came to me. Too bad I already have an established visual style, I really liked the inherent symbolism and feel of this one. Thoughts?

Making Gmail a little better

Jacob — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:18:25 +0000

I love the new look that Google just rolled out for Gmail and its related services.

But it made me think of one little improvement; something that could reduce my inbox count to its happiest state of zero in no time (and yours, too).
When arriving at work to sort through all the new mails, I have to either click into each one separately and delete/archive/label them, or in the inbox, select the ones I want to archive, then click archive, than go through the list again if something needs to be deleted, and so on.

So this is my idea. When hovering over a new mail in the inbox, delete/archive/spam (maybe even label) buttons pop up, and you can go through your whole inbox like a magic wand, email receipts and stuff nicely stacked going towards the archive, boring newsletters hurled in the trash.
I even made you a little mock-up of what it might look like, to give you an idea.

What do you think?

More music, more stuff

Jacob — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:56:17 +0000

Just in time for the holiday shopping carnival of madness, I am having some neat discounts in the store and I’m also finishing up a new print, set to arrive under your christmas trees as soon as I can get all the paint and emulsion off my fingers!

The discount madness starts on November 29th, be sure to click the like thingy on facebook, and I’ll let you know when the bomb drops.

In the meantime, dance around your apartement to the sounds of my newest little mixtape! Also, consider joining the most awesome newsletter on the planet (mine) to get even more awesome discounts.