Jonas Resting-Jeppesen

OSLO – A crossfit adventure.

admin — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:17:00 +0000

Once again, my friend and colleague Joachim called me with work. Jocahim were recently hired as marketing director at a soon to open crossfit center, with the inventive name CROSSFIT OSLO. So after they fired their advertising company, that designed their visual identity, Joachim called me. When I first talked to Joachim it sounded like a smaller assignment. However, the list of what Joachim needed done crew fast, and Joachim and the guys at CROSSFIT OSLO soon decided it would be better for me to come to Norway and work for a couple of days. So now I’m in lovely Oslo working on implementing their visual identity.

So far I have spend my time here making mock-ups of all the things they need. beachflags, roll-ups, backlighted roof signs, road signs, parking signs, water bottles, membership cards, wall decorations and more. I have visited Joachim and his family. I have had lots of good food (including a magnificent steak sandwich and a milkshake at the Nighthawk dinner), we watched Sucker Punch(that is not recommendable). And I have had my first go at crossfit. If you are not familiar with crossfit. I can report that it is a high intensity training, based on drills. What we did, was a drill called HELL, that included running, kettlebell swings, and pullups. I finished the drill LAST. But still, I feld that I had out performed myself… that might sound strange, but even though I compared myself to the other crossfitters I competed with myself. My first impression of crossfit is that even though it’s is a tough, hard and intense way of training. With good instruction and the right facilities, even weaklings like myself will like crossfit. and hey, with training like that. I can drink another milkshake at the Nighthawk dinner.

This Oslo visit brought another first time for me. Trap shooting ! I would never have predicted Joachim would suggest to go trap shooting. but he did, and we did. After a thorough introduction to the weapon. I shot my first round. The rifle didn’t explode, neither did it rip of my shoulder. so I was left with a feeling og success! that soon vanished when Joachim started launching the the flat orange targets into the air. I missed, I missed and I missed. I gave Joachim the rifle and I saw him shatter the little clay discs one after another. He gave me back the rifle and I continued my failure. Joachim kept giving me pointers and and after 30-40 shots he suggested that I should try a double shot. I loaded both barrels og the rifle he launched the Clay dove, and I fired and missed, fired… and HIT! wauw what a feeling! after that first hit I got an Idea of what I had to do to hit the target, and the hits came more often, so when we left I felt quite the marksman (though I only shot 1 0f 5 when joachim shot 4 of 5). All in all, I am having a most wonderfull time in Oslo, and though im leaving for denmark soon, I am looking forward to keep working with CROSSFIT OSLO, and I hope to have a chance to visit Joachim and Oslo again soon.

NUMMER 9 – a dynamic logo

admin — Mon, 02 May 2011 09:49:44 +0000

This winter Christian Skovgaard was asked by the online comic book magazine Nummer 9 to design ao for them. Fortunately for me, Skovgaard asked me if I wanted to design it with him. Thomas Thorhauge briefed us one the assignment the work began. We wanted to give the logo a subtle appearance as not to disturb
the image material on the site. At the same time we tried to give the logotype a touch of modern and serious magazine. We decided on a dynamic logo, where a comic book related symbol appears as the negative shape in the 9 glyph.

The logo in one of the variations

Some of the many different variations.

The logo integrated on NUMMER9.dk

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Bird and skull

admin — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:14:36 +0000

After having visited the wonderfull animation/drawing school with there amazing parties and beautiful students, I feel inspired socially and professionally. So when I got home I had to do a micro study. I did a quick composition with a cat skull and a bird. this is the result

The Factory

admin — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:40:55 +0000

I have had the privilege to do the logo and web design for the new post production company that is the merge between the Norwegian Companies: “Sound Factory” and “The End”. They now call them self the Factory.

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The website was programed by Yonas Sandbæk.

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Sound cloud

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:16:16 +0000

A new music service has opened, it allows users to upload and share their music in a way that enables a greater control of rights, like the use of creative commons. At the same time you can embed tracks in facebook or at you blog. I recomend that you watch the video below, it explains what is all about.

SoundCloud: The Tour from SoundCloud on Vimeo.

The service as I see it is mostly meant for sending and sharing music, rather than finding it, though I did just find this cool remix.
LeeDM101 – Bob’s Twilight Phone (Dragonette / Bob Marley / UNKLE) by LeeDM101

music made by:
Latest tracks by LeeDM101

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:58:00 +0000

Here is a couple of sketches from our currentl assignment at the Danish school of media and journalism. And the latest animal sketches from my notebook.

A bit more man.

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:54:37 +0000

I was sitting at Rikkes parents house sketching with a womens clothes magazine as refrence.

Rikkes father asked me. what I was drawing? When I told him, he immediately said: “wouldn’t you rather draw a train engine?”. He collects model trains, he brought me one and said “it’s a P-engine”. I still don’t know what that means. but here is my drawing of it

Colored sketches

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:00:21 +0000

These 3 drawings portraits an old man I saw in copenhagen. I tried to do draw the parts of him that I found facinating. The first drawing is of his left ear.

The next is an attempt to draw his portrait.

And last I drew his hand and cain along with a part of a facade on a building nearby.

Travelogue 01

admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:45:29 +0000

It’s our first day in Canada. The flight was ok, I watched a crazy Icelandic Movie whith an angry Icelandic Lenin wannabe. Great movie but I have no Idea what it was called.

We arrived in Toroto where Christine and Frank picked us up. Later we met up with Steve O, Carter and Mer who bought us dinner and beer! GREAT, eh?

On a bus from Toronto going to kingston to visit Snyder. This is the scenery, also we sometimes get a glipse at Lake Ontario that is more a freshwatersea than a lake. It is just to BIG to be a lake in my mind. Also. here is a rough drawing of Rikke made on the bus ride

Travelogue (prologue)

admin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:57:14 +0000

Visiting friends (bringing beer and snacks) and wishing them a good summer.

Can’t find the camera charger. Thats bad when packing for Canada