Prize-winning exhibition

Hjalti Karlsson recently won the 2013 Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize. Here's a look at his solo exhibition celebrating his win.
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"This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
"This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
"This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
"This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
"This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
"This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
"This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
"This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
"This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
"This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Opening night of the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Opening night of the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Opening night of the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Opening night of the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Opening night of the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Opening night of the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Street view of the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Street view of the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Posters around Sweden of the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Posters around Sweden of the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Posters around Sweden of the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Posters around Sweden of the Street view of the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Catalogue cover for the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Catalogue cover for the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Oversized poster of Mayor of Gothenburg featured in the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Oversized poster of Mayor of Gothenburg featured in the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Oversized poster of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden featured in the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Oversized poster of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden featured in the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Oversized poster of Tomas Söderberg featured in the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Oversized poster of Tomas Söderberg featured in the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Oversized poster of Lucia featured in the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Oversized poster of Lucia featured in the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Oversized poster of Pippi Longstocking featured in the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Oversized poster of Pippi Longstocking featured in the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Oversized poster of Dolph Lundgren featured in the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Oversized poster of Dolph Lundgren featured in the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Oversized poster of Ace of Base featured in the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Oversized poster of Ace of Base featured in the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Blueberry poster commenting on the blueberry shortage in Sweden in 2013 designed for the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Blueberry poster commenting on the blueberry shortage in Sweden in 2013 designed for the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
BW Style poster designed for the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
BW Style poster designed for the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
The Swedish Chef from the Muppets poster designed for the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
The Swedish Chef from the Muppets poster designed for the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
DET poster designed for the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
DET poster designed for the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
The Gothenburg Crest with Lion poster designed for the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
The Gothenburg Crest with Lion poster designed for the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Pattern poster designed for the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
Pattern poster designed for the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
yellow+blue, a combination of the Swedish flag’s colour poster designed for the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
yellow+blue, a combination of the Swedish flag’s colour poster designed for the "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
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On 29 May 2013 the Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize was awarded to Icelandic graphic designer Hjalti Karlsson, one half of renowned design studio karlssonwilker.

The award honours designers from Scandinavia and supports design and decorative arts in the Nordic region.

The prize committee’s comments:

The Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize 2013 is awarded to the Icelandic graphic designer Hjalti Karlsson. Hjalti Karlsson ́s broad approach to typography, graphic design and visual communication has a profound basis in humanistic and artistic considerations. His work spans from the intimate small scale object to the comprehensive inclusive information graphics programme. From magazine page to motion graphics, from pedagogical exhibition design to site specific art installations – Hjalti Karlsson ́s contemporary visual language bears witness of classic knowledge as well as of Icelandic storytelling tradition.

The prize was presented to Karlsson on 4 November 2013 by Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the former president of Iceland and the first woman democratically elected head of state in the world. 

Along with the handing over of the prize, Karlsson opened a solo exhibition dedicated to the work he has done over the years. The exhibition titled This Is How I Do It showcases the eight designs by Karlsson considered by the jury in awarding him the prize.

They include:

1. A cover for TIME Magazine. The publication invited the Karlssonwilker studio to co-curate, co-write and design a 12-page feature and cover for their end of the year’s The List Issue which highlights the top ten features of the year.

2. The Wolf-Gordon Sculpture. The sculpture was composed of 250 panels which were covered in various Wolf-Gordon products including textiles, wall coverings and mirrors.

3. MINI Another Day Another Adventure. karlssonwilker collaborated with Dazed & Confused magazine to design a 12-page feature on today’s fashion and urban adventures. This project was merged with MINI Cooper's original 3D CAD files to fuse the real with the artificial.

4. Skirl Records. Karlssonwilker has been responsible for the jazz label’s material since its inception in 2007. The cover designs are seen as an experimental playground for Karlssonwilker, who is currently working on the twenty-second CD cover.

5. Tell Me Why. In 2003, Princeton Architectural Press published Tell Me Why, the story of Karlssonwilker studio’s first two years. The duo designed the cover and layout of the book.

6. Museum of Moving Images. Karlssonwilker worked closely with New York’s Museum of the Moving Image to design a new identity system, including a logo, wayfinding system, printed collateral and marketing materials.

7. The Goldman Warehouse. For this project, the duo designed the identity and exterior signage for the Goldman Warehouse, an art gallery in Miami’s Wynwood district that is devoted to private collections of abstract art.

8. Puma. Karlssonwilker collaborated with Puma to design a series of sneakers sporting edgy graphic design and typography.

Along with these works, Karlssonwilker created 14 oversized posters especially for the exhibition. The seven Swedish-themed posters and seven portraits of notable Swedes reveal the diversity in the designer’s work and style.

The exhibition is currently on display at the Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg, Sweden until 2 February 2014. 

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