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This is the blog for lower east & lower east lab. A mix of stuff from our design & communication world (things we do, things we have done, and things we experience and get inspired from) and news from our lab – where all kind of actions and experiments can happen – that be workshops, creative meetings, urban safaris (with focus on start up, architecture, design or food), and exhibitions, events, dinners and a lot more.

Glasmuseet Ebeltoft: Ocean

March 20, 2013

On this Saturday March 23 Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark opens the exhibition OCEAN. The museum “… sets the scene for a unique experience, with an extensive exhibition and coherent programme of events“. The exhibition runs until November 3, there should be plenty of time to visit the beautiful museum. Lower East are the designers behind the

Not just for fun!

March 19, 2013

Guys! We didn’t just design this poster for the fun of it! Application deadline for the KaosPilots Switzerland is Wednesday March 20 at 12.00 If you are able to collect all the information on the poster, you might have a chance to join their Team 2, starting September this year 😉 Check it out at

Caribbean typography

February 20, 2013

Lower East travelling the British Virgin Islands. As we were trying to get hold of (and in contact with) a very famous graphic designer at the islands, we spotted this cool place with a lot of cool typography. The moon wasn’t full and the famous guy managed to escape…

Michael Kvium’s real monsters

February 5, 2013

Lower East are back from a great opening of artist Michael Kvium’s real monsters exhibition at Kunsten in Aalborg. We were honoured to be asked to do all the graphic stuff for the exhibition. We had a fruitful cooperation during the whole process with the staff from Kunsten. As we arrived to the opening on

Michael Kvium at Kunsten

February 1, 2013

Lower East are heading for the opening this afternoon of Real Monsters. Michael Kvium at KUNSTEN – Museum of Modern Art Aalborg. We have designed the catalogue and poster for the exhibition. We are happy about it, looking forward to the respons from the artist and the museum. “They emerge out there in the murky twilight.

Danish artist Michael Kvium at Kunsten

January 22, 2013

On Saturday Februar 2nd, the arts museum KUNSTEN in Aalborg, Denmark, will open the real monsters. michael kvium exhibition. Lower East have designed the catalogue to the exhibition, showing 30 recent works by the artist. “Central to the works is the depiction of human figures. In these pictures Michael Kvium (b.1955) grapples with religion, politics

New website for The KaosPilots Switzerland

January 21, 2013

Now online! The KaosPilots Switzerland started up in October. Now the brand new website is up’n’running. Hope you will check it out. The good people at the school just have started searching for students for Team 2. Maybe you have what it takes? Maybe you know someone who has? Lower East have designed the website.

How to become a KaosPilot

January 14, 2013

The KaosPilots Switzerland are looking for 35 changemakers, responsible entrepreneurs, peacemakers & bridgebuilders. Women & men with a splash of tribal mind, compassion & awareness – willing to take a risk, search for inner and outer balance and with a sense of the real world. And last, but not least playful – and humour guys. Humour!

The Syndicate

December 16, 2012

The Syndicate is a little wine company based in Copenhagen, Denmark. As one of the Lower East‘ers is one of the founders behind The Syndicate, It was of course natural that Lower East (who else should have done that?) designed the visual identity for the project. Quick, cheap, functional & simple. Orange, black and white – sometimes

Poster Competition World Dance Day

November 15, 2012

On April 29, 2013 International Dance Day, also known as World Dance Day, is celebrated all over the world. The day was introduced in 1982 by the International Dance Committee of the UNESCO International Theatre Institute. The date was chosen to commemorate the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre, who was born in 1727, a French dancer

Aarhus Filmfestival 2012

November 7, 2012

Tuesday the Aarhus Filmfestival opened for six early November days offering more than 150 films. A lot of eye-openers, fresh ­perspectives, curious wonders, and visionary power. Now. Present! The opening film at the festival was the overwhelming “5 Broken Cameras“, the film witnesses the non-violent resistance in Bil’in, the self-taught cameraman Emad Burnat’s village at

KiC Kunsthåndværk i Centrum

November 2, 2012

Today KiC – Kunsthåndværk i Cenrtrum opens in Ridehuset Aarhus. KiC is a censored arts and crafts market, which presents arts and crafts, that unfold in the field between art and design. More than 60 designers are represented. On the market you can find textiles, jewelry, glass, ceramics etc. Christmas shopping can start here. Lower

Three Lions and Nine Hearts

October 25, 2012

If in Aarhus, you have the chance to meet three fantastic lions! “The sculptor Claus Ørntoft has just completed a major sculptural installation for
 Marselisborg Palace Park in Aarhus which will be unveiled at a ceremony on 
Friday 26 October 2012 at 15:00. The work, a gift to H.M Queen Margrethe II from Aarhus Municipality

Edvard Munch Angst / Anxiety at ARoS Aarhus Art Museum

October 21, 2012

Lower East are very proud of having designed the graphic material for the huge Edvard Munch exhibition that is shown in ARoS Aarhus Art museum. We designed the big exhibition book and a great wall biography in the exhibition room as well as brochures. The exhibition is amazing and absolutely wonderful – we highly recommend

Aarhus Filmfestival 2012

October 19, 2012

Lower East just finished the graphic work on the printed programme and on the website for Aarhus Filmfestival 2012. And now we look so much forward to see all the fantastic shorts and docs scheduled this year. Check out the festivals website, reserve the days November 6-11 – and find your way to Aarhus, Denmark.

Oh oh oh it’s magic

October 1, 2012

Now it finally happended. Our good friends in the Alps, the KaosPilots Switzerland, started up the first team today. KaosPilots Team SUI1. The students were all well-equipped with a beautiful suitcases, with lower east designed luggage tags.

Lower East on Bornholm

September 28, 2012

European Glass Context 2012 forms part of a biennial symposium for European contemporary glass and ceramics on the island of Bornholm in Denmark. Through comprehensive exhibitions, workshops, master classes and lectures, an opportunity will arise to discuss and present the best of contemporary European glass today. This event is motivated by a desire to promote the

Welcome Party

September 21, 2012

The brandnew KaosPilots Team from Switzerland are curious to meet you, partners and potential playmates for the coming years of their project design and innovation work here in Bern and worldwide. Are you curious to meet them? Welcome Party October 5th in Bern. 18:00 sharp. We think there will be a chance to meet Lower

KaosPilot bag

September 19, 2012

Two weeks from now the KaosPilots Switzerland welcomes the first team of students to the school in Bern. Lower East has designed the new ‘school bag’, and behind the lines everything is getting ready for the brave and most likely excited students. The new website is very close to be published, until then keep informed

Cool jazz album covers

August 15, 2012

Very, very cool jazz album covers. Can’t remember what I was looking for. But fell into a trap filled up with jazz album covers from the 50ties and 60ties. So cool, so simple, so well designed. From what I found, here is a small selection, where you almost can hear the music by looking at