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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.

New Business

January 21, 2014

New visual identity – for New Business Lower East just did another quick & d….. visual identity job. This time for a new master program, created by changels in Bern, Switzerland. Maybe it could be a ‘thing’ for you? Info from the info papers: NEW BUSINESS. A one year further training for people who want to

Today’s Picture – from June 2013

January 19, 2014

Lower East are still walking the streets with the iphone’s camera ready, searching for Today’s Picture. Trying to capture the day in one picture. We are catching up on 2013 – here we show the pictures from June ’13 – this month pictures are; one from Berlin, some from Denmark and some from Uganda (yes, very

Kay C at ARoS

January 16, 2014

Lower East recently designed a 160-page book to the exhibition Kay Christensen – The Eternal Fairy Tale at ARoS Aarhus Art Museum in Denmark. The book, with text in both Danish & English, showing a major part of Kay Christensen’s (1899-1981) wonderful paintings, drawings and lithographs. The exhibition, which will be on show at ARoS until January 26th, pays homage

Today’s Picture – from May 2013

January 15, 2014

Lower East are still walking the streets with the iphone ready, searching for Today’s Picture. Trying to capture the day in one picture. We are catching up on 2013 – here we show the pictures from May ’13 – this month pictures are from Berlin, from Denmark and one from southern part of France. We are

newspaper: changels news

January 13, 2014

We are happy to show and share the changels news! An idea for a newspaper we at Lower East came up with some months ago together with the people from changels. In the very last days before Christmas we finished the design of the newspaper and it was immediately sent of to the printer in

Today’s Picture from March & April ’13

January 10, 2014

Lower East are still searching for Today’s Picture. Trying to capture the day in one picture. Here we show the pictures from March and April 2013 – all of them from Berlin, Germany, except one from Aarhus, Denmark. We are showing the coolest one, or the most beautiful one, or the one that tells the best

Aarhus Filmfestival coming up

November 7, 2013

Aarhus Filmfestival 2013 It’s time! – from Tuesday 12 November to Sunday 17 November the Aarhus Filmfestival will be screening international shorts and documentaries. Experimental, fun and eye-opening films that challenge the media and broaden the world. Around 140 films, and we are still counting… The festival takes place in Aarhus, Denmark. Lower East have designed

Aarhus Filmfestival 2013

October 9, 2013

Aarhus Filmfestival 2013 is coming up. From 12th to 17th November you can see short and documentaries in cinemas, museums and culture venues all over Aarhus, Denmark. Lower East are these days working on the design of the rich catalogue for the festival. 40 (or 44?) pages filled with tempting short and documentary film programmes

Director’s Choice ARoS

September 30, 2013

For the Exhibition Director’s Choice, the Director of ARoS Jens Erik Sørensen has collected around 1000 pieces from the ARoS Collection and put them together to a personal story. The story unfolds in three houses, House no. 7, House, no. 9, The Urban Park and House no. 13 –  taking the visitor from futuristic coolness

IBOS

September 13, 2013

Phone rings, one day back in 2012. Unknown number. Yeah hallo? Hallo, we have heard about you Lower East guys! Really? Yes, you have been recommended. Really?? Yes, I’m working for an organization working with blind people, could you do some graphic design for us? Okay kidding me, right??? Lower East have already done a

We love Berlin in the Autumn

September 11, 2013

A new Urban Safari Berlin is coming up – October 28 and 29. Helle Marietta and Jørgen Smidstrup have based their ­design company, ­Lower East, ­in ­Berlin since the end of 2011 and have been ­exploring the “arm, aber sexy“ city ever since. ­Matti Straub-Fischer, from ­changels, have after several visits insisted on ­creating an

GOLD at ARoS

September 10, 2013

For ARoS Aarhus Art Museum Lower East designed a huge catalogue for the exhibition GOLD – TREASURES FROM THE DANISH GOLDEN AGE. 300 pages filled with great photos, gold metal print and texts in Danish and English written by experts in the Golden age a.o. Karina Lykke Grand. It is a wonderful exhibiton and you

gastro & vino

September 5, 2013

Lower East just designed a quick & not-that-dirty visual identity for the new Aarhus (Denmark) based food & wine company gastro & vino. One of our good friends just started this up, based on many, many years work, walk and talk within the food & wine business. Main focus will be teambuilding, wine sales, wine

Olafur Eliasson at Kunsten, Aalborg, Denmark

August 14, 2013

A triangular sky and lava stones at KUNSTEN. Lower East finished during the hot July the design and production of the catalogue for the Olafur Eliasson exhbition at the arts museum KUNSTEN in Aalborg, Denmark. Olafur Eliasson’s work ‘Den trekantede himmel’ (‘The triangular sky’), has been specially created for the Museum’s  sculpture park. Until end

Urban Safari Berlin – September 2013

August 7, 2013

It’s time for Urban Safari Berlin! It’s time for treating yourself well. It’s time for focusing on your creativity! Come join us on an intense 2day safari with special focus on inspiring business, creative spaces, the co-working scene and sparkling start-ups. We have on September 12 and 13 put together a sparkling journey for you in the urban

Council Guide Training

July 15, 2013

Lower East just finished the brochure for the Council Guide Training. The Council Guide Training is integrated into the education as part of the curriculum at the KaosPilots Switzerland. The CGT is “an intensive two-year personal leadership training in which participants meet nine times for five-day ceremonies. In between ceremonies the participants dedicate themselves to integrate

Urban Safari Berlin September 2013

July 2, 2013

Obama was here in June. John F. Kennedy back in 1963, 40,000 runners ran the Berlin Marathon this year, Berlin Pride 2013 attracted about 800,000 participants and spectators. Up til now more than 35 adventurous people have been on Urban Safari in Berlin. Now it’s your turn! Come join us on an intense 2day safari into this

Summer cleaning

July 1, 2013

Lower East website We just did some summer cleaning on our website – updated the texts, new background illustrations, updated the projects (more is still to come, it has so far been a very, very busy 2013!). Added new photos and new dates for our Urban Safari Berlin, one in September and one in October.

Annika von Hausswolff – It All Ends with a New Beginning

June 17, 2013

Lower East had the big pleasure of working together with Swedish artist Annika von Hausswolff and ARoS, Aarhus Kunstmuseum when we designed the catalogue for the exhibition ANNIKA VON HAUSSWOLFF – IT ALL ENDS WITH A NEW BEGINNING. (The exhibition will run until 11 August 2013). “Annika von Hausswolff’s photographs are razor-sharp, sensual, and extremely disquieting. They

Looking for inspiration?

May 14, 2013

Come join the Urban Safari Berlin in May! Berlin is a wonderful and vibrant metropole, a melting pot of young entrepreneurs and fresh ­ideas, funky design and inspiring inviting atmospheres. A perfect spot to be diving into, make you smile, think of old and new ideas, wonder about how funny & crazy some ideas can