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Block Zero
Design Lead (2023 –)
As a Design Lead at Block Zero, I run design projects from early concept to final delivery, working closely with the team to create clear and considered experiences across digital and physical mediums.
Alongside being hands-on in projects, I’m also responsible for how the design team works. I set shared standards, maintain our design systems, run reviews, support junior designers and keep our process clear and up to date. I help the team frame problems properly, make decisions faster and stay aligned with client goals and the bigger direction of the work.
Poetic Collective
Co-founder / Creative Director (2013–2022)
Poetic Collective is today one of the biggest skateboarding businesses based in Sweden. Founded in 2013 by me and my brother Tom Botwid, it combines influences from the art world with a Scandinavian design language to create a new kind of skateboard brand identity.
My roles have been many, from designing the visual identity and filming skateboarding, to developing both customer facing and b2b webshops as well as working with factories to bring product designs from prototyping all the way through production and delivery.
BUFF Filmfestival Malmö
Senior Visual Designer (2021)
- Complete redesign of the festivals visual identity and web platform UI.
- Print design for festival catalog and posters
- Promotional video production
Please Don‘t Leave Me
Founder / Creative Director (2020–2021)
Started in 2020, Please Don’t Leave Me is a clothing brand making everyday wears made in Europe from 100% recycled materials.
I sourced materials and manufacturing partners, as well as created and implemented the visual design language in both digital platforms as well as physical products.
Norrsken Foundation
Videographer / Designer (2017–2018)
At Norrsken I acted as an inhouse content producer, switching between making videos and conducting interviews and photographing, to designing and developing integrations with event management systems with visitor-facing online platforms.
Selection of freelance work
Artists Book Archive Malmö
Photography / UI design / Development (2021)
Photography, design and development of an art archive at artistsbooksarchivemalmo.se
Codesign
Motion design / Web development (2022)
New logo animation and website development at codesign.se.
BRUXX Arkitektur
Developer / Motion design (2022)
New site development and logo animation at bruxx.se.
Bronx Wheels
Graphic design (2021)
Logo redesign and wheel collection design
First Skate Shop
Designer (2021)
Logo design
Vans skateboarding
Music production (2020)
Original music production for the Vans Scandinavia video Nordic Light.
Smörgåsboard Skate Film Festival
Web Developer (2020)
Development of festival website at smorgasboard.se.
Regionmuseet i Kristianstad
Videographer (2019)
Documentary film about Stockholm Skate Nation for the traveling exhibition Skate 2019
Side projects
Alla Känner Alla
Documenting some of the people we all seem to know about, but never got to know. The project, Alla Känner Alla, ended up as a small video portrait catalog of some of the city of Malmö’s unsung heroes.
Click here to save the world
Developed in response to the refugee crisis first hitting Europe in 2015, Click here to save the world is a different take on a donation campaign. After its launch, the website received an incredible amount of visitors and as well interest from press, and from UNHCR itself.
What should I call my
One of the trickiest parts of starting something new is figuring our what to call it. What should I call my is a typography tool that quickly lets you try out naming ideas to get a feel for what works.
Education
Hyper Island
2015–2017
Digital Media Creative
Nyckelviksskolan
2014–2015
Graphic Design