Kjell Ekhorn (Norwegian)
and Jon Forss (British) have
worked together as the
creative direction & design
team Non-Format since 2000.
They work on a range of
projects including art direction,
design, illustration and custom
typography for arts & culture,
music industry, fashion and
advertising clients. They have
art directed the independent
music monthly The Wire and
also Varoom: the journal of
illustration and made images.
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A bestselling hardback
monograph entitled
Non-Format Love Song was
published by Die Gestalten
Verlag in 2007. A second edition
was published in Spring 2008.
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A Non-Format edition of
Pyramyd’s Design And Designers
series was published in 2006.
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Non-Format is based in Oslo,
Norway and Minneapolis, USA
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Clients include:
Advertising & production:
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Aimaq Rapp Stolle, Berlin
AMV BBDO
BBDO NY
BBH
Colle+McVoy
Channel 4
Grey Worldwide
KKV
Krow
Lemon Scented Tea
M&CSaatchi
McCann Erickson
Mother
Nexus Productions
Ogilvy & Mather
Wieden+Kennedy
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Brands:
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Adobe
au (KDDI)
Beams
Coca-Cola
CoiGirlMagic
Coty Inc
Fiat
Gap
Graniph
IBM
Iida
Kharma Apparel
K-Swiss
Lancôme
LG
Nike
Nokia
Orange
Parco
Rick Owens
Sanahunt
Sensodyne
UNIQLO
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Organisations:
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AOI
Grafill
The Royal Norwegian Embassy
Shepley Bulfinch
Tate Modern
The Venice Biennale
Tokyo Type Directors Club
Yale University Art Gallery
Visuelt
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Publishers:
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Cent
Computer Arts
The Economist
The Fader
Future Publishing
Hachette Filipacchi Associés
Harbour Books
Laurence King Publishing
Magma Books
New York Magazine
The New York Times
Orion Publishing Group
Penguin UK
Penguin US
Pol Oxygen
Print
Rizzoli
S Magazine
Sternberg Press
Tank
The Wire Magazine
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Record labels:
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Accidental Records
BMG
Columbia Records
Domino Recording Company
EMI
Important Records
!K7 Records
The Leaf Label
Lo Recordings
Mute Records
Polydor
Sony Music
Universal Production Music
Yellow Productions
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Awards:
AIGA
Annual Design Competition
Certificates of Excellence
2009
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AIGA
50 Books/50 Covers
2005
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Communication Arts
Design Annual
Awards of Excellence
2004, 2005, 2008, 2010
& 2011
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Communication Arts
Photography Annual
Awards of Excellence
2004, 2009 & 2010
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Communication Arts
Typography Annual
Award of Excellence
2012
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Creative Review Annual
Best In Book
2006 & 2007
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D&AD
Yellow Pencil
2007
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The Design Museum, London
Nomination for Designs
Of The Year
2008
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New York Art Directors Club
Gold Award
2008
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New York Type Directors Club
Certificates of Typographic
Excellence
2006 & 2009
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Print Regional Design Awards
2009 & 2011
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Tokyo Type Directors Club
TDC Prizes
2006 & 2008
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Tokyo Type Directors Club
Prize nominations
2007, 2009, 2011 & 2012
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Visuelt, Norway
Gold Award
2011
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Visuelt, Norway
Silver Award
2008
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Exhibitions:
Solo Shows:
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Make A Fuss
Vallery, Barcelona
2006
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Group Shows:
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Graphic Design:
Now in Production
Walker Art Center, USA
2011-2012
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AGDA Poster Annual Exhibition
Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
2011
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UK? OK!!
Parco Factory, Tokyo
2010
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Browsing Copy
Useless Gallery, Suntec
International Convention &
Exhibitions Centre,
Singapore
2009
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Lubalin Now
Herb Lubalin Study Center of
Design and Typography,
New York
2009
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Gap’s (Product) RED Artist
Edition T-shirt Collection
Pop-Up Art Gallery, New York
2009
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In An Expression of the
Inexpressible
Dean Johnson Gallery,
Indianapolis
2009
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Best Art Vinyl 2008
Rough Trade East, London
Snap Galleries, Birmingham
The Perfect Pad, Norwich
The Fishmarket, Northampton
2009
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TDC2008 New Graphic Design Japan
Giorgio Cini Foundation, Venice
2008
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Tokyo TDC in Seoul
Samwon Paper Gallery, Seoul
2008
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TDC BCCKS Exhibition in
Hong Kong
Minimini Gallery, Hong Kong
2008
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Designs Of The Year
The Design Museum, London
2008
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Tokyo TDC BCCKS
Various venues, Tokyo
2007
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Music Graffiti
Omotesando Hills, Tokyo
2007
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Tokyo TDC in Hong Kong
Taikoo Place, Hong Kong
2006
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CADS04 - I See Music
ICA, London
2004
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Invisible London
Domino, Brussels
2002
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Invisible London
Sonar, Barcelona
2001
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Profiled in:
Books:
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All Access, USA
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Atlas of Graphic Designers, USA
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Area 2
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Hello! UK Graphics, Japan
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RGB, UK
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S Book Two, UK
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Studio Culture, UK
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The Sound Graphics, Japan
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Magazines:
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+81, Japan
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200% Magazine, UK
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Art and Design, China
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Cap & Design, Sweden
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Computer Arts, UK
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Concept, Indonesia
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Cover, Denmark
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Crack, UK
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Creative Review, UK
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Dazed & Confused, Japan
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Design 360, Hong Kong
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Eight:48, UK
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Fudge, Japan
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Grafik, UK
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Groove, Germany
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IdN, Hong Kong
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Joia, Chile
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Kreativt Forum, Norway
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Lab, UK
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MdN, Japan
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Monthly Design, Korea
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Neo2, Spain
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Neshan, Iran
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No, Norway
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Nylon, USA
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Pep!, Hungary
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Shift, Japan
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Slanted, Germany
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Snitt, Norway
Trax, France
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XFUNS, Taiwan
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Work published in:
Books:
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The 3D Type Book
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55 Degrees North
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1000 Type Treatments
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AIGA Year in Design
27 & 30
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The Anatomy of Design
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The Art of British Rock
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Best of Disc Art 1
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CD-Art
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Chromatic
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D&AD Annual
2005, 2007 & 2009
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Dos Logos
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DVD-Art
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Erratic
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Font Family
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For Browsing Only
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Fully Booked
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Good Design
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Graphic Beats
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Graphic Design:
A User’s Manual
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Graphic Design:
Now in Production
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How to Create a Portfolio
& Get Hired
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It’s A Matter Of Packaging
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Layout Look Book
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Layout Look Book 2
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Limited Edition
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Look At This
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Los Logos Compass
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Mag-Art
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Maximalism
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NeoGeo
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New Typographic Design
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North by North
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Printed Matter
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Printwork
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Retrodesign Stylelab
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Romantik
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Sampler
2 & 3
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Serialize
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Simply Packaging
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Sonic
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Stereographics
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TDC Annual of Typography
27 & 30
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Tokyo TDC
Vols 17, 18, 19, 20,
21 & 22
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Turning Pages
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Type Addicted
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Type-One
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Type Specific
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Typographics
4 & 5
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Typography Workbook
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Magazines:
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Adobe Magazine, USA
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Archive, Germany
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Brain, Japan
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Campaign, UK
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Communication Arts, USA
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Computer Arts, UK
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Creative Review, UK
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The Creator Studio, Japan
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Design Week, UK
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Etapes, France
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Eye Magazine, UK
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Grafik, UK
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Graphic, UK
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Idea, Japan
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IdN, Singapore
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Music Week, UK
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Print, USA
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Studio Voice, Japan
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