https://jenniferbergkvist.se Jennifer Bergkvist Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:38:08 +0000 https://jenniferbergkvist.se en https://jenniferbergkvist.se/Gasten Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:13:53 +0000 Jennifer Bergkvist https://jenniferbergkvist.se/Gasten Book design for Gästen, published by Natur &amp; Kultur. <img width="3712" height="3712" width_o="3712" height_o="3712" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06691a3005c1354731e2dcebc56d44a070709e7a41f3325fd6586c343f7de572/DSC_2448-copy.jpg" data-mid="219028757" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/06691a3005c1354731e2dcebc56d44a070709e7a41f3325fd6586c343f7de572/DSC_2448-copy.jpg" /> https://jenniferbergkvist.se/Must-be-by-the-book Sun, 21 Oct 2018 21:12:12 +0000 Jennifer Bergkvist https://jenniferbergkvist.se/Must-be-by-the-book <img width="3867" height="2828" width_o="3867" height_o="2828" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c3b838a2b468d8a605e48a969f79d4fe2827d842b9df10b0a5f531e2d89d46eb/By-The-Book-4.jpg" data-mid="26765511" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c3b838a2b468d8a605e48a969f79d4fe2827d842b9df10b0a5f531e2d89d46eb/By-The-Book-4.jpg" /> Must be by the bookA collaborative project with Sebastian Larsson. Behind the facade of humanitarianism and neutrality, one of the world’s largest arms industries thrives. Combining experimental book design with activist research, this publication investigates the paradox of Swedish arms manfacture and export.&nbsp; The cover is screen printed with thermochromic ink, which fades by the warmth of human touch. With this book we seek to emphasise the human elements of an often depoliticised issue. This publication is part of the book art project Bibliotek Nordica, which will be exhibited in San Francisco in 2019.&nbsp;Read more about it&nbsp;here. <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ef503f0ba5e4d99aa5a7c4919e78036e2712766f1a413b7467d77b62b8253f4/By-The-Book-1.jpg" data-mid="26765502" border="0" data-scale="99" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ef503f0ba5e4d99aa5a7c4919e78036e2712766f1a413b7467d77b62b8253f4/By-The-Book-1.jpg" /><img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2d323a20a7306df2fd92ea81c07581c8d02b277b8514f2467e08521d5b6c292/By-The-Book-7.jpg" data-mid="26765514" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f2d323a20a7306df2fd92ea81c07581c8d02b277b8514f2467e08521d5b6c292/By-The-Book-7.jpg" /> <img width="3766" height="2786" width_o="3766" height_o="2786" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54952bdad1b1871dc789651c7a6a5885dc2718993060387413d2be9a3f4a611b/By-The-Book-3.jpg" data-mid="26765507" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/54952bdad1b1871dc789651c7a6a5885dc2718993060387413d2be9a3f4a611b/By-The-Book-3.jpg" /><img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6413291fb3d1f3ce56a5e79fdd39e46bf9ad1b5787c007141675fa8d690033bd/By-The-Book-5.jpg" data-mid="26765512" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6413291fb3d1f3ce56a5e79fdd39e46bf9ad1b5787c007141675fa8d690033bd/By-The-Book-5.jpg" /> Edition: 25 Year: 2018 https://jenniferbergkvist.se/Kokoligrafin Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:17:43 +0000 Jennifer Bergkvist https://jenniferbergkvist.se/Kokoligrafin Book design for Kokoligrafin, published by Konstfack in 2021. <img width="1299" height="1624" width_o="1299" height_o="1624" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bfafc8ad4d7334d7be437bf7d2ff3e6f2818727ffa613e4bd104f10d8c0375be/Koko-hemsida.jpg" data-mid="219028270" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bfafc8ad4d7334d7be437bf7d2ff3e6f2818727ffa613e4bd104f10d8c0375be/Koko-hemsida.jpg" /> https://jenniferbergkvist.se/Within Fri, 05 Oct 2018 20:02:02 +0000 Jennifer Bergkvist https://jenniferbergkvist.se/Within Within These Bounds Containing five different weights of paper in various sizes, this publication is an archive of images obtained from the nostalgic reminiscence of my childhood in the northern parts of Sweden, inevitably altered by the human imperfection of recollection. The size and weight of each signature enacts a translation of my individual experience of each memory. In addition to this, the pages are infused with the smell of pine — a prominent and sentimental element of my past. To further emphasize the ambiguities of remembrance, the images are second prints pulled from handcarved original woodblocks, called ghosts. The ghost is a much lighter reprint with substantial variations from the first print, and could be described as a transparent mirage of the first image, implying that there will always be a difference between what is experienced and what is remembered. The text inside the folder is printed with thermochromatic ink which will fade and disappear with the warmth of your breath. This elucidates once more the fragility of memory, and that nothing lasts forever. <img width="4096" height="2996" width_o="4096" height_o="2996" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3af9495b08f7214141021b17bcaabee8e6de394fafef0c301d81fc20941aefc8/180608_0221_ny.jpg" data-mid="25585506" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3af9495b08f7214141021b17bcaabee8e6de394fafef0c301d81fc20941aefc8/180608_0221_ny.jpg" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3743c1ee7f66ce22fe3a4de7cc93ee1163ae094bf7703b3c102b0c54fbbfae4e/5with.jpg" data-mid="26828984" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3743c1ee7f66ce22fe3a4de7cc93ee1163ae094bf7703b3c102b0c54fbbfae4e/5with.jpg" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db8fed32c2b9338d1eb46b7fba241f93e48341c703d6165aed91884e2dd09bdd/6with.jpg" data-mid="26828987" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/db8fed32c2b9338d1eb46b7fba241f93e48341c703d6165aed91884e2dd09bdd/6with.jpg" /> https://jenniferbergkvist.se/Luste-tjaeledh Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:02:57 +0000 Jennifer Bergkvist https://jenniferbergkvist.se/Luste-tjaeledh Book design for Luste tjaeledh, published by Gaaltije in 2021. <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/716ccec22c4dc9df18172f014799a33db4737f57751e5bba0818198a7a9fa5b6/Luste_tjaledh_cover.JPG" data-mid="106078633" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/716ccec22c4dc9df18172f014799a33db4737f57751e5bba0818198a7a9fa5b6/Luste_tjaledh_cover.JPG" /><img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad9703e263a4832365879ad48ca6c688eee93baa0ddd8962c8ea7894c12cdea2/Luste_tjaledh_cover2.JPG" data-mid="106078662" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad9703e263a4832365879ad48ca6c688eee93baa0ddd8962c8ea7894c12cdea2/Luste_tjaledh_cover2.JPG" /><img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c57a6b0e62588cbb9e10e30b716efd16b3e97ac336cf4ac422ade6edd2e85af3/Mockup_0.JPG" data-mid="106078696" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c57a6b0e62588cbb9e10e30b716efd16b3e97ac336cf4ac422ade6edd2e85af3/Mockup_0.JPG" /><img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/74bdde044ae35c22d13771da084e8e90c149bc1dce908db4933424f8925b3041/Mockup_2.JPG" data-mid="106078728" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/74bdde044ae35c22d13771da084e8e90c149bc1dce908db4933424f8925b3041/Mockup_2.JPG" /> https://jenniferbergkvist.se/They-Are-Coming Fri, 05 Oct 2018 19:57:55 +0000 Jennifer Bergkvist https://jenniferbergkvist.se/They-Are-Coming They Are Coming —Josephine D. Heard <img width="4033" height="2950" width_o="4033" height_o="2950" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da09a162ee01bf21a735a94f7a40b222403b9ec0d606e747fcf086bef1b74ba5/180608_0158.jpg" data-mid="26808124" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/da09a162ee01bf21a735a94f7a40b222403b9ec0d606e747fcf086bef1b74ba5/180608_0158.jpg" /> First published in 1890, this poem deals with black liberation from slavery and oppression in late-19th century USA.&nbsp;Here, I have interpreted the text by designing a book consisting only of empty, white pages, with the poem printed on ten black bookmarks. By placing the written content on the physically separated bookmarks, these are given a new value and function, and represent black resistance and liberation from the white context. As a metaphor for human history, this illustrates how resistance always takes place within a dominant structure, here represented by the book and its white pages. The weight and width of the 800-page book increases the oppressive force of the white pages onto the content. &nbsp; The poem has a distinctive build-up, as the words »They are coming« are followed first by »Slowly«, then by »Proudly«, and lastly by »Boldly«. This intensification is reflected by the progression of the embossed front and back cover, as the third and final line is printed with such a pressure that the paper cracks around the letters, mediating a sense of frustration and struggle. Heard’s name is printed in black on the book spine, both in order to link her to the bookmarks, and to offer her the space and recognition she deserves. <img width="4096" height="2996" width_o="4096" height_o="2996" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/854bb56662669fc34547f4d034de953a9cfa7e89329b4394ec700e20551c881a/180608_0172.jpg" data-mid="25585280" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/854bb56662669fc34547f4d034de953a9cfa7e89329b4394ec700e20551c881a/180608_0172.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2996" width_o="4096" height_o="2996" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76823de1e5ca8970258e65b4f06a1b44007c767cc6955d12f2bcd9ae5c91d9a0/180608_0161.jpg" data-mid="26770621" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/76823de1e5ca8970258e65b4f06a1b44007c767cc6955d12f2bcd9ae5c91d9a0/180608_0161.jpg" /> Edition: 25 Year: 2017 https://jenniferbergkvist.se/Alven Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:34:33 +0000 Jennifer Bergkvist https://jenniferbergkvist.se/Alven Book design for Älven, published by Wahlström &amp; Widstrand. <img width="2250" height="2250" width_o="2250" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a6fd4500456bfd868bb6dcb14e52210efb1da84746aac8e87c30ab1e34b64fa/IG_Liksom_1080x1080px-00.jpg" data-mid="219029373" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a6fd4500456bfd868bb6dcb14e52210efb1da84746aac8e87c30ab1e34b64fa/IG_Liksom_1080x1080px-00.jpg" /> https://jenniferbergkvist.se/De-anstallda Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:29:34 +0000 Jennifer Bergkvist https://jenniferbergkvist.se/De-anstallda Book design for De anställdapublished by Wahlström &amp; Widstrand. <img width="2250" height="2250" width_o="2250" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0af85bd7efdeb1382aeab52ecf0ae812bdab90f50756357a41cba15963eba0ec/IG_Ravn_1080x1080px_004.jpg" data-mid="219029245" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0af85bd7efdeb1382aeab52ecf0ae812bdab90f50756357a41cba15963eba0ec/IG_Ravn_1080x1080px_004.jpg" /> https://jenniferbergkvist.se/Illustratorcentrum Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:38:08 +0000 Jennifer Bergkvist https://jenniferbergkvist.se/Illustratorcentrum Visual identity for Illustratörcentrum. <img width="5333" height="3000" width_o="5333" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c122a8db6095f61683f7cf20e1393f17416967d04cc8069ff1e4b6e1c88d7894/Portfolio_AteljeGrotesk_2023_Jobb-Djerf5.jpg" data-mid="219029880" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c122a8db6095f61683f7cf20e1393f17416967d04cc8069ff1e4b6e1c88d7894/Portfolio_AteljeGrotesk_2023_Jobb-Djerf5.jpg" /> https://jenniferbergkvist.se/The-Yellow-Wall-Paper Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:44:18 +0000 Jennifer Bergkvist https://jenniferbergkvist.se/The-Yellow-Wall-Paper The Yellow Wall-Paper — Charlotte Perkins Gilman <img width="3975" height="2908" width_o="3975" height_o="2908" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab8a0bb07108efb856df67eed937890980d790224befb1d1a34946ac4a9f96da/180608_0140_2.jpg" data-mid="25563408" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab8a0bb07108efb856df67eed937890980d790224befb1d1a34946ac4a9f96da/180608_0140_2.jpg" /> In this short story, the reader gets to follow a woman undergoing a nervous breakdown. Her husband, a doctor, says that the main reason for her mental instability is her writing. She should stay at home and sit isolated in her room in order to get well, he ordinates. The story is told through her secret diary where she writes down her thoughts and feelings while isolated. The reader can note how her obsession with the yellow wallpaper inside the room grows stronger and stronger. This story is considered to be one of the central early works in American feminist literature as it described the attitudes during the 19th century towards women’s mental health. I have interpreted its message, first, by making the book pages into a gradient scale from white to yellow, offering to the reader the same feeling of gradual breakdown as experienced by the main character. The book’s typesetting also develops in line with the unfolding of the narrative in how the text grows wider and larger. I want to enhance a feeling of claustrophobia in the book form, just as in how the woman wants to — but cannot — break free from the small and constrained space of the room, here represented by the page itself. The book is designed with a Japanese folding, which means that the book pages contain a hidden space between them. In the story, the main character describes how she sees the shape of a woman behind the yellow wallpaper. The pages of the book hide other examples of women who have, throughout history, been similarly abused, silenced, overlooked or ignored. <img width="3887" height="2843" width_o="3887" height_o="2843" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18337bff280dc7c66d4af48dd4a6d694ab54caa1ce47ddaf0032675b0db0b0fa/180608_0136.jpg" data-mid="26808739" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/18337bff280dc7c66d4af48dd4a6d694ab54caa1ce47ddaf0032675b0db0b0fa/180608_0136.jpg" /> Edition: 25 Year: 2017