Johanne Lian Olsen is a designer working within type design, identities and editorial design. Her clients include IKEA, NIKE, Tate, Adobe, Whitechapel Gallery, Hayward Gallery and Thames & Hudson Publishers.
EXPERIENCE /
2022 – Design Director, Nonspace
2019 – 2022 Freelance Graphic Designer, Anti
2017 – Graphic Designer, Freelance
2017 – 2018 Graphic Designer, SocioDesign, London
2013 – 2017 Graphic Designer, Studio Claus Due, Copenhagen
EDUCATION /
2014 Master’s degree, Visual Communications The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design
2012 Bachelor’s degree, Visual Communications The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design
AWARDS & HONOURS /
Jury Member 2018 Visuelt Design Awards, Grafill Norway
TDC 2015, Identity (Designbolaget Project) TDC, Type Directors Club, New York
The Year’s Most Beautiful Books 2015 (Designbolaget Project) Grafill, Oslo
Bronze, Corporate Identity (Designbolaget Project) Creative Circle Awards
Silver, Packaging (Designbolaget Project) Creative Circle Awards
Finalist, Photo Series SHOTS Young Photographers
GRANTS /
Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund
Project Grant, ´Backside of The Strip, L.V.´ Grafill, Oslo
Project Grant, ´Break.´ Grafill, Oslo
Business Start-Up Grant Grafill, Oslo
EXHIBITIONS & PRESS /
Feature, FEMME TYPE – an all-female publication femme-type.com