Johanne Lian Olsen is a designer working within type design, identities and editorial design.
Her clients include IKEA, NIKE, Tate, Adobe, Whitechapel Gallery, V&A, Hayward Gallery, The British Museum and Thames & Hudson Publishers.
Newest projects
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Mountaineering Women
The first illustrated book to celebrate the remarkable stories and achievements of twenty of the most daring women.
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Liberty. Design. Pattern. Colour.
Published to mark Liberty’s 150th anniversary, this book places fabrics in the context of the store’s wider design history.
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I.M.Pei
Design and layout of ‘I.M. Pei: Life Is Architecture’. Published by Thames & Hudson Publishers / M+
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Nordic noir
Design and layout of Nordic noir: works on paper from Edvard Munch to Mamma Andersson.
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Editorial Design
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Type Design
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Visual Identities
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About
Clients
Nike, USA
IKEA, Global
Thames & Hudson Publishers, London
Tate, London
The British Museum, London
Adobe, Global
V&A, London
Hayward Gallery, London
Pace Gallery, London
Whitechapel Gallery, London
FORMA, London
Experience
Design Director, Nonspace
Freelance Graphic Designer, Multiple clients
Freelance Graphic Designer, Anti
Designer, SocioDesign, London
Designer, Studio Claus Due, Copenhagen
Recognition
AWARDS
Silver, Art Books 2025, ICMA Award
Winner, Best Architecture Book of the Year 2024, RIBA Architecture Books Award
Jury Member 2018, Visuelt Design Awards
TDC 2015, Identity (Designbolaget Project)
The Year’s Most Beautiful Books 2015 (Designbolaget Project)
Bronze, Corporate Identity, Grafill (Designbolaget Project)
Silver, Creative Circle Awards, Silver, Packaging (Designbolaget Project)
Finalist, SHOTS Young Photographers
GRANTS
Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund
Project Grant 2018, Grafill, Oslo
Project Grant 2019, Grafill, Oslo
Business Start-Up Grant, Grafill, Oslo
FEATURES
Feature, Femme Type, femme-type.com
Feature, GEOMETRY NOW!, Sendpoints Publishing
Feature, Fedrigoni 365
Feature, COLOURS, Slanted 38
Article, It’s Nice That
Exhibition, Free Range, Truman Brewery, London
Exhibition, Art from the Arctic, Maverick Showroom, London