A young trio will create the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest visual image based on kaleidoscopic images how fantasy becomes reality. It’s going to be colourful, functional, beautiful and minimalistic. dog design tell about themselves and the project.
"This is surely the biggest project we've got so far, and surely the most visible" says Ilona Ilottu. She is as confused and happy as her team mates Eeva Sivula and Petri Salmela for the opportunity given by YLE and EBU.
They will create the visual image used in logos and all printed matter so their work will be seen all over the Hartwall Areena and city. "Just to make it clear we are not responsable for the stage or choreography or script! Our work will be seen in even unexpected, surprising places all over the Helsinki region" they promise.
The theme chosen by YLE is "True Fantasy" as we all know by now, and dog design's idea is built around kaleidoscope, how to turn fantasy into reality. These young designers (aged 35-39) studied graphics together in Helsinki University of Arts and Design. They started collaborating already back then, during the depression years in Finland in the early 1990s. "We felt we had to work while studying to be able to get a job after studies and we did it almost for free. We all worked in different magazines. Officially dog design was founded in 1998. We have been lucky to have meaningful work all the time. We could have risked more economically and expand the firm but we like it this way. We enjoy our work and working together. Most of the time it doesn't even feel like work!" they tell.
Dog design has been very succesful winning many awards and honorable mentions.Today one third of their work is designing book covers and packaging. They also design products for companies, exhibition posters, logos and stamps. "Working as a trio is fine with us. We are three different persons with different tastes. If we all like an idea it usually is fine with others, too. Working together is faster, more creative. We discuss a lot about our ideas and it usually leads to new ideas. Of course sometimes you might be a bit hurt if your great idea isn't such a great idea by the others, but you just have to be more objective and accept the opinions of the others". More details on dog design's kaleidoscopic visual on Eurovision Song Contest 2007 will be presented in January. (Original release esctoday.com)
"This is surely the biggest project we've got so far, and surely the most visible" says Ilona Ilottu. She is as confused and happy as her team mates Eeva Sivula and Petri Salmela for the opportunity given by YLE and EBU.
They will create the visual image used in logos and all printed matter so their work will be seen all over the Hartwall Areena and city. "Just to make it clear we are not responsable for the stage or choreography or script! Our work will be seen in even unexpected, surprising places all over the Helsinki region" they promise.
The theme chosen by YLE is "True Fantasy" as we all know by now, and dog design's idea is built around kaleidoscope, how to turn fantasy into reality. These young designers (aged 35-39) studied graphics together in Helsinki University of Arts and Design. They started collaborating already back then, during the depression years in Finland in the early 1990s. "We felt we had to work while studying to be able to get a job after studies and we did it almost for free. We all worked in different magazines. Officially dog design was founded in 1998. We have been lucky to have meaningful work all the time. We could have risked more economically and expand the firm but we like it this way. We enjoy our work and working together. Most of the time it doesn't even feel like work!" they tell.
Dog design has been very succesful winning many awards and honorable mentions.Today one third of their work is designing book covers and packaging. They also design products for companies, exhibition posters, logos and stamps. "Working as a trio is fine with us. We are three different persons with different tastes. If we all like an idea it usually is fine with others, too. Working together is faster, more creative. We discuss a lot about our ideas and it usually leads to new ideas. Of course sometimes you might be a bit hurt if your great idea isn't such a great idea by the others, but you just have to be more objective and accept the opinions of the others". More details on dog design's kaleidoscopic visual on Eurovision Song Contest 2007 will be presented in January. (Original release esctoday.com)
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