How we work

Many choices go into the simple act of someone considering your product or walking into your store, and these are the key elements we work with. Demonstrating quality, product functionality, and passion is what guarantees a connection with your customers. That’s where we come in.

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The real work

We don’t sell quick fixes or overnight solutions with bows and ribbons. Our method involves thorough research, meeting with our clients often, and asking questions that are difficult or even uncomfortable to answer. We do this in order to help you get down to the core of what defines your product or service. We believe branding and product design go together because the essence of your brand must be present in everything the customer sees, hears and touches. So from concept to finalization, we make sure that your brand communicates the pure, unique definition of what you can do for your customer. And we’re not shortsighted about it either; we examine the full landscape of your business with genuine interest, constantly looking for ways in which a current project can benefit your business in the future. We think long-term, and love the long haul. And that’s the real work.

Life at Work

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People

Name
Ian Sandmæl
Title
Creative Director, Founder
Email
Phone
+47 90057847
Description
Ian’s experience in the industry began at IDEO in San Francisco, where he worked with international brands like Microsoft and Procter & Gamble. Ian attended the Art Center College in Los Angeles, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Product Design.

After returning home to Norway, Ian worked at Hareide Designmill before founding WORK with Kevin in 2005.
Name
Kevin Hagen
Title
Creative Director, Founder
Email
Phone
+47 98463036
Description
Kevin has extensive work experience as a design consultant at various firms in Los Angeles. While there, he enjoyed working for many international brands, such as Belkin, BMW, Bosch, Hyundai and Wilson Sports, before moving back to Oslo to start WORK with Ian in 2005.

Kevin got his bachelor’s degree in 2000 from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California where he studied Branding and Packaging Design.
Name
Hilde Falck-Andersen
Title
Client Director
Email
Phone
+47 95332569
Description
Hilde holds a master’s in Management and Strategic Analysis from Cass Business School in London. Her career began in London, working with different international brands such as Carlsberg, Beam Global and Unilever before moving back to Oslo to join WORK in 2010.
Name
Henning Andersson
Title
Senior Graphic Designer
Email
Phone
+47 92211424
Description
Henning is a graphic designer and our in-house Master Chef. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from Westerdals School of Communication in Oslo. Henning developed his experience as a graphic designer and art director in Oslo before joining WORK in 2008.
Name
Paul Daniel
Title
Product Engineer
Email
Phone
+47 98694088
Description
Paul is our Australian brewmaster, and has over seven years’ professional consulting experience developing products for a broad range of clients and industries. Paul completed a Bachelor of Engineering in Product Design in Melbourne, Australia.
Name
Simen Aarseth
Title
Product Designer
Email
Phone
+47 93224543
Description
Simen is our award-winning product designer (Newcomer of the Year 2011, Bo Bedre). He holds a bachelor’s degree in Furniture Design and Interior, as well as a master’s degree in Design, both from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts.

Upon completing his education, Simen started his own design company, Angell Wyller Aarseth, before joining us at WORK.
Name
Eivind Fonnaas Nilsen
Title
Graphic Designer
Email
Phone
+47 92297019
Description
Eivind is a graphic designer and enthusiastic hunter & gatherer. He holds a master’s degree in Design from Kunsthøgskolen in Bergen. Eivind worked for agencies in Hamburg and Rotterdam before coming to the Skin design agency in Oslo. He also freelanced as a graphic designer before joining WORK in 2011.
Name
Sissel Johannessen
Title
Graphic Designer
Email
Phone
+47 48112187
Description
Sissel is a graphic designer and can often be spotted hiking in the Norwegian mountains. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication while in Glasgow, Scotland. Sissel has over six years’ working experience as a graphic designer in Glasgow and Oslo.
Name
Thomas Jenkins
Title
Product Designer
Email
Phone
+47 456789123
Description
Thomas is our resident Brit and holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering Product Design from London South Bank University. Thomas gained experience as a designer at Dyson in the UK before moving to Oslo, where he worked at Frost Produkt and later joined us at WORK.

Thomas has exhibited his work at the Salone Satellite in Milan, Design Tide in Tokyo, Greenhouse in Stockholm, and at the London Design Festival.
Name
Linn Ramm Østgaard
Title
Graphic Designer
Email
Phone
+47 41617754
Description
Linn is a graphic designer educated from both Westerdals and Berghs School of Communication. In Stockholm she worked mainly with corporate brading and packaging with Gabor Palotai and at Embrink Design. After moving back to Oslo in 2009 she´s been working freelance and latest at Electricbrandy.
Name
Marte Freihow Langland
Title
Office Assistant
Email
Phone
+47 959 13 284
Description
Besides helping us out at WORK, Marte is studying at Oslo University Blindern

Want to work with us?

We are always looking for great people!
If you have some skills you think we could use, please drop us a line!

Available positions

Graphic Designer

We’re looking for a graphic designer who understands how brands work inside and out.

The must-have’s:

  • a few years  of relevant experience working with branding
  • expert-level knowledge of PS, ID and AI 
  • serious typography skills
  • confidence in presenting ideas
  • a portfolio that clearly demonstrates your thought process, project focus, and experimental abilities

The nice-to-have’s:

  • international experience
  • varied experience (web, interaction, packaging, identity, etc.)

Send us your portfolio as a link or a single emailable PDF, along with a short intro about yourself and what makes you tick.

 

Front-End Designer

It’s plain weird that we don’t have an in-house front-end designer. Let’s solve this problem.

The must-have’s:

  • strong knowledge of branding and interaction
  • can lead and follow on different projects, confident in presenting ideas
  • tech-obsessed with a solid mastery of various platforms
  • 3 – 4 years’ experience

The nice-to-have’s:

  • the ability to communicate with programmers without having to use Wikipedia
  • international experience

Send us your portfolio as a link or a single emailable PDF, along with a short intro about yourself and what puts the java in your morning coffee.

Clients

Cisco
Sport1
Norheim
DEFA
Bjørn Dæhlie
Swims
Voss
Hamax
Mr Iceman
Anton Sport
Cod Farmers
Xeed
Kongsberg
Hafslun
Forskningsparken
Gekko
Vivikes
Ventelo
w.B.Samson
Workhand
Midelfart