Please say hello!Mail: hello@madsjakobpoulsen.com Twitter: @Madsjpoulsen Blog: SomethingByNight Interested in jury work, workshops or lectures? – same address. AboutMads Jakob Poulsen is a designer from Copenhagen, Denmark, running his own studio Poulsen Projects. Amongst other things Mads has worked on a blue circle that leaves space for a new illustrated logo every day for USA Today, a giant feather that went to space and back for Blue Origin, and a dynamic flag that waves on your screen for Al Gore's Current TV. If these seem familiar it might be because you have bumped into them in your daily life, or because Mads's work picks up on strong concepts that easily lingers in your visual memory. His Danish heritage makes him a fluent in the language of design and his iconic and engaging work is always rooted in strong conceptual ideas. From the first year of his professional career up to today his work has been recognized by the likes of D&AD, Cannes Lions, Art Directors Club, Brand New Awards, IF Award, Print Magazine and Creative Circle Award. Mads has spoken at events and given lectures in Denmark, US and Canada as well as judged design and advertising awards Internationally. In 2010 Art Directors Club New York placed Mads Jakob Poulsen on their top 50 young designers of the world list, making him an ADC Young Gun. Prior to establishing his own studio Mads was Creative Director at global brand agency Siegel+Gale and before that he worked at Wolff Olins. He has worked with clients such as USA Today, Current TV, Blue Origin, Monster, Asian Art Museum, Belkin, New Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Copenhagen Pride, Microsoft, Copenhagen Parts, Danish Design Center, Widex and NBC Universal, | Curriculum Vitae2016-current day Founder, Creative Director at Poulsen Projects. 2014-2016 Creative Director at Siegel+Gale, New York. 2013 – 2014 Associate Creative Director at Siegel+Gale, New York. 2010 – 2013 Senior Designer at Wolff Olins, New York. 2010 – Present Freelance Creative Director for EcoProtein January – February 2010 Guest Art Director at Above Group-Ogilvy, Trinidad & Tobago 2009 – present First international writer on Under Consideration's design blog, Brand New. June 2009 – present Board member of Smiley:Days a non profit organisation organizing children music festivals at danish asylum camps. January 2009 – present Teacher at the School of Visual Communication, teaching freelance in concept development, identity and packaging design. 2007 – 2010 Senior Designer at Goodmorning Technology 2004 – 2007 Bachelor Degree from The School of Visual Communication, Haderslev Denmark 2002 – 2004 Copenhagen Technical Academy: Graphic design, poster design and photography. | Teaching, Lectures, | AwardsSilver Communicator Award 2015 Visual Identity, Monster Silver Cannes Lions 2013 360 Brand, USA TODAY ADC Silver Cube 2013 Newspaper design, USA TODAY Fast CO Innovation by Design Award 2013 USA TODAY Newspaper redesign Obie Award 2013 Grand Central Station Domination / advertising campaign USA TODAY D&AD Award 2012 Logo, Current TV Brand New Award 2011 Best of category, Identity & Animation, Current TV Brand New Award 2011 Honorary Mention, Identity, Belkin Core77 Runner Up Award 2011 Core77 Design Awards, New York Young Creative CIrcle Shortlist 2011 Identity Design Young Gun(s) 2010 Art Directors Club, New York IF Communication Award 2010 Copenhagen Parts Young Creative Circle Award 2010 Design, "T-shirt Calendar" Creative CIrcle Shortlist 2010 Packaging Design, "Scanwood" Young Creative CIrcle Shortlist 2010 Design, "T-shirt Calendar" Young Creative CIrcle Shortlist 2009 Design, "Stand Out" D&AD (UK) Annual Selection 2008 packaging design, Widex Young Creative Circle Award 2008 (DK) design "In your pocket" Creative Circle Shortlist 2008 Packaging Design, Widex Young Creative Circle Shortlist 2008 Design, "More sex" Young Creative Circle Shortlist 2008 Design, "In your pocket" Print Magazine Award 2008 Packaging Design, Widex IF Award 2008 Packaging Design, Widex Menighedsrådsvalg 2008 Poster Competition, 2. prize. Innovation Lab Competition 2007 Identity for the Geoware Conference 07 at Aros, Århus, Denmark. | BooksComputer Arts Branding Annual 2014 The most inspiring design from the world's leading creatives. ISBN 1-85870-837-0 Black and White New Monochrome Graphics ISBN 978-9881943958 Handmade Packaging Workshop By Rachel Wiles the 2011 Brand New Awards UnderConsideration LLC ISBN 978-0-9826253-4-7 Innovative Stationary Graphics Proffessional Corporate Identity Design Monsa ISBN 978-84-15223-13-9 Designers Universe – The Wow Factor Sandu Publishing Co. ISBN 978-988-19847-4-6 1000 ideas by 100 graphic designers Matteo Cossu, Rockport ISBN 978-1-59253-574-3 / 1-59253-574-7 Packaging Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Creating Packages Rockport Publishers ISBN 1592536034 / 978-1592536030 Creative Circle 2010 Los Logos 5: Compass Gestalten ISBN 978-3-89955-320-8 Creative Circle 2009 CC ISBN 87-91272-07-6 Boxed and labelled New approaches to packaging design Gestalten, ISBN 978-3-89955-252-2 Really Good Packaging Explained Edwards, Klimchuk, Wallace, Werner. Rockport ISBN-13 978-1-59-253-545-3 Creative Circle 2008 CC ISBN 87-91272-07-6 D&AD Annual 2008 IF Annual 2008 Los Logos 4 Gestalten ISBN 978-3-89955 | Press & ExhibitionsThe Branding Gods (Mostly) Love Google's New Logo Interviewed by Fast.co Design about Google's new visual identity. 02.09.15 Typography Spotlight Interview with ADC Young Gun and ADC Awards Jury alumnus Mads Jakob Poulsen. ADC Young Gun 8 winner believe that "typography is a vessel". 07.01.15 Bloomberg Businessweek Top designers imagine new british flags 19.10.14 Art Directors Club Magazine Designers Favorite Tools 01.04.14 Computer Arts The Design Career Handbook, Career Feature 01.10.12 Artcrank New York Poster exhibit by selected designers and artists 08.09.12 Adobe Video Feature Behind The Design 20.05.12 Computer Arts "Forget the Perfect Logo" Opinion Piece of this months Computer Arts 01.04.12 Fast Co Design "An Ingenious, Radical Branding Campaign, Lost In Current TV’s Woes" 02.04.12 Art Directors Club Young Guns Exhibition 2010 Art Directors Club New York October 2010 Markedsføring "Design er også offensiv kommunikation" Full spread on the work of Mads Jakob Poulsen 01.09.10 Art Director Club, New York, Gallery Space 90 Cubes on the Wall, 20.09.10 Mix Magazine (UK) Issue 18 01.03.10 Roskilde Festival Chosen to be in charge of the decoration and design of the area around the legendary Astoria stage at Roskilde Festival. Winq (NL) 01.02.09 Print Magazine (US) 01.10.08 Wallpaper Tart Card Exhibition KK Outlet, London from 22nd to 29th June + Wallpaper July 2008 In-Pak "Pris For Kreativ Emballage" #5 01.05.08 KBH magazine "Alsidig Godmorgen, Københavnsk tegnestue laver alt og vil lave endnu mere" #31 01.05.08 Markedsføring "And the winner is.." 08.04.08 Erhvervsbladet Håndværksrådet lader hammeren falde - 26.10.2007 | Select ClientsAmnesty International Asian Art Museum Belkin Brooklyn Museum Copenhagen Parts Copenhagen Pride Current TV Microsoft NBCUniversal Red Cross The Danish Defense The Danish Design Center USA Today Widex Links Siegel+Gale Wolff Olins Goodmorning Technology Brand New Robert Nagy Hans Chan Emil Hartvig Philip Battin Scandinavian DesignLab Hello Monday Mega Brand New nr2154 Art Directors Club Mike Abbink Mads Stigborg Photography Ghava Jeanette Abbink Johnny Selman Bold Monday |