2011-2013
DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN
PORTFOLIO THIS IS
SILJE FORBES
portfolio
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editorial design
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Adventure,
selected works
you say?
I want adventures. Come on, let’s go! The sun is ready to shine on us now! I’ve combed my hair and brushed my teeth. I even made the bed.
I run as a blast of wind hit my face and I realize I am still stuck in this small scale semi-industrial city that tries to disguise itself as a hip and upcoming location for design and technology. I run and realize there are not many places to run towards, because whether I like it or not, this is it for now. This is it. This white building in the center is the harem of my utopia and the beast of my nightmares.
4 years later. Still combing my hair, still making my bed, still looking for the sun. Still ready to run. Filled with experiences and explorations and colors and light that I have found in this beastly building. I’m ready for the sun! Let further explorations begin! My ambitions remain intact. Yes, I have learned and changed and grown and shed tears and sweat and love and hate over many cups of coffee and badly lit tables. My ambitions remain.
It’s adventure time.
Silje Forbes
2011/ 2012/ 2013
Silver Silje
Fox Forbes
project: fictional book covers for existing titles
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editorial design
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collages, print, photoshop
Have you ever confused a dream with life? Or stolen something when you have
the cash? Have you ever been blue? Or thought your train moving while sitting still? Maybe I was just crazy. Maybe it was the 60s. Or maybe I was just a girl... interrupted.
project: poster
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editorial design
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photo, scan, photoshop
album: The Whitest Boy Alivem, Dreams
2013
I want my life to spill like droplets of red wine
on people’s clothes
To leave a little mark accompanied by a fading memory of a great time.
brief: make a game about privacy
Ma materials:
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wood carton paint
product & package design
Me method:
silkscreen illustrator/ psd print
This is a board game about money and privacy - how much is your privacy worth?
Players can trade in personal information for money or power, and be able to manipulate and take advantage of other players by owning big companies that violate people’s rights.
2012
album: Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
workshop: Ramiro Espinoza
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caligraphy & typeface design
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ink, bamboo, pencil, black carton
The Most Powerful Letter in the Alphabet.
2013
album: Kevin Drew, Spirit If...
project: animation
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art direction
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paint, carton, paper, glue. Editing in psd
A Journey. The paper scenery has been used as a set for telling a story about the different uses of pigments.
2012/ 2013
album: Air France, No Way Down
project: animation
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art direction
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paint, carton, paper, glue. Editing in psd
2012/ 2013
album: Air France, No Way Down
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poster
Welcome to the
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3D to 2D
Netherlands
In the Netherlands it rains 766 mm each year on average. 17 days of each month is filled
with ‘sleet, snow, hail or rain’. Needless to say it feels neverending. So which object will always come in handy when in the Netherlands? The umbrella.
workshop: Maureen Mooren
2013
album: Daft Punk, Random Access Memories
workshop: Maureen Mooren
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poster
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3D to 2D
2013
album: Daft Punk, Random Access Memories
workshop: Andre Thijssen
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These are my photographs archived in a
book of memories.
photography, bookbinding
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photographs
2013
song: Major Lazer, Get Free (Bonde do Role Remix)
workshop: Andre Thijssen
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photography, bookbinding
A Book For the
King
This book is a gift for the new king, His Majesty Willem - Alexander of the Netherlands, for his 46th birthday on April 27th 2013.
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photographs
Walking around the streets and corners of Eindhoven, I have asked passer byers this (among other things related to his birthday):
Asking people, my goal was not to figure out their personal stand point in whether or not
If you were invited to the new King’s birthday
Monarchy is something to be valued or not, but I did hope that these opinions may shine through in the answers given.
There are many opinions about monarchy in this country. Some people are very positive,
In the end the Royals are also just people. Would we still treat them as equals for their birthday? Do we need to act differently
to have a neutral ‘profile’ to represent the
neighbour? Does our judgements on what we
celebration - what would you give him?
saying it gives a strong connection to Dutch roots and traditions and that it is important country apart from politics and elections. Others find it unnecessary, old-fashioned and
toward them? Would the new King have other expectations from you than a regular read or have been told influence our choices?
pompous
After collecting answers I have used photographs from my personal archives or taken new ones to illustrate these gifts from the people in Eindhoven.
markt module 2
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identity, concept
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website, psd
Cultural Creatives Project crafts.
about
preserving
traditional
Cultural Creatives is a website that
encourages the use of local resources and asks its users to share knowledge
about materials and techniques. The aim is that designers and craftsmen
can browse through this “library� for
inspiration on how to use local resources where they are in similar ways. This is a concept based assignment and a fictional website.
2011
album: Håkan Hellström, Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg
fictional vinyl sleeves
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photography, collages
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2013
album: Rhye, Woman
man & communication
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poster infographic
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illustrator and photoshop
Lists.
I’m pretty good at lists. I can list them over and over. I can count them out like sheep in my head until I forget what the outcome I want from the list is. I still don’t know.
42 cm x 96 cm
2011
42 cm x 29 cm
lab 2
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3D and 2D typography
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brass wires, welding
Urban Typography For this project I welded 5 letters in brass and placed them in an underground tunnel in Eindhoven. The letters spelled “FRAIL”.
frail 1 (frl) adj. frail·er, frail·est 1. Physically weak; delicate: an invalid’s frail body. 2. Not strong or substantial; slight: evidence too frail to stand up in court. 3. Easily broken or destroyed; fragile. 4. Easily led astray; morally weak. See weak.
2011
album: Daft Punk, Random Access Memories
3D to 2D In reversed order, the typography was first made in 3D and then turned to 2D.
collaboration with Marcin Rusak Studio
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packaging and branding
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hand made chocolate moulds
2011
album: Bon Iver, Bon Iver
We wanted to design an easily reusable packaging of the product to encourage buyers to make their own
goods. The aim was to come up with an appealing but at the same time eco-wise packaging solution. Behind all the etiquettes you will find recipes and useful tips on how to do it yourself. The plastic moulds can be washed an re-used, and the rubber band ensures that there are no annoying stickers to remove from the maison jars.
as featured on Lovelypackage
man & well being module 2
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research, visual data
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website, coding
To Put A Value On Time There are a lot of statistics on what we spend money on, and why. For some people, money is not a subject to discuss openly, and for others it gives a certain satisfaction to be able to show off what the extra money is spent on. For such people, social media portals are a
perfect platform, with images and simple status quotes that leave room to hide their
money flashing behind “accidental” photos and humoristic statuses.
I pulled out sentences posted on Twitter by setting up a code that selected certain tweets containing certain keywords - such as “money”, “stress”, “time”. The bubbles on the website grow as more tweets come in, and each group of keywords has their own color.
2011
album: Warpaint, Warpaint EP
ceramics with Frank Otten
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product design
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porcelain, wool, reindeer
The Animalistic Teapot A slightly more conceptual way of brewing tea.
Ma materials:
porcelain
wool reindeer fur cork
Me method:
mould making by hand with foam slipcasting glazing
2011
This tea pot covered in heat isolating materials from reindeer and wool, transferes warmth between the pot and yourself through materials from nature’s resources. After boiling water and making tea, you can wrap the heated scarf from the kettle around your waist or neck to keep warm and help your muscles relax.
album: TV on The Radio, Return to Cookie Mountain
Illustration
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hand drawing, photoshop
Working day. There is much monotomy in the world. He goes to work every morning, thinking that this time he won’t let the shark get the coffee. He wants to put a post-it on his screen. It will read ‘fuck you.’
2013
album: James Blake, Overgrown
self initiated project
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research, visual data, sculpture
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wood, paint
Tactile Representations of Data What started as a material exploration of wood
and shaping has inspired me to create physical objects that represent factual information.
By collecting data about people’s mobility in Cape Town and the time spent relocating during the course of a day or a week I aim to make sculptures that individually represents each participant in the research.
Executed in the workspace of Thingkings, a fantastic Cape Town product design studio.
2013
album: Tupac, The Best of Tupac
self initiated
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art
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Untitled.
screenprint
(because that’s an approved title for artwork)
2011
album: Van She, Van She
forum 3
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research, exhibition
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dyeing, visual identity, website, book
Applicative Investigation of the Natural World. For this project we, a group of 4 students, researched dyeing methods with natural pigments and the process from dyeing to product.
2012
Our two research questions were as follows: How are natural pigments extracted and transformed into applicable substances? How far can we trace the process of product to pigment in two chosen Turkish crafts?
During our project we went to Istanbul to visit dyeing masters and the outcome was a film and a website sharing our thoughts and conclusions. This work was shown at the Designhuis in Eindhoven spring 2012.
project: No Money Fest
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concept, collaboration, event, platform
No Money Fest Crisis strikes in an era of buy-and-throwaway mentality in a time when it’s cheaper
to purchase new items instead of fixing the broken. In “No Money Fest” Design Academy students
collaborate to organize an auction without the exchange of money. A window of opportunity was created by emphasizing on our nearby existing valuables like time, talents, skills, craftmanship, ideas and ideals.
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hostess, props
Workshop Maureen Mooren
Objects Posters A1
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posters
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3D, photography, photoshop
2013
song: James Blake, Overgrown
atelier 2, DAE
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experimentation, material research
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textile, plastics, silkscreen, sewing
Tactile Experiments The title pretty much says it all. Experimenting with tactile extiles and materials- wool, rubber, silk, leaves, paint.
2012
Collaboration with Nic Young
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illustration
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carton, drawing
All That It Is To Be Me. Illustrations for a short story written by the spectacular Nic Young.
2013
song: James Blake, Retrogade
Various work
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crafts, collages
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photography, scans, cutting, photoshop
Collages I enjoy making collages, by scanning, cutting, arranging and playing around in photoshop. Sometimes I’ll incorporate the collages in my projects and other times, they just give joy in having made them.
Self initiated blog
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website
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photography, cooking, baking
Cooking Blog Feel free to visit at www.sundaybrunchcooking.com
This project is my passion, my hobby. I started it as part of a school assignment in 2010, got carried away and
have continued up until this day. The website has some thousand visitors monthly and I try to update it regularly. The theme of my cooking is “inspired by the Paleo way of ating�- namely simple, unrefined and healthy. Nearly all the recipes are made by myself after trials and testings.
Contact siljeforbes@gmail.com +31 616329737
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Silje Forbes
+31 616 32 9737
siljeforbes@gmail.com
CV EDUCATION 2009 - 2013 Bachelor Program in Product Design. Major in Visual Communication. Design Academy Eindhoven, Netherlands August 2012- February 2013 - Internship with One Small Seed and JesseJames Design, Cape Town. 2008 - 2009 Foundation year in Art and Design. Asker Kunst og Design College, Norway 2005 - 2008 Norwegian High School (highest level). Major in Languages and Social Studies. Eikeli Videregående Skole, Norway February 2006 - June 2006 Exchange semester to Argentina for 5 months.
include accounting at the end of the day. Extra: Completed 2 Barista courses, 2 cooking courses and a mandatory kitchen hygiene course. 2007-2009 Part time porsition as an assistant and subsitute teacher at an elementary school in Oslo (Lilleaker skole). Job tasks include planning the day, arranging activities and food, and fill in for teachers from 1st-7th grade. Extra: Completed first aid course.
WORKSHOPS & EXHIBITIONS 2011-2013 Maureen Mooren - Poster design (4 weeks) Ramiro Espinoza - Calligraphy & Type (4 weeks) Lernert & Sander - film workshop (4 weeks) Roel Wouters - film workshop (4 weeks) Soetcookie - Ceramics (8 weeks) Aldo Bakker - Ceramics & form (1 semester)
WORK EXPERIENCE 2013Interning with Part of A Bigger Plan, studio run by Art Director Christian Borstlap. Job tasks include helping out with execution of projects and brainstorming new commissions. 2012-2013 Interning with JesseJames Design in Cape Town, South Africa. Job tasks included smaller graphic design projects as well as being responsible to host, plan, execute and cook for a pop-up restaurant. 2012 Interning with One Small Seed magazine. Job tasks include editorial design, photography, web design and meeting artists and designers for interviews. 2007- 2012 Part time position working as care assistant at a facility for elderly people in a unit specialized for dementia. Job tasks include helping with daily routines such as hygiene, food preparations, and physical as well as mental wellness. Extra: Completed course in communication with elderly with dementia. 2008-2010 Part time (weekend) work as a barista and waitress at Bagel & Juice in Oslo. Job tasks include opening of the cafe, order supplies and groceries for the coming week, customer service (taking orders, preparing food, making coffee). Job tasks also
Exhibited 3 screen printed works at ‘it’s a house’ in Cape Town February-May 2013. Exhibited a project in ‘Craft and Culture’ at Designhuis in Eindhoven, February 2012.
LANGUAGE & OTHER SKILLS/ MERITS Norwegian - Native English - Fluent Dutch- Relatively good Spanish - Basic understanding I use the following programs: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Premiere Pro. Currently learning After Effects. Driver’s lisence, December 2008 Boat lisence, August 2011 Class representative , Design Academy Eindhoven 2010-2011 Editor of the foodblog www.sundaybrunchcooking. com
REFERENCES (contact details on request) James Bisset Kristine Hennie Robert Adolfsson Catelijne van Middelkoop