Contact
- Email:astridsylvester@gmail.com
- Profile:http://zerp.ly/astridsylvester
Biography
I'm a Graphic Designer, Music Lover & Fan of All Things Visually Pleasing. I'm a curious thinker & a passionate doer, currently studying Digital Media at Hyper Island in Stockholm.
Available for internships from fall 2012 until summer 2013!
Contact me: astrid.hongset@hyperisland.se
Awards:
Sterk Reklame (Strong Advertising) 2010 - Silver - Student Graphic Design
Learn a little every day.
Experience
Astrid Sylvester
Graphic Designer
Self-Employed Graphic Designer working with small branding projects, like business cards and bigger projects like designing CD and vinyl covers for Universal Music.
Kim & Cookie
DJ
Half of DJ duo Kim & Cookie playing lots of heart & soul for private and public events.
Dates:
January 2010 - Present
Location:
Norway
Behance Network
Behance Student Ambassador
My role as a student ambassador was to work strategically to inspire other students to share their work with the world through the network.
Dates:
August 2011 - August 2012
Location:
Stockholm
Øien & Indergaard AS
Digital Print Magician
During the three years that I worked here I got to work with everything from small to large scale print production as well as helping customers and working in the shop. I also managed the cashier and telephone and worked with any post-print finishing like binding, folding and cutting and pre-print pdf handling and retouching.
Gnarly McSkræken
Graphic Designer
Two-person graphic design company working mostly with print-based graphic design.
Dates:
August 2010 - January 2011
Location:
Trondheim, Norway
Education
Hyper Island
Diploma in Digital Media
With a school named the digital Harvard, Hyper Islands only two-year program Digital Media is a education focused on group dynamics, self-leadership, brand management and development, idea and concept development, business and entrepreneurship, creative development, project and production management, visual and market communication plus programming and developing.
Learning-by-doing in groups of international talents on real briefs given by industry professionals and real clients in a environment that mirrors the workplace.
Learning-by-doing in groups of international talents on real briefs given by industry professionals and real clients in a environment that mirrors the workplace.
Dates:
August 2011 - Present
Location:
Stockholm
Norwegian School of Creative Studies
Graphic Design Diploma
A two-year learning by doing study of Graphic Design with a close link to the industry and focus on solving realistic tasks and communicating with real customers.
Dates:
2008 - 2010
Location:
Trondheim, Norway
Visual Communication Studies
Brundalen VGS
A practical and theoretical approach to visual media design, expression and production within text, video, design and photography.
Dates:
August 2006 - July 2007
Location:
Trondheim, Norway
Media & Communication Studies
Brundalen VGS
A practical and theoretical approach to media design, expression and production within text, video, sound, design and photography.
Dates:
August 2004 - July 2006
Location:
Trondheim, Norway