Monday, January 24, 2011

Designer Short Post #1


Erik Johansson:
  • ·      Born in 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden
  • ·      Freelance photographer/retoucher
  • ·      His favorite item in his office is his “very comfortable office chair”
  • ·      His work combines realistic, traditional photography with surreal computerized effects
  • ·      His work is influenced by Dali, Escher, and Tan
  • ·      His works take anywhere from a week to months to complete
  • ·      Identifies himself as a perfectionist
  • ·      Some examples of his work are a picture of him pulling a road that gathers like fabric in his arms, or a bulldozer engraving a game of tic-tac-toe into a populated street.
  • ·      Says he’s only trying to depict images he gathers in his mind…Would just draw them if he had the capability of drawing photo-realistically
  • ·      Check out his personal website…www.alltelleringet.com
Information and images gathered from www.alltelleringet.com and the January 2011 edition of How (Design) Magazine



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