Rants

New diacritic found – Rdieresis

We're packing, and packing, and packing, and still there's so much more to pack. We just had to re-order more boxes.

On some of the boxes I found a new diacritic – Rdieresis.

Examination time

Last week Lotta took her exam from her second and last year. All year she's been working with her free comic magazine Katusch! as a project. And also her graphic novel about her time in the "Dot.Com" era – Bakfram.
I think she did a great job at her presentation.

Lecturing while sleeping

Me talking! Click to see more.

I finally found some shots from my lecture at TypoBerlin.
Taken by Nick Blume, who for some reason has given me amazingly great reviews (1) (2) this year.

(For those of you who can't read German I suggest the Google translating tool. It's not good but you'll understand a little, and at the same time get a good laugh at the bad translation).

Anyway –thank you, Herr Blume :)

Help us pimp our apartement

På grund av vår flytt behöver vi bli av med vår fina lägenhet.
Finns det någon som vill ha en sekelskiftesvåning i Rörsjöstaden (nära konserthuset) på 114kvm?
3, 5 rum och kök. Rum i fil och högt i tak. Vardagsrum med ljus från två håll och runt burspråk.
Låg hyra – 7226:-/mån. Utsikt över Föreningsgatan och Konsthögskolan.

Här är några bilder från när vi höll på att flytta in för 6 år sen.

Känner du nån? Be dom kontakta oss. Vi vill bli av med den så fort som möjligt.

Typeface after typeface2

OK – so I'm sitting trying to tie up the last pieces of my lecture at TypoBerlin on Saturday. I'm getting really nervous as usual, and can't concentrate.

I'm planning to show some of my development on my never ending Fransina family. So for those of you who can't make here's a few slide shots. Which shows once again how unable I am to finish anything.

(There's a videopodcast from the conference, so maybe they'll catch some of my lecture. Subscribe through this url: http://www.typoberlin.de/rss_xml.php)

Up Date Ed

Due to the "New Apartement Haze" that I'm in right now I forgot to mention:
We've updated the Bruhn Family site with some new stuff we've done. And there's some nice desktop wallpapers for you.

The Bruhn Förlag site is also up.

So quickly life turns.

We've been looking for a bigger apartement for a long time now. Since we want both space to keep all four kids, plus have an office that's not in our bedroom, it has been almost impossible to find something big, especially rental apartements. The other options would be to buy, but the prices has been booming like crazy the last years. We could never afford that. No one but filthy rich people could.

So – usually I don't read the ads for apartements for rent, but this Sunday I did. I also recognised the phone number in the ad as that of our landlord. So I called just for fun Monday morning. And we got the time to see the apartement today at 11 AM. We loved it, and at 1.30 PM we had signed the lease.
We'll be moving in a few weeks. We're still in shock! I's just two small block away from where we live now. And such an amazing view.

No images form inside the apartement but here's some images from outside and also the drawing plan.

Update:

I have some pictures from a smaller apartement (188m2) in the same building. To give a hint what it might look like. We're getting a nicer kitchen though.

Chopstick wrapper

Just a quick shot of an amazing chopstick wrapper that I just got with my sushi.

Always on my mind

We've been recording some cover songs (and some of our own songs) for a little while. I thought it could be a fun idea to post what ever comes out here. (You can use the Podcast link to your right to "podcast subcribe" to any upcoming songs.)

This Willie Nelson/Elvis cover was recorded one evening as a sound test. I was supposed to re-arrange the song and do a new recording later. But I must confess – I forgot all about it – until I dug it up yesterday.

So here it is – Always on my mind sung by the ever so beautiful Edmée:

Download "Always On My mind"

Click to enlarge!

New ad finished

I just finished our new full page ad for Bruhn Förlag. It will be featured in the next edition of "Höstens Böcker" – new books released this fall. A catalogue that goes out to all bookshops in Sweden.

Artwork and photograph by Elliott. Copy by Peter & Lotta. A true "The Bruhn Family" design adventure.