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Other than this, he uses a Nikon D3100 for

photography as required, Adobe Illustrator and

Photoshop, and Maxon Cinema 4D. Of course

Photoshop has an important role to play in the

creation of Krippa Design’s work. “I use Photoshop in

almost everything I do,” says Christoffer. “It’s a

fantastic program. Even if I make a logotype in

Illustrator, I often take this and make a design in

Photoshop with it. It’s a very complex program, but

when you’ve learned the basics, everything else just

falls in place. I’d say I use Photoshop about 65 per

cent of the time.”

These tools are used to create promotional

materials for DJs and music acts around the world.

Recently, Krippa was asked to create the graphic

profile for the Weekend Festival 2015, Finland’s

biggest EDM festival. “It has been great working with

the team and they’re very easy to work with,” says

Christoffer. “We started [working with them] back in

2014 and made two T-shirt designs, but then in early

2015 we got the opportunity to make everything for

them: logotype, flyers, website, merchandise, etc.”

Much of the work that the studio designs has a

distinct modern style: bright colours and cool

graphics. This is something that Christoffer tries to

inject into client briefs, though it depends on how

narrow that brief is: “I always try to make my own

imprint on designs I’m making for clients, even if the

restrictions are very tight. Though, [similarly] if the

client doesn’t give me any information at all, it can

kill the creativity as much as if the client gives me a

completely restrictive [brief]. If you are in a

non-creative state of mind at that time and your

client gives you no more than ‘do something cool,

bro’, you sit there and don’t know what to do to

satisfy the client.”

Prestige Management:

Logotype made for Prestige Management

The studio: The simple

black-and-white theme is sleek and creative at

the same time

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