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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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