Artist Spotlight: Ragnar Freyr

Ragnar Freyr is a graphic design from Iceland whose work I found through AisleOne. I like the way he has his site laid out. It has unlimited scrolling, so you scroll down to what you think is the end of his portfolio and then more things load! It's really fun.

His work is strong, too. Lots of his items are really good illustrations of clean, crisp design and good use of sans type. This magazine cover for FIT 2010 is nice. The typography is interesting: I'm not sure what style it would be classified as since it seems to be a mix of serif, sans serif, and typewriter/display. And of course I like magazine layouts in general, so it's fun for me to see what different people do with them.

I really like Ragnar's Christmas packaging for Yule. The color scheme is great, and both the design and the type have such a wonderfully modern, Scandinavian feel to them. I'd like to hang one of these on my tree. The typography is great, too—it kind of reminds me of Ikea.

His designs for Project Patterson are really fun. I love the yellow, and the folded newspaper presentation is really cool!

I like this Pyro poster, too. I like red and white together, and this red-orange shade is a favorite of mine. There's also something about simple sans serif type and white on a color that I really like.

Ragnar's logo for Createmake, a blog he runs, is great, too. I like the way he uses serif typography in a simple, minimal way. Usually I associate sans serif typefaces with minimalism, but it doesn't always have to be that way.

The CD packaging for Missa Pacis is very nice, too. I love the bright color scheme and the simple design, and it's always fun to look at different takes on album packaging since they're another one of my favorite print items.

But I think Ragnar's branding for Notknot might be my very favorite of his projects (which is why I saved it for last!). The type, the shapes, and the hand-printed, textured look are all wonderful.

Do you have a favorite of Ragnar Freyr's projects that I've featured? I hope you like his work as much as I do.