Lisa Bygdén is a freelance graphic designer from Umeå in northern Sweden, currently based in Malmö. Since graduating from Berghs School of Communication in 2013, she has specialized in book cover design and has also taken on projects in packaging design, visual identity, illustration, photo editing, and web design. This site showcases a curated collection of self-initiated work and visual artifacts, each created to subtly enchant the rhythms of everyday life.
EDUCATION
2010-2013
BERGHS SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, GRAPHIC DESIGN
Typography, Art Direction, Illustration, Concept development, Book design, Motion design, Editorial design, Packaging, Branding, Design History, Visual culture, etc.
2007-2008
UMEÅ KONSTSKOLA, ART
Drawing, Painting, Sculpture & Space, Digital techniques, Life Drawing, Art History and Art Theory, Photography, Performance, Animation, Comics, Screen printing & Etching, etc.
2015-2017
MALMÖ UNIVERSITY
Additional courses were taken at the Malmö University as complement to the Berghs Diploma for a bachelor’s degree with a major in Graphic Design.
2019 Bachelor’s thesis, 15 ECTS
2017 Research Practices: Theory and Method, 15 ECTS 2017 Design Perspective, 7,5 ECTS
2016 Graphic design I+II, 30 ECTS 2016 Visual Communication: The Research Field & Visual Analysis, 15 ECTS
2015 Interaction and design, 7,5 ECTS
WORKSHOPS
2016 Chinese Calligraphy and Typographic Images, a collaboration between Hong Kong Design Institute, Royal Danish Academy and Malmö University
2015 Drawing type – Ludvig Grandin, Malmö University
2015 Photography – Mattias Klum
INTERNSHIPS
2012 Familjen Pangea, Stockholm [1 month]
2010 Internship Fallon, Minneapolis [1 month]
2009 Internship Fallon, Minneapolis [2 months]
AWARDS
2012 Winning photograph Människan och havet – Svenska Dagbladet
2011 Winning design Operastipendium – Barbro Saléns stiftelse
2007 Scholarship, Gyllene Snittet – FRI Reklambyrå
