Simon Friis
Talent/Trainee at WeLovePeople
Copenhagen, DenmarkI'm Simon Friis, born on a farm outside a little town in Denmark.
When I was just a few years old, I grabbed a pencil, started drawing and haven't stopped since.
My love for drawing and illustration has become a visual language for me... a way to see and experience the world.
I am however not an illustrator, but I have used illustration to move into the dimension of Visual communication and Graphic design.
I challenge myself creatively, always trying new platforms, searching for new media or something else entirely... Communication is they key, and to me communication is a story. Everything and everyone has a story to tell. Stories holds memories, emotions, paradoxes and sensations. As a creative one has to work with, nurse, unfold or unravel these stories and communicate them in aesthetic and exciting ways.
//Imagination is more important than knowledge - Albert Einstein
When I was just a few years old, I grabbed a pencil, started drawing and haven't stopped since.
My love for drawing and illustration has become a visual language for me... a way to see and experience the world.
I am however not an illustrator, but I have used illustration to move into the dimension of Visual communication and Graphic design.
I challenge myself creatively, always trying new platforms, searching for new media or something else entirely... Communication is they key, and to me communication is a story. Everything and everyone has a story to tell. Stories holds memories, emotions, paradoxes and sensations. As a creative one has to work with, nurse, unfold or unravel these stories and communicate them in aesthetic and exciting ways.
//Imagination is more important than knowledge - Albert Einstein
Work Experience
DDB Copenhagen
Creative Intern
Graphic design, concept development, advertisement, digital design, illustration etc.
November 2012
- June 2013
Copenhagen, Denmark
Fonden For Entreprenørskab/Young Enterprise
Graphic Designer
Won the Young Enterprise Design award.
With that came the opportunity to create graphics for the Danish Entrepreneurship Award 2012.
//Micro identity, merchandise, banners etc.
With that came the opportunity to create graphics for the Danish Entrepreneurship Award 2012.
//Micro identity, merchandise, banners etc.
June 2012
- November 2012
Odense, Denmark
Education
School Of Visuel Communication, Haderslev
Bachelor of Arts, Visual Communication
Graphic design, typography, layout, corporate identity, campaign, creative concepts, communication, planning, photography, visualisation, branding etc.
August 2010
- June 2013
Haderslev, Denmark
Business Academy Southwest
AP Degree, Multimedia design and Digital Communication
flowcharts, communication strategy, business analysis, digital communication, design theory, web design, basic programming
August 2008
- July 2010
Esbjerg, Denmark
Esbjerg School Of Culture
Visual Arts Foundation Course
Advanced art class for upcoming young creatives 9 hours a week plus extra work in spare-time.
//sculpting, classical drawing, painting, style history, performance arts, photography etc.
//sculpting, classical drawing, painting, style history, performance arts, photography etc.
August 2008
- July 2010
Esbjerg, Denmark
Varde Gymnasium
Upper Secondary School Leaving Examination (STX) - Language studies
English, Spanish & Biology
September 2005
- June 2008
Denmark
Languages
Danish (Native),
English (Fluent),
Spanish (Beginner),