Press

Dezeen Awards 2023

We were shortlisted for the 2023 Designer of the Year award. See more

WWD Women's Wear Daily

Women's Wear Daily feature on Karlssonwilker's Ridgewood jacket and the story behind it. See more

The Snorri Björns Podcast Show

Hjalti visits the popular Icelandic podcaster Snorri Björn and discusses his career, Karlssonwilker, and Iceland. (In Icelandic)See more

HUSH+1 podcast

Hjalti stops by the Hush+1 studio to discuss Karlssonwilker's unique way of working and the studio's evolution over the years. See more

The New York Times: The Max

Hjalti talks to the New York Times about Karlssonwilker's mural at The Max. See more

Designboom: Mural at the Max

An interview about Karlssonwilker's transformative mural for a luxury residential building. See more

Designboom: Parsons Website Animation

Interview with Jan and Hjalti about the experience of making a promotional college video in the middle of a pandemic. See more

Communication Arts article

Communication Arts chronicles a day in the life at Karlssonwilker's studio. See more

Designboom Interview

Hjalti and Jan sit down with Designboom to talk about Karlssonwilker's past, present, and future.See more

Designboom: MICA prospectus

Article about the process behind Karlssonwilker's prospectus for the Maryland Institute College of Art.See more

Monocle

Jan talks to Monocle about Karlssonwilker's collaboration with Remai Modern Art Museum in Saskatoon. See more

Short Film by Adobe

Get a look behind the scenes of Karlssonwilker's branding project for a major new art museum in Saskatoon, Canada.See more

Wired magazine branding story

Story about branding projects for fictional weed products, featuring Karlssonwilker. See more

Design Indaba: Studio visit video

Footage from a 2010 studio visit mixed with images of more recent work.See more

Foosball Championship film

A short documentary of the riveting ninth-annual World Graphic Design Foosball Championship, founded by Karlssonwilker.See more

Grapevine GusGus cover story

The Reykjavik-based magazine interviews Karlssonwilker about their GusGus collaboration.See more

Torsten & Wanja Söderberg Prize Film

This short documentary about Hjalti was created by Sweden's Röhsska Museum in conjunction with his Söderberg Design Award.See more

Interview with Stefan Sagmeister

Design Indaba interviews Hjalti and Jan together with the man who introduced them, Stefan Sagmeister.See more

DesignMarch

Hjalti talks at Iceland´s largest design festival, DesignMarch.See more

It's Nice That

Jan and Hjalti talk about their website redesign with the UK-based design platform. See more

Print: Anniversary live blog

When Karlssonwilker celebrated its 11th anniversary, Print magazine live blogged the festivities. See more

Creative Review Cover Story

A cover story for Creative Review about the first eight years of Karlssonwilker. See more

Grapevine cover story

Karlssonwilker is interviewed in the Reykjavik-based English language magazine Grapvine. See more

Creativity magazine cover story

Karlsonwilker's first US magazine cover was for Ad Age's Creativity's design issue. See more

Print magazine cover

An interactive cover for Print magazine, designed in the early days of Karlssonwilker.

Inform

Cover story for Danish design magazine Inform that was published in conjunction with Karlssonwilker's visit to Aarhus and Copenhagen. See more

Novum cover story

Karlssonwilker graced a magazine cover for the first time for international design publication Novum.

IDEA 266

Baby Hjalti and Stefan Sagmeister on the cover of IDEA magazine's New York issue.