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Independent Art Director and Designer, specializing in building and focusing on strategy, storytelling and design thinking.
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Who
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About
•Committed to transforming brand strategies into powerful brand expressions that foster genuine loyalty, lasting connections, and sustainable growth
SB – DS, short for Stian Bjørhovde Design Studio, is my independent Art Director and Design practice based in Oslo, Norway. I specialize in transforming your brand identities and digital solutions by tapping into your unrealized potential and creating true emotional connections with your audience through strategic thinking.
Design Philosophy I believe in the transformative power of design, where emotion drives the unique voice of your brand in a world where attention is scarce. Innovation and meaning must coexist to create valuable experiences that captivate, engage, and evoke emotion.
Approach Every project starts with understanding your story and goals. This ensures that each design decision aligns with your objectives. By deeply understanding your needs, target audience, and competitive landscape, I build experiences that shape the future of your brand and resonate profoundly with users. Through storytelling, I unite emotion, innovation, and meaning to deliver compelling and memorable brand experiences.
Approach Every project starts with understanding your story and goals. This ensures that each design decision aligns with your objectives. By deeply understanding your needs, target audience, and competitive landscape, I build experiences that shape the future of your brand and resonate profoundly with users. Through storytelling, I unite emotion, innovation, and meaning to deliver compelling and memorable brand experiences.
/ Core Values
•At SB-DS, my core values drive everything I do. I prioritize customized solutions that uncover your unique goals, ensuring collaborative success with exceptional results on time and within budget. Our business-driven design exceeds expectations, maximizing your investment's value.
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Core Values
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Customized Solutions
The first step in each design process is uncovering insights. Through discovery workshops, I learn the core of what you do, your goals, strengths, weaknesses, vision, and ideas.
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Agile and Collaborative
Collaboration is at the heart of SB-DS. I work closely with a handpicked team of professionals, allowing me to scale resources according to the project's needs. This ensures exceptional results, delivered on time and within budget, regardless of the project’s scope or complexity.
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Business-Driven Design
I focus on your business goals, vision, and story, always keeping your customers' needs at the forefront. My designs are not just about aesthetics—they are about driving business success and creating lasting impressions.
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Value for Money
Through an efficient process, I maintain premium quality while maximizing value for your investment. My goal is to provide solutions that not only meet but exceed your expectations, offering exceptional value for every project.
•In today's interconnected world, brands wield the potential for global influence and access to international audiences. With new products and services emerging daily, competition necessitates specialization. Now more than ever, leveraging the strength of “genuine differentiation” is crucial for companies aiming to distinguish themselves and make a lasting impact.
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What
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Service
•My expertise lies at the intersection of design and technology, offering services from designing to creating
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Brand Identity
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A corporate website should offer easy access to information, build trust, and guide buyers towards purchases, generate leads, showcase expertise and credibility, and stand out to create a memorable first impression.
Services
Wireframing
User Interface Design
Art Direction
User Experience Design
Design System
Interaction Design
Webflow Dev
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Whom
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Clients
•I partner with global clients in the (B2C) sector to help them with the creation, reinvention, or transformation of their brand. Projects can be done directly with brands or in a supporting role for agencies and studios.
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How
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Prosess
•At the core of my work lies a strategic design process inspired by the Double Diamond framework. This approach enables me to systematically explore challenges and opportunities in both brand identity and web design, ensuring that every solution is thoughtfully crafted and impactful. My process is divided into distinct stages, allowing for thorough exploration, refinement, and the delivery of effective design solutions that meet your unique needs.
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Prosess
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Discover:
Uncover Insights and Opportunities
In this phase, we focus on gathering information, exploring your brand, and understanding the problem or opportunity from different angles. It’s all about listening and research to gain a deep understanding of your business and its environment.
Conduct stakeholder interviews and workshops
Analyze market trends, competitors, and customer needs
Review existing brand materials and digital assets
Identify the challenges and opportunities within your industry
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Define:
Refine the Problem and Set the Direction
Once we’ve gathered all the insights, this stage narrows the focus by defining the key objectives and challenges. We work together to clearly articulate the project goals, ensuring alignment between your business vision and the design direction.
Identify key goals and challenges
Create a clear project brief outlining the problem to solve
Establish measurable success criteria for the brand or website
Develop a strategic roadmap for design execution
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Develop:
Explore Creative Solutions
This stage is where the exploration of creative concepts begins. Based on the refined insights, I start developing ideas, visual concepts, and potential solutions that meet the defined goals. This is where brand identities or website designs start to take shape.
Create mood boards and explore visual direction
Develop initial concepts for brand identity or web design
Prototype and wireframe digital solutions
Test ideas and gather feedback for refinement
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Deliver:
Finalize and Implement the Design
In the final stage, the chosen design concept is refined, polished, and prepared for implementation. Whether it’s a full brand identity system or a website launch, the focus is on ensuring everything is functional, consistent, and ready for real-world application.
Finalize logo, typography, color schemes, and visual assets
Build out the complete design system for brand identity or digital interface
Provide detailed guidelines for brand or web usage
Implement the website design or deliver all brand assets for future use
/ Manifesto
•My ethos revolves around a relentless pursuit of excellence. I believe that every brand has the potential to stand out and make a lasting impact. To achieve this, I approach each project with an unwavering commitment to pushing the envelope of creativity and ensuring that every detail is not just met but exceeded.
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Simplicity
I determine the one thing that is most important. I build hierarchy & focus and ask the right questions to create a seamless experience.
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Functionality
Design is not just how it looks but also how it behaves, feels and works. Every aspect of design has to be there for a reason.
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Partnership
Collaborating with and involving my clients into the design process benefits in the best work possible. I focus on long-lasting partnerships with great people.