Ragnar Freyr
Ragnar Freyr is a graphic designer, web designer, illustrator, educator, creator and maker from Reykjavík, Iceland. He's married to the wonderful Ragnheiður Ösp and together they have Panda, the furbaby.
Ragnar was born on the 26th of July, 1980 and has been making websites, graphics and publications with varying levels of success since 1995. He officially started his own design studio in 2001 and still runs it to this day at Laugavegur 25 in Reykjavík downtown.
Ragnar graduated from the Icelandic Academy of Arts in 2005 and again in 2009 from the department of pedagogy. He believes in simplicity and the principles of minimalism in both life and design.
Work featured in
Randscharf - on the Cutting Edge - Design in Island by Gestalten — I Love Type Series (vol.3): I Love Bodoni by Victionary — For a Good Cause by Cactus Design, Index Book — Creative Grab Bag by Ethan Bodnar, HOW Publishing — ADC*E 18th Awards Annual, 2009 — Basic Logos by Index Book — MyOwnBusinessCard by Marc Praquin, Design and Design — Flashback by Victionary — Colour Mania by Victionary — 100% European Graphic Design Portfolio by Page One Publishing — Tres Logos by Gestalten Verlag — Young European Graphic Designers by Daab — Graphic Designology 300 by LaVie — Color & Layout by HarperCollins — ADC*E 17th Awards Annual, 2008 — A Tribute to Celebrities by Index Book — Around Europe Logos by Index Book — ADC*E 16th Awards Annual, 2007 — Page Issue 08.06 — Around Europe Publisher by Index Book — NordicYoungBlood by Bleed, Gestalten Verlag — Around Europe Promotion by Index Book — ADC*E 15th Awards Annual 2006 — Re:Think, Re:Design, Re:Construct by Mark Wasserman, HOW Publishing — Tekko // Future Beautiful by Tekko — FÍT 2008 / Gráa bókin by FÍT
Brands and companies Ragnar has worked with
Amnesty International, Breakbeat.is, Unicef, Hilton, gogoyoko, Fafu Toys, Icelandair Hotels, CCP, EVE Online, Iceland Airwaves, múm, Hótel Edda, Icelandair, Iceland Express, Forsetastofa, Hönnunarvettvangur, SuðSuðVestur, Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands, Mannréttindastofa, JPV, Gagarín, Mannréttindastofa, Nýi tónlistarskólinn, Árvakur, Mr. Destiny, Ellingsen, Skífan, KHÍ, Heimsþorp, No Management, Síminn, Securitas, Stilling, Eiðfaxi, Smekkleysa, Tæknival, Eskill and many more.
Exhibitions
2011: Randscharf | On the cutting edge — Frankfurt, Germany
2010: FÍT 2010 / Grafísk hönnun á Íslandi — IÐA, Reykjavík
2009: Á bak við Reykjavík — Kron, Reykjavík
2008: To Gaza With Love — Mori gallery. Sidney, Australia
2007: Love your Earth — 100% Design Tokyo — Tokyo
2007: Love your Earth — Seoul Deign week — Seoul
2006: These Boots Were Made — Kringlan, Reykjavík
2005: Academy of Arts graduation show — Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík
2004: Design and Market — Hafnarhúsið, Reykjavík
2003: Tekko // Future Beautiful — Toronto
2003: Tekko // Future Beautiful — Singapore
2002: Form Island — Malmö, Sweden
Contact
Laugavegur 25
101 Reykjavík, Iceland
r@ragnarfreyr.com
(+354) 868 7751
Side Projects
Createmake
Inspivids
Posterproject Breakbeat.is
The Big List
Verkshop
Takk fyrir
Tvinna
Mixme
Playbox
Collective
Lazycomet is a group of Icelandic developers and designers who happily work together from their respective bedroom offices.