Anyone that knows me well will tell you that my loathing of all things Christmas is legendary. At this time, a downward spiral to the depths of depression is usually medicated with skiing trips, where I can take a break relatively unaffected by the whole thing.
When Australian art director – Yvette Mahon, asked Bulldog to develop a small Flash portfolio site that would help her solicit the attention of design organisations, we were only too happy to rise to the challenge. The next few days were spent with Yvette, doodling ideas on scraps of paper that would identify what makes her work different from many other art directors pitching their skills to potential employers.
The Bakke family have harvested and canned seasonal fruit in the Trondheim area of Norway for over 150 years. Their delicious jams are made in traditional open pans using fruits native to the area – such as strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and multe (cloudberry). For years, the jams were stored in glass Kilner style jars, adorned with hand printed labels and sold at farm produce markets in districts surrounding Trondheim. However, demand for Bakke jams reached a scale that necessitated more sophisticated production, marketing and distribution methods and today, these jams compete with hardier (but less authentic and tasty), mass produced, jam brands on the shelves of Trøndelag’s supermarkets.
