Tank Design

Simen (b. 1974) grew up in Vestli, Oslo. His education was from Westerdals School of Communication, the Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design (Vancouver, Canada) and Laguna College of Art & Design (California).

Simen has worked freelance for several years, and has been employed by Tank Tromsø since 2005.

In 2006 and 2007 he won silver awards at the Sterk Reklame advertising design competition.

Simen Justdal

Graphic designer, Tromsø

simen(%%)tank.no

Telephone
+47 77 69 90 26

Mobile
+47 915 36 973

Vibeke Laastad (f. 83) is from Odda in Hordaland. She´s educated at MI and BI (Trondheim) and has worked more than 2 years as graphic designer at Form til fjells (Røros).

Vibeke has been working at Tank in Tromsø since August 2010.

Vibeke Laastad

Graphic designer, Tromsø

vibeke(%%)tank.no

Telephone
+47 77 69 90 26

Mobile
+47 905 92 921

Bernt (b. 1970) is from Tromsdalen. His education is from the School of Graphic Design (now Westerdals School of Communication) in Oslo. He was formerly employed at Kran and at Union Design.

Bernt has been employed by and a partner in Tank Design in Tromsø from its beginning in 2002. In addition to being a designer, he has the heavy burden of keeping track of numbers at the office.

Bernt B. Ottem

Graphic designer & Partner, Tromsø

bernt(%%)tank.no

Telephone
+47 77 69 90 26

Mobile
+47 958 27 631

Bjørn Viggo (b. 1967) was born in Alta and grew up in Tromsø. He is married to Marit and has three children. Education: from the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (Oslo). He has been employed by and a partner in Tank since 1999. Bjørn Viggo started his career at Tank Oslo but later changed his focus to the Tromsø office.

Bjørn Viggo is a board member of Grafill, a Norwegian organisation for visual communication.

Bjørn Viggo Ottem

Graphic designer & Partner, Tromsø

ottem(%%)tank.no

Telephone
+47 77 69 90 26

Mobile
+47 413 33 173

Tina (b. 71) is a senior designer with a wide range of agency experience from both Oslo and Vienna. At Tank Tina works within all disciplines, but specialises in packaging and identity design.

Tina received her formal education from Kunsthøyskolen i Oslo and HSAK in Wien. An authorised member of Grafill, she has completed the course which gives the right to the professional title AMG.

Tina has won gold in Visuelt (2001) and The Year’s Most Beautiful Books (2009). She has been a member of several juries, including Gullblyantspisseren.

Tina is currently on maternity leave.

Tina Tømmeraas Aasvestad

Graphic designer, Oslo

tina(%%)tank.no

Telephone
+47 23 12 17 56

Mobile
+47 489 98 727

Tank Design was founded in 1999 and now has a total of 18 staff in its offices in Oslo and Tromsø. Our objective is to be one of the most skilful agencies around when it comes to understanding and fulfilling our customers’ needs for visual communication.

We focus on quality, creativity and long-term working relationships. We consider it our priority to help our customers to communicate their values in such a way that it increases their worth and reputation. Every day, we look forward to going to work.

Tank Oslo
ina(%%)tank.no

Sagveien 18
0459 Oslo
Norway
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Telephone
+47 23 12 17 50

Fax
+47 23 12 17 51

designreg.nr.: 082177

Tank Tromsø
bernt(%%)tank.no

Storgata 36
Boks 751, 9258 Tromsø
Norway
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Telephone
+47 77 69 90 26

Fax
+47 77 96 00 27

Ina (b. 66) has been a senior graphic designer and partner at Tank since its foundation in 1999. Ina has more than 15 years’ experience in the design industry, from both Italy and Norway, and works within all areas of graphic design. Through the years she has developed particular knowledge within identity development, editorial and exhibition design. Ina is also a central player in all of Tank’s art and culture projects.

As Tank’s creative director has Ina the overall responsibility for the company’s creative development. This includes managing the creative process in all assignments of a certain size, and making sure the designers at Tank always do their best.

Ina’s formal education includes studying illustration at a public school in Florenze and four years studying graphic design at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome. An authorised member of Grafill, she has completed the course which gives the right to the professional title AMG.

Ina has won several awards in both Visuelt and Merket for God Design for her film posters, annual reports, election campaign materials and visual identities. She has also sat on the juries for both Visuelt and Merket for God Design. Additionally she works as an external examiner at Kunsthøyskolen i Oslo at the faculty for visual art.

Ina Brantenberg

Graphic designer & Partner, Oslo

ina(%%)tank.no

Telephone
+47 23 12 17 50

Mobile
+47 413 33 170

Øystein (b. 69) has been a senior graphic designer and partner at Tank since its foundation in 1999. Øystein is a hard-working all-rounder with extensive experience in managing and coordinating the implementation of various projects. He prefers to work with editorial design, and is particularly skilled in the development and design of comprehensive and complex reports and publications. Øystein is also the agency’s managing director and handles this part of the business.

Professionally, Øystein has a background in politics and journalism. Amongst other things, Øystein has had the responsibility of being General Secretary at Unge Venstre from 1992 to 1994.

Øystein has a Master of Arts from Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. An authorised member of Grafill, he has completed the course which gives the right to the professional title AMG.

Øystein Flakstad

Graphic designer & Partner, Oslo

flakstad(%%)tank.no

Telephone
+47 23 12 17 50

Mobile
+47 413 33 172

Bård (b. 72) is a senior designer with many years of industry experience from both design agencies and as a freelancer. He works with everything within the design spectrum. At Tank Bård works mostly with print, particularly with brand and identity development, and editorial design. Good keywords for Bård are creative, accurate and solution-oriented.

Bård has vocational education from Oppegård Secondary School in graphic design. An authorised member of Grafill, he has completed the course which gives the right to the professional title AMG.

Bård Jemtland

Graphic designer, Oslo

bard(%%)tank.no

Telephone
+47 22 87 16 31

Mobile
+47 97 52 92 19

Monica (b. 69) is in charge of business development, strategy and marketing at Tank. She  also works as a consultant and project manager, with responsibility for planning and managing the company’s workload. She also leads negotiations and manages the budget for Tank’s larger projects. Monica and the three partners make up Tank’s managment team.

Monica has a law degree from Universitetet i Oslo, and has studied marketing communication at BI Norges Markedshøyskole i Oslo. Monica started her career as a legal senior before becoming the editor at Aschehoug (publishers). Through her various positions in the publishing industry Monica has gained editorial knowledge and experience with managing, marketing, public relations and communication.

Monica Kvinge

Consultant/project leader, Oslo

monica(%%)tank.no

Telefon
+47 23 12 17 57

Mobil
+47 91 85 27 22