About me

Niklas himself, looking all serious and stuff.
Niklas, looking all serious and stuff.

Present

Mark the Spot is the name under which I freelance, doing mainly design and some interaction design projects. See my design portfolio for examples. I am also a student at the Cognitive Sciences programme at Linköpings University. Whether you need help with a logotype, your web site, magazine layout or what to know what to consider when purchasing a new system for your office or establishment. I can help.

Past

  1. 2006-2007 Banverket, Norrköping
  2. 2006 Blaskan, Linköping. Part of a project developing a custom-made Content Management System for a sizable student online newspaper.
  3. 2005 SMHI, Linköping and Norrköping. Head of a project group overseeing and producing new representations for meteorological maps sold to most major Swedish newspapers.
  4. 2004 – 2005 AstraZeneca, Södertälje. Developed a system to allow for laboratory and production facility workers to test and order of safety equipment shoes.
  5. 2003 Gothia Cup, Göteborg. Responsible for planning, accommodation, beds, organisation and food for approximately 1500 youths.
  6. 2001 – 2002 Military service.
  7. 2000 – 2004 Fenix Kunskapscentrum, Vaggeryd. Part time job as a network and computer hardware/software support and janitor.

Education

  1. 2003 (– 2007) Cognitive sciences at the University of Linköping.
  2. 2002 – 2003 Computational Linguistics at the University of Gothenburg.
  3. 1998 – 2001 International Baccalaureate at Per Brahe High School in Jönköping.

Future

I am aiming for a masters degree in Cognitive Science 2007 and a masters degree in Interaction Design 2008 through 2009.

Tools of the trade

My main tools are pen and paper, it’s just not possible to beat the rough and fast prototyping that can be done by so simple means. However, sooner or later there is a need to do the ral thing. That’s when I use Adobe Illustrator for most of my work on my Mac.

Colophon

This site is coded in valid XHTML 1.0 and valid CSS, which means that any standards-based web browser such as Firefox, Safari or Opera should render it just fine, I can’t guarantee full Internet Explorer compability due to it’s lack of support for common standards. However, should you encounter any bug, don’t hesitate to contact me.