Asger Behncke Jacobsen, +45 5383 9438, a@asgerbehnckejacobsen.dk, diakron
Studio for Graphic Design and Development

Upcoming:

  • A new website for artist Mette Winckelmann, in collaboration with Studio Atlant.
  • A monographic publication documenting Primer. The book will include visual documentation, excerpts of working documents and associated material, alongside interviews and newly commissioned writing.

Recently:

  • Archive–Kirsten Justesen, a digital catalogue of pioneering Danish artist Kirsten Justesen’s oeuvre, making it accessible in its entirety to the public for the first time. The catalogue is the result of research conducted by art historian Anna Holm from 2022-24 hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Roskilde. Custom typeface by Bold Decisions.
  • The Weather Report, by Jay Pahre, is an online series of writings that are broadcast and tuned to weather formations across Gitchi-Gami (Lake Superior) and Minong (Isle Royale) in Canada.
  • Mapping Disability Access to Danish Art Spaces, a project by UKK mapping the limited access to art spaces for people with disabilities within the Danish art field.
  • Radio Sfæren, a site-specific digital radio station created by artist Amalie Smith for the Søndervold park in Fredericia, Denmark. The radio is made up of four individual streams, each controlled by a specific weather pattern.
  • Architecture of Territory, website for the ETH Zurich Chair of Architecture and Territorial Planning, and sister site MAS UTD, designed by Goda Budvytyte.
  • Trust & Confusion, dual websites for exhibition curated by Xue Tan and Raimundas Malašauskas at Tai Kwun Contemporary. Designed together with Julie Peeters. Custom typefaces by Bold Decisions and Chiachi Chao.
  • Website for artist and researcher Amitai Romm, a presentation system based on a work from 2014.
  • Primer (2016–2023) was a platform for artistic and organizational development, located in the headquarters of bio-tech company Aquaporin. The project was a collaboration between the artist studio Diakron and Aquaporin.

Ongoing:

  • Bold Decisions, type foundry run by type designer Mads Wildgaard.
  • Smiling C, a record label based in Santa Cruz, CA, focusing on archival releases from underappreciated artists. Identity, record sleeves etc. together with Rudy Guedj.

Previously:

  • Italo Disco, website for restaurant in Copenhagen. Short glimpses from vacations, mainly in Italy, by owner Levent Engin and photographer Peter Boel.
  • Clip, a revival typeface I initially digitized in 2015 from old sticker sheets found in an office supply store in Amsterdam and finished together with Mads Wildgaard in 2017.
  • Building Fictions, a publishing imprint run by Rudy Guedj.