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Professor Per Mollerup

Professor of Communication Design

Email

pmollerup@swin.edu.au

Phone

+ 61 3 9214 6088

Office

PA518a


Doctor of Technology, Lund University, Sweden, 1997
Master of Business Administration, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark, 1968

Professor of Communication Design at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, 2009–
Professor in design at Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, 2006–
Managing Director of Designlab A/S, 1984–
Editor of Tools Design Journal, 1984–1988
Editor of Mobilia Design Magazine, 1974–1984

Honorary member of Estonian Association of Designers
Recipient of several prizes and grants

Keynote speaker and chair at international conferences

Author of several books on design including:

  • Brandbook, Branding / Følelser / Fornuft (Brandbook, Branding / Feelings / Reason), Copenhagen, 2008
  • Wayshowing, A Guide to Environmental Signage, Baden CH, 2005
  • Collapsibles, A Design Album of Space-Saving Objects, London, 2001
  • Svar på 10 spørgsmål om design af visuel identitet (Answers to 10 Questions About Design of Visual Identity), Copenhagen 1998
  • Marks of Excellence, The History and Taxonomy of Trademarks, London 1997
  • Godt nok er ikke nok (Good Enough is Not Enough), Copenhagen, 1992
  • Design att leva med (Design for Life), Copenhagen, 1986

Major design commissions

  • Visual identity and signage for Copenhagen Airport, Denmark
  • Visual identity and signage for Oslo Airport, Norway
  • Visual identity and signage system applied to all state owned airports in Sweden
  • Visual identity and signage for Arlanda Express Railway, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Visual identity and signage for Metro Copenhagen

Major Consultancy commissions

  • Design Opportunities in Lithuania. The Vilnius Academy of the Arts. Team members: Ken Friedman and Thomas Skjødt Rasmussen, 2008
  • Forming the strategic and operational basis of intensified use of professional design measures in Latvian enterprises. The Danish Business Sector Programme for Eastern Europe, and The Latvian Ministry of Economy. With team members:  Ken Friedman, Thomas Skjødt Rasmussen, and Emils Rode, 2004
  • Establishing the basis for the elaboration and application of the Estonian design policy measures. The Danish Business Sector Programme for Eastern Europe and The Estonian Ministry of Economy. With team members: Ken Friedman, John Landerholm, and Pekka Korvenmaa, 2002

 

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