Blog of Emelie Ivansson

Cant believe I’m going home next week. It does feel good tho. I need a plan and a goal to keep me going and right now it kinda feels like I have one. At least a start, so this is my March Plan:

7th  
Leaving SF

8th  
Arriving to Stockholm, my broth & sis will pick me up for a 5h drive home to my parents. 

9th-13th  
Down to Hyper Island (Karlskrona) for Final project introduction and Internship presentations, PARTY

13th  
Heading to my Parents place to SLEEP

16th  
To Stockholm to start working on the Final Project

18th  
Flying to London for interview and chillin’

20th-30th  
Back to Stockholm to keep working on the Final project and Freelance work

After leaving karlskrona and Hyper I’ve been thinking about the time I actually had there. Of the things I’ve learned, I know for sure that I haven’t learned most about design and the digital media industry. I’ve learned so much about that stuff as well, but most important, I’ve learned so much about myself, about the person; me.

In the beginning of Hyper, last August I felt really bad for different reasons. So I wasn’t really sure I was going to even manage to get my ass to school at all. But now I realize, sometimes you really have to hit the bottom to be able to make it up again, and I did. For each new challange I got nervous and questioned myself, will I manage to do this? Am I good enough? I was so surprised after each time I actually saw myself managing to make it, maybe not always in the best way or with the greatest results, but I made it.

Beyond the fact that I developing a hell lot as a person. I really had a great time there. I never could imagine to meet so many wonderful people and after al I think i learned some design shit too.

Will miss the friendships, the balcony talks, the late nights in school, the laughs, the too dirty sexjokes, the parties, the arms around my body when I fell asleep…

Nowadays it’s really hot here in Karlskrona, and yeah of course it’s nice, but what isn’t that nice is that we’re spending the days inside of school working the whole days. Had a really nice weekend though. Spend Friday night with two of my favorites, Stephanie and Emil, having some barbecue, drinking some beer at Stephanie’s balcony, perfect Friday!

Saturday I spend most of the day in the sun at Stumholmen, just next to Hyper, also had a bit of hang over so had to do some shopping to feel better, and it worked perfectly. The evening we went out for some chines food just the girl, best time!

The best part of this post is that the balcony now is mine too Since there’s just a few weeks left here I decide to move out from my apartment and move in with Stephanie and Yvonne, which saved us all some money.
So, yesterday I spend most of the day moving out and cleaning my apartment, my parents and sister was here to help me out, and took most off my stuff with them home.

To celebrate me moving in with Stephanie and Yvonne, Stephanie and I spend the evening on the balcony in the sun, eating strawberries, pretending to be in the US, had a great time! Can’t wait to get there for real though!!

Things have moved on.. Into the last module here in Kalskrona, the module were the class have been divided into three agencies. This is the best idea Hyper have come up with so far. We are actually working like real companies, with CEO, clients and stuff. We also will get briefs later on and pitch for the clients and compete against the other companies, trying to earn as much money as possible. We have to count all our working hours and it will cost the company lots of money if we work overtime, which really had made the people work effective, for once.. I’m Working with Dennis and Dagman on a project for the Swedish festival, Arvika festivalen. And our aim is to come up with a concept and market strategy to market their event and management education. I really think it will be a lot of fun the time that remains here.. 

Hmf just realized that this text sounds a bit strange, it’s all made up, we will not earn real money, but the projects and the clients are real of course, which is nice!

This weekend the spring actually arrived to Sweden. Carin woke me up this Saturday and told me to get my ass up and meet her in school, working weekend was the purpose, I got up and found my cell ringing again, this time Carin let me know the sun was shining, and we agreed we couldn’t resisted a coffee outside at Wayne’s. After a hot chocolate with marshmallows Yvonne and Stephanie came to join us, and it turned into a lovely forenoon. After this we took a walk around the city with Stephanie’s Polaroid Camera. it was so nice, just breathing some air, not just rush away to school the first thing in the morning and work until it’s time to sleep. We also catched Emil and Hampus who where out skateboarding.

This friday we went to Varberg to pitch our work for the client, Skopunkten. It was a interesting day and it went pretty well I think, they seems to liked our things and will probably use part of it to their new site.

Afterwards I spend the evening at Stephanie’s place, drinking some beer and doing the UGL with post it’s, We’re hyper students, so thats of course what a regular friday looks like here, no, but it was quite fun.

Just have to blog about the best thing ever.. Carin and I decide to cook some dinner together and mixed our ideas and knowledge and since we’re the most creative people we made this super delicious meal, best meal we both ever had..
It contained chicken, chantarells, pasta and cheese. Everyone have to give it a try! mmmm.

Cause we’re having the best time of our lifes..

Back in Sweden again after a week in Gran canaria, back to the project and it feels like I missed it all. Doesn’t feel like in in the project. Just want to get over with the module and go on to the next one.
But this weekend was nice, girls night on Friday, spent a lazy Saturday in school just working with different design stuff and watch some film, and sunday in school too. Sweet things!

Had totally forgot about a freelance work I had, so started to do this poster for the event, just the first draft.

Yesterday I made some analogue shit, I’m really not good at sketching but I kind of like it anyway.