James Widegren

Current

• Editor-in-chief at NEW INDUSTRY ARTS
• Creative Director at Your Majesty
• Art Director at the metaproject

see less...

Past

• Design Director at Big Spaceship
• Design Director at Idiogroup
• Art Director at Idiocase

• Designer, Director at Waytion
• Co-founder, Curator, Creative at May 1st Reboot
• Senior Art Director at Vir2L Studios Europe Ltd.
• Editor, Founder, Creative at THREE.OH
• Freelance Designer at Razorfish Ltd.
• Co-founder, Designer at Nisch Interaktiv

see less...

6 more...

Education

• Lars Kaggskolan

Recommended

11 people have recommended James

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• Your Majesty Co.
• NEW INDUSTRY ARTS
• James Widegren

James Widegren’s Summary

James Widegren is a Swede living in New York City. He is creative director and partner of Your Majesty, a creative agency, and editor-in-chief of New Industry Arts.

Our recent work:
http://your-majesty.com


Previously made at Big Spaceship LLC:
http://archive.bigspaceship.com/hbovoyeur/
http://archive.bigspaceship.com/nikeair/
http://welcometosilenthill.com
http://oceanicflight815.com
http://moma.org/exhibitions/2005/contemporaryvoices/
http://waroftheworlds.com
http://archive.bigspaceship.com/thegrudge/

James Widegren’s Specialties:

Interactive Design
Concepting
Branding
Motion Design
Photography
Print Design
Styling
Directing
Forecasting
Consulting
Creative Expression with Business Objectives

I'm also a joker.

James Widegren’s Experience

• Editor-in-chief

  NEW INDUSTRY ARTS

  (Publishing industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  http://newindustryarts.com

• Creative Director

  Your Majesty

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  March 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

  http://your-majesty.com

• Art Director

  the metaproject

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

  http://themetaproject.com
  http://artasartillery.com

• Design Director

  Big Spaceship

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  August 2004 — March 2007 (2 years 8 months)

  http://bigspaceship.com

• Design Director

  Idiogroup

  (Design industry)

  May 2001 — December 2006 (5 years 8 months)

  www.idiogroup.com

• Art Director

  Idiocase

  (Design industry)

  May 2002 — July 2004 (2 years 3 months)

  www.idiocase.com

• Designer, Director

  Waytion

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  2003 — 2004 (1 year)

  www.waytion.com

• Co-founder, Curator, Creative

  May 1st Reboot

  (Internet industry)

  May 2000 — May 2002 (2 years 1 month)

  an international relaunch of web sites by authors and creatives working within the field of interactive design.
  
  www.may1reboot.com/2007/

• Senior Art Director

  Vir2L Studios Europe Ltd.

  (Online Media industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years)

  www.vir2l.com

• Editor, Founder, Creative

  THREE.OH

  (Design industry)

  May 1999 — May 2001 (2 years 1 month)

  a conduit for all those interested in communications arts

• Freelance Designer

  Razorfish Ltd.

  (Public Company; Online Media industry)

  1999 — 1999 (less than a year)

  www.razorfish.com

• Co-founder, Designer

  Nisch Interaktiv

  (Design industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year)

Additional Information

James Widegren’s Websites:

• Your Majesty Co.
• NEW INDUSTRY ARTS
• James Widegren

James Widegren’s Interests:

Energy, Design, Film, Fashion, Photography, Psychology, Music, Travel, Consciousness, Food, Behavior

James Widegren’s Honors:

2008 HBO Voyeur
- Design Week Awards
- HOW Magazine's Design Annual
- The FWA - Site of the Year
- Pixel Awards - TV
- Pixel Awards - Best in Show
- Adobe MAX Awards
- The FWA - Site of the Month
- The FWA - Site of the Day

2007 Nike Air
- W3 Awards
- Flash Forward Boston
- Communication Arts Interactive Annual
- D&AD - Websites and Animation
- D&AD - Motion Graphics
- The Webby Awards
- One Show Interactive
- Future Marketing Awards
- New York Festivals - Recreation/Sporting Goods
- New York Festivals - Best Consumer-Targeted Website

2006 Nike Air
- Adobe 2MAX Awards
- Adobe Flash 10th Anniversary
- Pixel Awards - Animation
- Pixel Awards - Sports
- Pixel Awards - Best in Show
- The FWA - 10 years of Flash
- The FWA - Site of the Month

2006 LOST
- BDA/Promax North America
- FITC

2006 MoMA - Contemporary Voices
- Flash Film Festival
- HOW Magazine’s Design Annual
- PRINT Magazine's Digital Design Annual
- The Webby Awards