UX Design


Graphic Design


Frontend Design

I'm a freelance User Experience and Graphic Designer based in Stockholm, Sweden. Since 2004 I have been helping clients and companies building useful and efficient products and interfaces.

What I Do

I provide pragmatic and functional design, based on real user and business needs.

Clients & Companies

A list of selected companies I have collaborated with as a consultant. Shorter projects for some, longer and multiple assignments for others.

Portfolio

A selected list of projects and design work. Some projects are not displayed since they are still confidential. All graphic design made by me unless stated otherwise.

Resume

A list of my work experience and formal training.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Adlibris • Stockholm, Sweden

Jan 2023 – Now

UX Design, UX Research, Graphic Design.

Mindler • Stockholm, Sweden

May 2022 – Oct 2022

UX Lead, UX Research, Graphic Design.

Magnus Gyllenswärd Design • Stockholm, Sweden

August 2018 – May 2022

Freelance UX Design, Graphic Design and Frontend Web Design.

inUse • Stockholm, Sweden

August 2016 – August 2018

UX Design, Frontend Web Design. Graphic Design, HTML, CSS, Scss, JavaScript, Project Leader and Client Responsible.

thoughtbot • Boston, USA

September 2012 – June 2016

Frontend Web Design, UX Design, Graphic Design, HTML, CSS, Scss, JavaScript, Project Leader and Client Responsible. Open source frameworks such as Refills and Empties.

Tellart • Providence, USA

November 2010 – August 2011 (part time)

UX Design, Icon Design, Graphic Design.

Ergonomidesign (now Veryday) • Stockholm, Sweden

November 2005 – August 2012

UX Design, Small Interfaces and Icon Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Project Leader and Client Responsible. 2 patents.

Interactive Institute, Power Studio • Stockholm, Sweden

August 2004 – November 2005

Product Design, UX Design, Graphic Design, Web Design, Critical Design, User Testing and Prototyping, 1 patent.

Electrolux Design • Stockholm, Sweden

January 2004 – June 2004

Halogen- Microwave Oven concept, MA Interaction Design.

EDUCATION

Massachusetts College of Art and Design •

Boston, USA

February 2010 – June 2012

Graphic Design Certificate Program. Typography, Graphic design, print and web.

Umeå Institute of Design • Umeå, Sweden

September 2002 – June 2004

Master of Arts in Interaction design.

Umeå Institute of Design • Umeå, Sweden

January 2002 – June 2002

Graphic Design, Design Communication, Design Theory, Contemporary Art.

Umeå University • Umeå, Sweden

September 1999 – June 2002

Cognitive Science, Psychology, Computer Science, Linguistics, Philosophy.

SELECTED CLIENTS

Mindler, tv.nu, Electrolux, Ericsson, Telenor, Aerocrine, Huawei, Philips, Swegon, Doro, Skiptrip, Roche Diagnostics, Gameface Media, Nyarp, Spintso, ITT Flygt, Spotify.

AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS

Exhibited at Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum in New York, 1 patent for Power-Aware Cord, Exhibited at Wired Next Fest in Chicago 2005, Exhibited at Wired Next Fest in Los Angeles 2007, Exhibited at Visual Voltage at House of Sweden in Washington DC 2011, Doro PhoneEasy® 410gsm Red Dot Award 2010, 2 patents for icon designs, Grand opening performance at Uppsala Konsert + Kongress 2007, Music game Sonicspree, .NET Awards 2009, Swegon air handling unit Best in Category Optimizing at the IxDA 2014 Interaction Awards.

SKILLS

Figma, Sketch, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Axure, HTML5, CSS3, Scss, JavaScript, Ableton Live, Arduino programming, Processing, etc.

OTHER EXPERIENCES

Designing exhibitions, Sales activities, Circuit bending workshops, Arduino programming for modular synthesizers, Volontary work in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

Contact Me

Magnus Gyllenswärd
Norrbackagatan 54, 113 34 Stockholm

magnus.gyllensward@gmail.com
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