James Widegren

James Widegren
Creative Director
New York
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James Widegren is a Swede living in New York City. He is creative director and partner of Your Majesty, a digital advertising agency.

Originated threeoh.com, a forum for the promotion of communications media with a focus on design. Founder of May 1st Reboot, an orchestration of collaborative work incorporating at 1700 sites worldwide constituting the 1st and largest international mass launch in the history of the Web.

Studied Information + Advertising in Sweden and is a veteran of Nation, Nisch, Razorfish, Vir2L, Waytion and
Big Spaceship.

Has won awards like: BDA/Promax, Clios, Webby Awards, Flash Forward, Cannes Lions, HOW, Art Directors Club and The New York Festivals - for clients like: HBO, Nike, ABC, MoMA, Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures.

Specialties
Interactive Design
Branding
Concepting
Forecasting

Broadcast Design
Consulting
Directing
Photography
Print Design
Styling
Impulsive Joking

CV

Experience
YOUR MAJESTY, Creative Director, New York City, March 2007-, www.your-majesty.com

BIG SPACESHIP, Design Director, Brooklyn, August 2004 - March 2007, www.bigspaceship.com

THE METAPROJECT, Art Director, New York City, January 2006 -, www.themetaproject.com

IDIOGROUP, Creative Director, Stockholm/New York City, December 2002 -, www.idiogroup.com

WAYTION, Director/Design Animator, Stockholm, March 2003 - February 2004, www.waytion.com

IDIOCASE, Freelance Art Director, Sweden, April 2001 - March 2003, www.idiocase.com

VIR2L STUDIOS LTD., Artist to Senior Art Director, London, April 2000 - April 2001, www.vir2l.com

RAZORFISH LTD., Freelance Designer, London, June 1999 - August 1999, www.razorfish.com

NISCH INTERAKTIV, Art Director & Partner, Kalmar, April 1998 - June 1999

NATION (ABEL&BAKER), Intern, Stockholm, April 1998 - June 1999

Education
Lars Kaggskolan, Media Communication: Information & Advertising, Kalmar, Sweden, 1996 - 1999

Awards
2008 HBO Voyeur, The Webby Awards - Television - Winner
2008 HBO Voyeur, New York Festivals - Best use of rich media - Gold World Medal
2008 HBO Voyeur, Design Week Awards 2008 - Digital Design - Commercial - Winner
2008 HBO Voyeur, HOW Magazine's Interactive Design Annual - Consumer Website - Outstanding Award
2007 HBO Voyeur, The FWA - Site of the Year - Nominee
2007 HBO Voyeur, Pixel Awards - TV - Winner
2007 HBO Voyeur, Pixel Awards - Best in Show - Runner-up
2007 HBO Voyeur, Adobe 2007 MAX Awards - Video - Winner
2007 HBO Voyeur, The FWA - Site of the Month
2007 HBO Voyeur, The FWA - Site of the Day
2007 Nike Air, W3 Awards - Video/Motion Graphics - Gold
2007 Nike Air, Flash Forward Boston - Commerce - Winner
2007 Nike Air, Communication Arts Interactive Annual 13 - Advertising - Winner
2007 Nike Air, D&AD - Websites and Animation - Nomination
2007 Nike Air, D&AD - Motion Graphics - Nomination
2007 Nike Air, The Webby Awards - Sports - Honoree
2007 Nike Air, One Show Interactive - Business to Consumer - Bronze
2007 Nike Air, Future Marketing Awards - Best Branded Environment - Winner
2007 Nike Air, New York Festivals - Recreation/Sporting Goods - Gold World Medal
2007 Nike Air, New York Festivals - Best Consumer-Targeted Website - Gold World Medal
2006 Nike Air, Adobe 2006 MAX Awards - Advertising and Branding - Finalist
2006 Nike Air, Adobe Flash 10th Anniversary - Significant Website of 2006
2006 Nike Air, Pixel Awards - Animation - Winner
2006 Nike Air, Pixel Awards - Sports - Winner
2006 Nike Air, Pixel Awards - Best in Show - Runner-up
2006 Nike Air, The FWA - 10 years of Flash - The most influential sites of 2006 - Shortlist
2006 Nike Air, The FWA - Site of the Month
2006 LOST, BDA/Promax North America - Interactive Media - Silver
2006 LOST, FITC - Convergence - Finalist
2006 MoMA - Contemporary Voices, Flash Film Festival - Navigation - Winner
2006 MoMA - Contemporary Voices, HOW Magazine’s 2006 Design Annual - Consumer Websites - Merit
2006 MoMA - Contemporary Voices, PRINT Magazine's 2006 Digital Design Annual - Noteworthy
2006 MoMA - Contemporary Voices, The Webby Awards - Art - Winner
2006 Silent Hill, Web Marketing Association (WMA) WebAwards - Outstanding Website
2006 Silent Hill, Pixel Awards - Movies - Runner-up
2006 Wolf Creek, FITC - Video - Finalist
2005 Elektra, CREATIVITY 35 Design Annual - In Book
2005 China United Intl., Cannes Cyber Lion - Financial Services - Short-listed
2005 The Grudge, Art Directors Annual 84
2005 The Grudge, Cannes Cyber Lions - Entertainment - Bronze
2005 The Grudge, The Davey Awards - Gold
2005 The Grudge, FITC - Video - Finalist
2005 The Grudge, FITC - Story/Narrative - Finalist
2005 The Grudge, Flash Film Festival - Video - Finalist
2005 The Grudge, HOW Magazine's Interactive Design Annual - Consumer Websites - Merit
2005 The Grudge, Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards - Best Movie Integrated Ad Campaign
2005 MoMA - Contemporary Voices, The Davey Awards - Gold
2005 MoMA - Contemporary Voices, HOW Magazine Interactive Design Annual - Merit Award
2005 MoMA - Contemporary Voices, Moluvs Pick Award - Web Design
2005 MoMA - Contemporary Voices, Macromedia Site of the Day
2005 MoMA - Contemporary Voices, STEP Best of the Web Design Annual
2005 MoMA - Contemporary Voices, Web Marketing Association (WMA) WebAwards - Standard of Excellence Award
2005 War of the Worlds, CREATIVITY 35 Design Annual - Gold
2005 War of the Worlds, HOW Magazine’s Interactive Design Annual - Consumer Websites - Merit
2005 War of the Worlds, The Davey Awards - Silver
2005 War of the Worlds, The FWA - Site of the Day
2005 War of the Worlds, Web Marketing Association (WMA) WebAwards - Standard of Excellence Award
2005 Wolf Creek, The FWA - Site of the Day
2004 Elektra, The Numbers - Site of the Week
2002 The Dominé Series, KotaPress - Gold Award
2001 Sony Web Motion, Tokyo, Japan - Silver Award
2001 Threeoh, Dazed & Confused Award, London, UK - Freeload - Favourite Website
2001 Threeoh, ATTIK - Gallery Competition - Winner
2000 Vir2L Forum v3, New York Festivals New Media Competition - Best Web Site Design - Bronze
2000 Vir2L Forum v3, Cannes Cyber Lion - Gold
2000 Vir2L Forum v2, Clio Awards - Self-promotion - Bronze
2000 Vir2L Forum v2, Art Directors Club Award - New Media - Winner

Publications
Magazines
2006 Digital Abstracts, Riga, Latvia - Interview
2003 Pixel Conscious, CA, USA - Interview
2002 Bombay Sapphire, Washington DC, USA - Featured graphic artist
2002 Digital Abstracts, Riga, Latvia - Interview
2002 Reservocation, USA - Interview
2002 eDesign Magazine, Taipei, Taiwan - Interview
2002 Web Creator Magazine, Japan - Feature
2002 OnFuse Digital Art Community - Featured Exhibition
2002 Design Graphics Magazine, Australia - Feature and Cover
2002 Magnify Magazine, Sweden - Feature
2002 Egorush, Manchester, UK - Feature
2002 PAGE magazine, Germany - Article
2001 Create Online, London, UK - Exposure
2001 DV Magazine, London, UK - Feature
2001 Bombay Sapphire, Washington DC, USA - Feature
2001 Shift Magazine, Toronto, Canada - Feature
2001 Impress Webdesign, Korea - Feature
2001 Netdiver Network, Germany - Interview
2001 Digital Web Magazine, USA - Interview
2001 Adobe Magazine, San Jose, USA - Feature
2001 Neo2 Magazine, Madrid, Spain - Feature
2001 Create Online, London, UK - Interview
2001 New Media Creative, London, UK - Feature
2001 Impress Webdesign, Korea - Feature
2001 Resumé, Stockholm, Sweden - Feature
2000 IdN Magazine, Hong Kong, China - Feature
2000 TYPOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 56 - Society of Typographic Designers, London, UK - Feature
2000 New Media Creative, London, UK - Interview
2000 F-dex, Tokyo, Japan - Interview
2000 Surfstation, Luxembourg - Interview
2000 DigitalThread, New York, USA - Feature
1999 Generation Rice, New York, USA - Interview
1999 Shift Japan, Tokyo, Japan - Interview
1999 Kiiroi, USA - Interview
1999 Cheap Design, - Interview

Books
2006 Tres Logos, by Robert Klanten - Featured
2004 Typography Workbook, by Timothy Samara - Featured
2003 EXPOSÉ 1, by Ballistic Publishing - Featured
2003 Photoshop Elements 2, by James Widegren etc. - Author
2003 MH 2 Metalheart is Movement, by Anders F Rönnblom & Andreas Lindholm - Featured
2003 Past, Present, Future: Inspiring Creative Web Design, by Chris Brock - Featured
2002 e-project, Vol. 1,. by PostVisual - Featured
2002 55º North, by Patrick Sundqvist - Featured
2002 IdN Pro Annual 2002 10th anniversary - Featured
2002 Designing Website Interface Elements: For Graphic Designers, by Renee Lewinter - Featured
2002 Photoshop Face to Face, by James Widegren etc. - Author
2002 Personal Web Sites - Top Designers Push the Boundaries, by Joe Shepter - Featured
2002 Max Hits: Building and promoting successful websites, by Mike Slocombe - Featured
2002 Flash MX Motion Graphics, by PostVisual - Featured
2001 Flash: Art, Design & Function, by Mighty Assembly - Featured
2001 Fresh Styles: Eye Candy from the Underground, by Curt Cloninger - Featured
2001 DESIGN ON THE WEB: THE Definitive Resource Guide, by Ken Coupland - Featured
2001 Now Loading... - The Aesthetic of Web Graphics, by Ivan Vartanian - Featured
2001 IdN Pro - Featured
2001 72dpi, by Robert Klanten - Featured

Jury/Lectures/Workshops
2007 The FWA, UK - Site of the Year - Jury
2006 New York Festivals, New York City - Interactive & Alternative Media - Jury
2006 Print Magazine, New York City - Digital Design Annual - Jury
2002 Hektik, Sydney, Australia - T-shirt Design Competition - Jury
2002 May 1st Reboot, Global - International Relaunch of Web Sites - Jury
2002 Offf, Barcelona, Spain - Digital Abstract Design and Art - James Widegren & Jens Karlsson - Workshop
2002 Media Programme, Kalmar, Sweden - James Widegren & Jens Karlsson - Our work and field experience - Lecture
2001 Offf, Barcelona, Spain - Online Flash Film Festival - Jury
2001 Celestial Turtle, Sofia, Bulgaria - Bulgarian Contemporary Art & Design - Jury

Accolades
2004 Creative Review, London, UK - 'A Year In Pictures' - Image of the Year
1999 Asian/European Classroom, Berlin, Germany - Asian/European Foundation’s Intl. Film & Website Competition - Winner

Acknowledgement
Special thanks
Mother, Father, Sisters, and Brothers-in-law.

Jens Karlsson, Tony Högkvist, Klas Jonsson, Vinh Kha, Miika Saksi, Kim Granlund, Jimmy Popuu, Matt Mejia, Marc Klein, Craig Kanarick, Jimmy Chen, Klas Lunding.
Leif Nilsson, Ingela Fyreskär, Lars Henell.
Jeremy Mac-Lynn, David Eveleigh-Evans, Patrick Sundqvist.
Erik Jarlsson, Tom Muller, Philipp Koerber, Anders Schroeder, Bradley Grosh, Nathan Flood, Mike Young, Justin Fines.
Zaha Hadid, Syd Mead.

Thanks
Andy Polaine, Olof Shybergson, Paul Cleghorn, Joshua Davis, Toke Nygaard, Michael Schmidt, Steve Teruggi, Emma E Forrest, Joe Shepter, Blanton Brown, Sk Lam, Cameron Cambell, Douglas Frederick, Ann Frederick, Erik Hogrefe, Tu Le, Simon Tobias, Bob Ippolito, Mark Sheppard, Silvano Dossan, Jason Ruddy, Rafael Vargas, Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa, Johan Ramström, Patrick Magnusson, Demian Sellfors, Jason McVearry, Jacob Cohen, Kaya Sorhaindo, Jakob Daschek, Robert Holzer, Omino Gardezi, Gina Whitt, Peter Kang, Dan Ravine, Steve Nishimoto, Anthony Bianchi, Patrick O'Leary, Tomas Persson, Patrick Gardner, Tony Sajdak, Tim Sajdak, Åke Brattberg, Simon Dixon, Gustaf Mabrouk, Myrna Davis, Dean Di Simone, Hillman Curtis, Klara K, Jason Prohaska, Karen Monahan, Dexter Cruz, Frank Campanella, Dave Chau, Michael Dillingham, Brian Stegall, Robert Grober, Christina Stanley, Andrew Payne, Jamie Kosoy, Dima Farer, Ed Looram, Christian Johansson, Matt Lipson, Karen Dahlstrom, Suzanne Molinaro, Garrett Nantz, Randy Goldberg, Dave Rosen, Vida James, Sarah Grant, Hakan Isik, Andrew Wendling, Joshua Hirsch, Tai U, Ron Thompson, Dan Federman, Michael Lebowitz, Tyson Damman, Patrick Marckesano, Mariana Bukvic, Catherine Pattersson, Stephen Stadler, Barbara Kopeloff, Christine Yu, Hanna Lundgren, Rasmus Wängelin, Martin Klausen, George Murray, Jared Marr, Jonathan Pettersson, Johan Gustavsson, Cathy Davenport, Peter Reid, Paul Szypula, Joel Szymanski, Stephen Hodde, Krissy Weisman, Iliya Fridman, Dan Johnson, Caleb Johnson, Drew Horton, Pablo Marques, Antonio Marcone, Folkert Goerter, Patrick Sarkissian, James Baker.