Benjamin Rein Gaupset • Type and graphic design • Living and working in Oslo, NO • Senior designer and type designer at Kurppa Hosk, formerly Heydays • Representative at Grafill’s volunteer committee for graphic design, curating and organizing events • 2023 graduate of the MA of Type and Media at KABK Royal College of Art in the Hague, NL • Reach out through email or Instagram if you’d like to see a portfolio or get in touch • All text on this site is set in a work-in-progress typeface inspired by Univers as used in the book Ways of Seeing by John Berger
Homemade e-ink computer created with and for Rituell, my graduate project at Type and Media
Seed bags created as part of an identity refresh for Variable
Procedural raster letter animated on risograph
Vestre Journal 3, on Materials, designed at Heydays (ph: Theodor Haugen)
Typeface for Norwegian startup Alotta, designed at Heydays
Generated letters inspired by the photolettering typeface Stack
Feature spread in Vestre Journal 3
Cover of Vestre Journal 3
Cover of the process book written and designed for the revival project at Type and Media
Cover of Vestre Journal 1, on social meeting places
Procedural raster letters, printed on risograph
Hand-cut stencil letters spray-painted on walls at PaTI (Paju Typography Institute) outside Seoul
Processing animation inspired by the paintings of Bridget Riley
Letter carving completed at Type and Media, inspired by John Neilson’s work