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
Typeface for Devold of Norway, drawn at Kurppa Hosk. Scanned here from a full-spread ad in D2 magazine.
Seed bags created as part of an identity refresh for Variable.
Overview of Devold’s custom typeface.
Vestre Journal 3, on Materials, designed at Heydays.
Display typeface and wordmark for Sparebanken Norge.
Generated letters inspired by the photolettering typeface Stack.
Procedural raster letter animated on risograph.
Feature spread in Vestre Journal 3.
Homemade e-ink computer created with and for Rituell, my graduate project at Type and Media.
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.
Typeface for Norwegian startup Alotta, designed at Heydays.
Processing animation inspired by the paintings of Bridget Riley.
Letter carving completed at Type and Media, inspired by John Neilson’s work.