Åh - Faith in the City

Åh
Unit 13, 5 Durham Yard
Teesdale Street
E2 6QF, London
United Kingdom

+44 (0) 20 7729 9437
Johanna / +44 (0) 7846 609359
Elin / +44 (0) 7950 878829

Åh [o:h] is a Finnish-Swedish design studio based in London, established in 2008 by Johanna Lundberg and Elin Svensson.

We strive to combine thoughtful ideas with informed aesthetics to create functional design that reaches out to both the head and the heart. Applied across disciplines including art direction, illustration, publications, branding, stationery and websites – our approach to work is open and collaborative.

If you’d like to talk to us about a project, collaborate or request further information about any of the work you see here, please get in touch. We are represented by NU Agency for illustration commissions within Scandinavia, for enquiries please email josefine@nuagency.se.

Selected clients

679, The Architecture Foundation, CNBC Business Magazine, The Finnish Institute in London, Grafik Magazine, The Guardian, Ink, kulör, Newly Drawn, Nexus Productions, OK Do, Time Out, Varoom Magazine, Viewpoint Magazine, YCN, Financial Times

Awards / Exhibitions / Features

Vuoden Huiput 2010, FR.UK/UK.FR, Science Poems London, Vuoden Huiput 2009, Helsinki Design Week 2008, Great British Identity, YCN Annual 09/10, IdN Magazine, Computer Arts, It’s Nice That #1, Creative Review, Illustration/Play, Tactile, CAP&Design

Website developed by Lomalogue Ltd.

Faith in the City

Faith in the City is a publication published by The Architecture Foundation documenting their 2010 symposium 'Faith in the City: The Mosque in the Contemporary Urban West'. The design drew inspiration from the ways in which religious buildings – the mosque in particular – shape and are shaped by the public life of contemporary Western cities. Wrapped in a contextual timeline, and with a constructive dialogue between key thinkers running throughout the publication, it tackles issues of contemporary vs traditional design, involving the reader in the complex conversation around the place of faith.

The publication can be purchased here.

148 mm x 240 mm, 44 pages + cover wrap

2011