Arve Båtevik
During his BA studies at Westerdals School of Communication, Arve Båtevik (*1991) was introduced to digital type design while interning at Eriksen/Brown in Oslo. For his 2015 BA thesis Subtle Expression in Typography, Arve interviewed François Rappo, who subsequently became his type design professor at ECAL in Lausanne. Two years later, Arve received an MA in Art Direction and Type Design for his exhaustive comparative study of the geometric grotesk genre.
Arve worked at Cornel Windlin’s Berlin studio in the summer of 2016, where he elaborated the second set of the LL Prismaset family. Upon his graduation, he joined Lineto as a staff designer in Zurich and started working on the creation of LL Supreme, which has been described as ‘The Futura for Digital Natives’. He also collaborated with Hans-Christian Pulver on the recreation of Emil Ruder’s Enge Plakatschrift.
In May 2020, Arve Båtevik returned to Norway where he now works as an independent graphic designer with a strong focus on typography and type design. He recently set up Store Norske Skriftkompani, through which he publishes his own typefaces.
Arve Båtevik
During his BA studies at Westerdals School of Communication, Arve Båtevik (*1991) was introduced to digital type design while interning at Eriksen/Brown in Oslo. For his 2015 BA thesis Subtle Expression in Typography, Arve interviewed François Rappo, who subsequently became his type design professor at ECAL in Lausanne. Two years later, Arve received an MA in Art Direction and Type Design for his exhaustive comparative study of the geometric grotesk genre.
Arve worked at Cornel Windlin’s Berlin studio in the summer of 2016, where he elaborated the second set of the LL Prismaset family. Upon his graduation, he joined Lineto as a staff designer in Zurich and started working on the creation of LL Supreme, which has been described as ‘The Futura for Digital Natives’. He also collaborated with Hans-Christian Pulver on the recreation of Emil Ruder’s Enge Plakatschrift.
In May 2020, Arve Båtevik returned to Norway where he now works as an independent graphic designer with a strong focus on typography and type design. He recently set up Store Norske Skriftkompani, through which he publishes his own typefaces.