Skip the Danish
It all started when my brother and I were teens and we invented words from train stations that were funny to say out loud. “No Room” (Nærum), “Dance High” (Danshøj), “Ice High” (Ishøj) etc.
I felt like a train station translation consultant for any foreigner with capacity for black humor.
One day I became a graphic designer and this thing returned to me. Of course I didn’t invent this trend. But instead of just doing the S-trains like everyone else I became obsessed with translating the entire Danish train system – eventually realizing I might excluding the local lines. But it still required researching tons of stations and finding the right translation for each one.
For months I had weekly chats with DSB about the origins of train stations, other peculiarities and even the legality of designing and selling the posters.
It didn't take long before the mind began to wander…
Absolutely not related to the train stations, but a very interesting idea came about when I read about the five major roads going into Copenhagen. It looked like a hand. I peeked at other cities around Denmark. Hmm…
It was a very tedious project, but also very rewarding, especially when the colors came together and I found that the contrast really drew out the centerpiece of each landscape the more I stared at them.
With the landscapes came an obsession of converting more DSB material into my own thing.
I liked the idea of taking an informational map and just make it beautiful. This zone map really had that potential.
