Whether you’re my client or my friend, you probably know at least a few things about me. If you are a client, you probably know that I’m not your stereotype designer. I don’t wear trendy clothes, and I don’t really like computers. If you’re my friend, you probably know that allthough I race and drift cars, I hate getting dirty working on them. Not exactly your avarage designer or car buff I guess…
But it’s not that I’m afraid to fit a stereotype. Rather the opposite actually. I wish I could be a bit more like other designers. I wish that I actually cared about the iPhone and Nintendo Wii. And everytime my car brakes down (which it does a lot) I really wish that I was the kind of car enthusiast that would enjoy fixing it myself. But I don’t…
Anyway, here are the 8 facts that you probably don’t know:
1. I read my first book at the age of four
According to my mother I could read words and simple sentences at the age of three and read my first book just after I turned four…
2. I buildt my own Optimus Prime - with Lego
When I was about 11 or 12 my parents wouldn’t let me have action figures or Transformers. So I buildt my own Optimus Prime with Lego, and it could actually transform!
3. I graduated from the Rudolf Steiner School in Bærum
In third grade my parents took me out of public school and sent me to the private Rudolf Steiner School where I completed my education in 1996.
4. I won my international racing debut at Brands Hatch at the age of 17
Apparantly there are three racingdrivers in history that made their international racing debut at Brands hatch - and won. Emerson Fittipaldi, Jodi Scheckter and Fredrik Sørlie.
5. I once had a full page story about me in Norways largest tabloid
After my success at Brands Hatch I got a full page in VG, the largest newspaper in Norway.
6. My final paper in school was about Formula 1
At the Rudolf Steiner School, each student have to choose a subject and write a rather major paper about that subject in their final year. I wrote about Formula 1 and got a B+.
7. I love milk
I drink at least one litre of skimmed milk every day. Way more than I should I suppose, but I am addicted. The worst part about travelling is the absence of proper, Norwegian milk.
8. I love “Beat for Beat”
Watching the Norwegian version of the Irish TV-show “The Lyrics Board” is not exactly the “coolest” thing to do on a friday night, but there’s nothing more relaxing than a nice dinner with my girlfriend, followed by an episode of “Beat for Beat”.
