Life At Bonnier - Kristin Mack Alnaes

Kristin Mack Alnaes: The wonderful world of Oz

By Kristin Mack Alnaes on 2009-12-15
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Our Norwegian GROW ambassador Kristin says farewell to Sydney with a top 5-list of things to do

Two weeks ago was my last day at Weldon Owen. My three months in Sydney are like a cheerful and educational bubble that I will always treasure. Thank you, Bonnier, for giving others and me such an opportunity!

Kristin Mack Alnaes: A hidden story

By Kristin Mack Alnaes on 2009-11-19
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Our Norwegian GROW ambassador Kristin has just discovered one of Sydney Harbour's well-kept secrets

Even though Oslo (capital of Norway) only has 1/8 of the population of Sydney, I never feel lost in the big city. The similarities between the two cities are obvious. Sydney has got the features of a big city, like reasonable and taller skyscrapers, eight lanes freeways and 24/7 nightlife. And yet everything that I love about the town that I have lived in almost all my life, also can be found in this far away metropolis (today's dose of marketing Oslo and Sydney). The nature is just on the doorstep of the city.

Kristin Mack Alnaes: Merry November!

By Kristin Mack Alnaes on 2009-11-09
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Kristin from Norway tells us why November is a great month down under – and why half of the nation is dressed in moustaches

Usually I look forward to November only for one single reason; my birthday. Beyond that the second to last month of the year is dull, dark and depressing. November in Australia is a wonderful contrast.

Firstly, it is not raining permanently, even though the humidity is high. Secondly, November down under has something to offer that no other months have; a nation that stops. And a nation (or at least half of the nation) dressed in moustaches.

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Kristin Mack Alnaes: Crave the light-hearted being

By Kristin Mack Alnaes on 2009-10-23
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Kristin, our Norwegian GROW blogger, realizes that she laughs everyday — thanks to the World's Funniest City

Primarily to avoid any kind of misunderstanding: I miss my husband while I am here in Sydney. I feel guilty for leaving him behind in Norway just a couple of weeks after we got married. I also miss my dog and her soft white fur. It seems that I have forgotten that she regularly likes to give herself a spa treatment in mud — and in similar brown elements she can find in nature...

Despite all this, Sydney offers several reasons not to dig a deep hole of loneliness and misery. Not least, there are quite a few opportunities to laugh.

Kristin Mack Alnaes: Engrossed by the book fair

By Kristin Mack Alnaes on 2009-10-09
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Kristin from Norway is preparing for the Frankfurt Book Fair – and breeding crocodiles

Being a packaging publisher, Weldon Owen's main objective is to develop and produce books. For that reason, the book fairs in Bologna, Frankfurt and London are of crucial importance. The next one coming up is in Frankfurt, 14-18th of October. New printed books are being launched, and innovative titles are being proposed. A lot of energy goes into developing prototypes that will be used to attract clients worldwide who might want to publish actual books from those prototypes.

Kristin Mack Alnaes: City of Big Surprises

By Kristin Mack Alnaes on 2009-09-26
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Our GROW ambassador Kristin in Sydney discovers that designing books and magazines are not poles apart. And yet there are some peculiar differences  

I find two features of my new workplace quite unique from what I am used to. First, I cannot use color on type. As the books are translated into different languages, the images and graphics are produced with the same 4-color process in all issues. In the end the text is printed separately and therefore only in black spot color to save plates and consequently production costs.

Kristin Mack Alnaes: Going Aussie!

By Kristin Mack Alnaes on 2009-09-10
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One of our new GROW ambassadors has landed at Weldon Owen, Sydney.

Hello Bonnier people! As part of the GROW program, I have just come to Sydney, Australia. If I had been back home in Norway now, I would be art directing the interior magazine BoligPluss and awaiting the humid, gradually darker autumn with sideways winds.