ANDERS KORNESTEDT
2007 Design Jury President

Creative Director
Happy Forsman & Bodenfors

Anders Kornestedt, was born in 1966 in Göteborg, Sweden. He studied at the Department of Design and Crafts at Göteborg University where he received his Master’s Degree in Fine Arts in Design in 1992.

He carried out research and taught at the Göteborg University between 1992 and 1997. His research concerned typography and perception, and he became Sweden’s first Doctoral Candidate in Design. During this same period he worked with his own studio on assignments for companies such as Trussardi in Milan, The Röhss Design Museum and Swedish Post.

He started the design agency Happy together with the advertising agency Forsman & Bodenfors in 1997. Today he is Happy’s Creative Director. Happy F&B has since their start received numerous national and international awards in worldwide design competitions.

Some of Anders Kornestedt’s work can be seen at the Swedish National Museum and The Röhss Design Museum.