Karlssonwilker Inc.’s TellMeWhy:
The First 24 Months of a New York Design Firm

I wrote the story for this book based on interviews with the brilliant graphic design duo of Hjalti Karlsson and Jan Wilker. The text tells of karlssonwilker’s ordinary office life and its less-than-romantic tales about rooftop parties, battles with immigration, language obstacles, missed meetings, and money problems. Despite these stories—and because of others—karlssonwilker produced an impressive body of  work in their first two short years. The book offers a telling, humorous, and always human insight into the workings of a young startup design studio.