I’ve dedicated my professional life to finding the sweet spot between design and art, where I get to create things that speak directly to the recipient while maintaining substance. Both my commissioned and my personal work reflect this, as, in my view, any artwork is incomplete when it fails to communicate, as is any design that fails to engage.
Currently, I’m working as a Senior Designer at AlfGundersen, as well as managing and creative directing the record label Nabovarsel and a bunch of other smaller projects. I also host the Nabovarsel Podcast and make music under the moniker Lysgaard.
You can read an interview I did with Grafill right here (Norwegian) if you like to get deep.
Feel free to get in touch! You can reach me at hei (at) jacoblysgaard.com.

Accolades
2013
Featured “Young Gun”, Raff design week
2011
Met Stefan Sagmeister once. I was like, whatever.
Work experience
2017
Sixty–Branding & Interaction designer
2013–2017
Issuu–Graphic designer
2011–2012
Nabovarsel–Head of design
2009–Current
Education
2009–2011
Bergen school of art
2006–2007
Sound design (FHS)
2004–2005