Nice seeing you here.
I'm Ida Sofie, a 29 year old Norwegian-American with a Masters in Design from Oslo School of Architecture and Design. During undergrad I studied product design, interaction design, service design and systems-oriented design. After my fourth year of studying, I took one year to travel Asia whilst doing freelance design work for Klein Group. After this, I completed my Masters degree specializing in service-oriented design and strategic design. I feel this has given me a wide range of design knowledge, whilst also allowing me to develop a "birds-eye view", strategic approach to design. Today I am offering my services as a freelance designer.
Both before and after design, life has been quite interesting. I moved to the States when I was nine years old. First I lived in Sarasota, Florida for ten years and then Austin, Texas for two years. In between this I lived in Alicante, Spain for 1 year and then travelled through India and Nepal for 3 months. (Thanks for bearing with me!) There's so many things I'd like to share about these experiences, but to keep it short — it's given me an appreciation and fascination for humans, the cultures we create and the way we organise our own complexity. Mixed with a love for solving puzzles and creating, the design field felt like the natural culmination of all these experiences and interests.
Education
2022 - 2024 / AHO
2018 - 2021 / AHO
Experience
2022 - present / Woolit
2026 / Silly Santa
2026 / Gorilla Games
2025 / Foresight consulting
2025 / Looplinq
2024 - 2025 / BoligFunn
2023 / Klein Group
2022 / Iterate & ALFA shoes
2021-2022 / eKrone
Leadership Roles
2021 / AHO
2021 / AHO
2020-2021 / AHO
2019-2021 / Norske Designere
2019-2020 / AHO
Recognition
2023 / AHO Works nomination
2022 / AHO Works nomination
Masters in Design
Bachelor of Design
Lead designer - UI/UX, branding, illustration, marketing
Consultant - Design for marketing campaigns
Consultant - Product design, website design, illustration
Consultant - Logo design
Consultant - Branding, campaign design
Lead designer - UI/UX, branding, logo, website design
Design consultant for Klein Group start ups
Summer internship - Design research for ALFA shoes
Lead designer - UI/UX, branding
Team Leader - GK6 systems-oriented design
InDesign & Fusion student assistant
Elected AHO international representative
AHO representative at Norske Designere
GK3 & GK4 class representative
Strategic Use of Design (classwide) - Coastal Development
Complexity within Design - DGMI