HELLO FRIEND

MAGNUS ÖSTERGREN
CREATIVE/ART DIRECTION
I CREATE CONCEPTS, ART DIRECTION, AND IMMERSIVE WORLDS FOR GAMES AND BRANDS.

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MAGNUS V ÖSTERGREN

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I’M A MULTI-DISCIPLINED CREATIVE WHO DIRECTS, DESIGNS AND CRAFTS AWESOME DIGITAL EXPERIENCES

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SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE WALL OF TEXT

I’m Magnus V. Östergren, a Stockholm-based creative with nearly 30 years of building worlds, designing experiences, and turning strange ideas into THINGS.

I art direct audio/visual and immersive experiences.
I creative direct teams from idea to pitch to execution.
I develop experimental narrative and visual concepts.

I also have an awesome co-op team of freelancers ready to go when a project asks for it.

LOOK! IT’S MY FACE!

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CLIENT WORK

RIOT GAMES · LEGO · NINTENDO · OFFF · GOOGLE · MOJANG · THE MILL+ · ELECTRONIC ARTS · KOTEX · 10 CHAMBERS · OGILVY · BOLD · NOA · SPOTIFY · BBDO · SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES · RED GIANT · TRAPCODE · EF · UNIVERSAL MUSIC · UBISOFT · SAAB · SF · POPHOUSE · EY DOBERMAN ·

SWEDISH FILM INDUSTRY · VOLVO · IBM · GOODBYE KANSAS · SNAPCHAT · BACARDI · NORTH KINGDOM · BBDO NY · DANIEL SAVIO · NEONODE · GHOST · MTV · MICROSOFT · SVT · SWEDISH TELEVISION · STADSMISSIONEN · FALL DAMAGE · GROW · GARBERGS · PLAN8 ·

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DEN OF WOLVES

XERO: A cryptic co-op network hack activation for upcoming FPS heist game from 10 Chambers

CONCEPT DEV
CREATIVE DIRECTION
ART DIRECTION
MOTION DESIGN

RIOTX

ARCANE

Massive 3D browser experience for RIOT/Netflix show Arcane

CREATIVE DIRECTION
ART DIRECTION
WORLD BUILDING
VISUAL DEVELOPMENT

NFS HEAT

STUDIO

Car customisation companion app for video game Need for Speed

EXPERIENCE DIRECTION
ART DIRECTION
VISUAL DEVELOPMENT
NARRATIVE DESIGN

PROJECTS

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TYKO
& DOGBEE

Game demo about learning to stop being afraid of the dark being a tourist guide in a city void of light.

ORIGINAL CONCEPT
ART DIRECTION
VISUAL DEVELOPMENT
NARRATIVE DESIGN

WORK

All BROWSER CAMPAIGN COMMISSIONED EXPERIENTIAL EXPERIMENT featured_work FILM & MOTION GAME Honorable_Mention INSTALLATION LATEST PERSONAL PRODUCT TOOL

TYKO & DOGBEE

INTERNAL
Video Game Prototype

OVERWATCH 2 MUSIC VIDEO

BRIKK // BLIZZARD
Game Promo / Music Video

PERIOD PLANET

KOTEX / OGILVY
Educational WebGL Games

SOLAR ORBIT II

INTERNAL / OV
Audio-Visual Experiment [Claude]

BRAGGING

RIGHTS

CLIENTS

RIOT GAMES · LEGO · NINTENDO · OFFF · GOOGLE · MOJANG · THE MILL+ · ELECTRONIC ARTS · KOTEX · 10 CHAMBERS · OGILVY · BOLD · NOA · SPOTIFY · BBDO · SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES · RED GIANT · TRAPCODE · EF · UNIVERSAL MUSIC · UBISOFT · SAAB · SF · POPHOUSE · SWEDISH FILM INDUSTRY · VOLVO · IBM · GOODBYE KANSAS · SNAPCHAT · BACARDI · NORTH KINGDOM · BBDO NY · DANIEL SAVIO · NEONODE · GHOST · MTV · MICROSOFT · SVT · SWEDISH TELEVISION · STADSMISSIONEN · FALL DAMAGE · GROW · GARBERGS and many more…

AWARDS

WEBBY Winner in Best Websites and Mobile sites Education 2024
WEBBY Honoree in Best Visual Design – Function 2024

Several AWWWARDS Site of the day

Numerous FWA of the day
FWA Top100

European Design Awards

CSS DESIGN AWARDS Best Innovation
CSS DESIGN AWARDS UX
CSS DESIGN AWARDS UI

ANNECY CRYSTAL Best animated documentary

All 3D Animation Audio Exploration Fractal Illustration Interactive Realtime

UNRELEASED BRAND ID

Unreleased/released? brand ID exploration.

BLOK

CREATIVE / EXPERIENCE DIRECTOR OGILVY / SNAPCHAT SUMMARY A Snapchat campaign that turned fans into…

GASMASK

Gasmasks are for everyone

REVISIT

3D modelled scene of a cosmic horror scenario.

SYNTHS

Making synths in Unreal Engine and gamifying them

SHRÖMS

Fungal Extraterrestrial Colonization Phenomenon

RUNNERS

Disconnected Displacement

BUNKERS

Exploration in fractal generation of infinite geometry and tweaking it into concept visuals for world…

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MAGNUS V ÖSTERGREN

C X A H 4 3 2 D

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SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE WALL OF TEXT

I’m Magnus V. Östergren, a Stockholm-based creative with nearly 30 years of building worlds, designing experiences, and turning strange ideas into THINGS.

I art direct audio/visual and immersive experiences. I creative direct teams from idea to pitch to execution. I develop experimental narrative and visual concepts.

LOOK! IT’S MY FACE!

COMMISSIONED

COMMISSIONED

COMMISSIONED

COMMISSIONED

COMMISSIONED

COMMISSIONED

COMMISSIONED

COMMISSIONED

CLIENT WORK

CLIENT WORK

CLIENT WORK

CLIENT WORK

CLIENT WORK

CLIENT WORK

CLIENT WORK

CLIENT WORK

RIOT GAMES · LEGO · NINTENDO · OFFF · GOOGLE · MOJANG · THE MILL+ · ELECTRONIC ARTS · KOTEX · 10 CHAMBERS · OGILVY · BOLD · NOA · SPOTIFY · BBDO · SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES · RED GIANT · TRAPCODE · EF · UNIVERSAL MUSIC · UBISOFT · SAAB · SF · POPHOUSE · EY DOBERMAN ·

RIOT GAMES · LEGO · NINTENDO · OFFF · GOOGLE · MOJANG · THE MILL+ · ELECTRONIC ARTS · KOTEX · 10 CHAMBERS · OGILVY · BOLD · NOA · SPOTIFY · BBDO · SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES · RED GIANT · TRAPCODE · EF · UNIVERSAL MUSIC · UBISOFT · SAAB · SF · POPHOUSE · EY DOBERMAN ·

RIOT GAMES · LEGO · NINTENDO · OFFF · GOOGLE · MOJANG · THE MILL+ · ELECTRONIC ARTS · KOTEX · 10 CHAMBERS · OGILVY · BOLD · NOA · SPOTIFY · BBDO · SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES · RED GIANT · TRAPCODE · EF · UNIVERSAL MUSIC · UBISOFT · SAAB · SF · POPHOUSE · EY DOBERMAN ·

RIOT GAMES · LEGO · NINTENDO · OFFF · GOOGLE · MOJANG · THE MILL+ · ELECTRONIC ARTS · KOTEX · 10 CHAMBERS · OGILVY · BOLD · NOA · SPOTIFY · BBDO · SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES · RED GIANT · TRAPCODE · EF · UNIVERSAL MUSIC · UBISOFT · SAAB · SF · POPHOUSE · EY DOBERMAN ·

RIOT GAMES · LEGO · NINTENDO · OFFF · GOOGLE · MOJANG · THE MILL+ · ELECTRONIC ARTS · KOTEX · 10 CHAMBERS · OGILVY · BOLD · NOA · SPOTIFY · BBDO · SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES · RED GIANT · TRAPCODE · EF · UNIVERSAL MUSIC · UBISOFT · SAAB · SF · POPHOUSE · EY DOBERMAN ·

RIOT GAMES · LEGO · NINTENDO · OFFF · GOOGLE · MOJANG · THE MILL+ · ELECTRONIC ARTS · KOTEX · 10 CHAMBERS · OGILVY · BOLD · NOA · SPOTIFY · BBDO · SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES · RED GIANT · TRAPCODE · EF · UNIVERSAL MUSIC · UBISOFT · SAAB · SF · POPHOUSE · EY DOBERMAN ·

RIOT GAMES · LEGO · NINTENDO · OFFF · GOOGLE · MOJANG · THE MILL+ · ELECTRONIC ARTS · KOTEX · 10 CHAMBERS · OGILVY · BOLD · NOA · SPOTIFY · BBDO · SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES · RED GIANT · TRAPCODE · EF · UNIVERSAL MUSIC · UBISOFT · SAAB · SF · POPHOUSE · EY DOBERMAN ·

RIOT GAMES · LEGO · NINTENDO · OFFF · GOOGLE · MOJANG · THE MILL+ · ELECTRONIC ARTS · KOTEX · 10 CHAMBERS · OGILVY · BOLD · NOA · SPOTIFY · BBDO · SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES · RED GIANT · TRAPCODE · EF · UNIVERSAL MUSIC · UBISOFT · SAAB · SF · POPHOUSE · EY DOBERMAN ·

SWEDISH FILM INDUSTRY · VOLVO · IBM · GOODBYE KANSAS · SNAPCHAT · BACARDI · NORTH KINGDOM · BBDO NY · DANIEL SAVIO · NEONODE · GHOST · MTV · MICROSOFT · SVT · SWEDISH TELEVISION · STADSMISSIONEN · FALL DAMAGE · GROW · GARBERGS · PLAN8 ·

SWEDISH FILM INDUSTRY · VOLVO · IBM · GOODBYE KANSAS · SNAPCHAT · BACARDI · NORTH KINGDOM · BBDO NY · DANIEL SAVIO · NEONODE · GHOST · MTV · MICROSOFT · SVT · SWEDISH TELEVISION · STADSMISSIONEN · FALL DAMAGE · GROW · GARBERGS · PLAN8 ·

SWEDISH FILM INDUSTRY · VOLVO · IBM · GOODBYE KANSAS · SNAPCHAT · BACARDI · NORTH KINGDOM · BBDO NY · DANIEL SAVIO · NEONODE · GHOST · MTV · MICROSOFT · SVT · SWEDISH TELEVISION · STADSMISSIONEN · FALL DAMAGE · GROW · GARBERGS · PLAN8 ·

SWEDISH FILM INDUSTRY · VOLVO · IBM · GOODBYE KANSAS · SNAPCHAT · BACARDI · NORTH KINGDOM · BBDO NY · DANIEL SAVIO · NEONODE · GHOST · MTV · MICROSOFT · SVT · SWEDISH TELEVISION · STADSMISSIONEN · FALL DAMAGE · GROW · GARBERGS · PLAN8 ·

SWEDISH FILM INDUSTRY · VOLVO · IBM · GOODBYE KANSAS · SNAPCHAT · BACARDI · NORTH KINGDOM · BBDO NY · DANIEL SAVIO · NEONODE · GHOST · MTV · MICROSOFT · SVT · SWEDISH TELEVISION · STADSMISSIONEN · FALL DAMAGE · GROW · GARBERGS · PLAN8 ·

SWEDISH FILM INDUSTRY · VOLVO · IBM · GOODBYE KANSAS · SNAPCHAT · BACARDI · NORTH KINGDOM · BBDO NY · DANIEL SAVIO · NEONODE · GHOST · MTV · MICROSOFT · SVT · SWEDISH TELEVISION · STADSMISSIONEN · FALL DAMAGE · GROW · GARBERGS · PLAN8 ·

SWEDISH FILM INDUSTRY · VOLVO · IBM · GOODBYE KANSAS · SNAPCHAT · BACARDI · NORTH KINGDOM · BBDO NY · DANIEL SAVIO · NEONODE · GHOST · MTV · MICROSOFT · SVT · SWEDISH TELEVISION · STADSMISSIONEN · FALL DAMAGE · GROW · GARBERGS · PLAN8 ·

SWEDISH FILM INDUSTRY · VOLVO · IBM · GOODBYE KANSAS · SNAPCHAT · BACARDI · NORTH KINGDOM · BBDO NY · DANIEL SAVIO · NEONODE · GHOST · MTV · MICROSOFT · SVT · SWEDISH TELEVISION · STADSMISSIONEN · FALL DAMAGE · GROW · GARBERGS · PLAN8 ·

../GAMING/client/10Chambers/EXPERIENTIAL_CAMPAIGN

DEN OF WOLVES

CONCEPT DEV CREATIVE DIRECTION ART DIRECTION MOTION DESIGN

../GAMING/client/RIOT/Immersive_Campaign

RIOTX

ARCANE

CREATIVE DIRECTION ART DIRECTION WORLD BUILDING VISUAL DEVELOPMENT

../GAMING/client/EA/Campaign/Companion_App

NFS HEAT

STUDIO

EXPERIENCE DIRECTION ART DIRECTION VISUAL DEVELOPMENT NARRATIVE DESIGN

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PROJECTS

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PROJECTS

I art direct audio/visual and immersive experiences.
I creative direct teams from idea to pitch to execution.
I develop experimental narrative and visual concepts.

CONCEPT DEV
CREATIVE DIRECTION
ART DIRECTION
MOTION DESIGN

CREATIVE DIRECTION
ART DIRECTION
WORLD BUILDING
VISUAL DEVELOPMENT

EXPERIENCE DIRECTION
ART DIRECTION
VISUAL DEVELOPMENT
NARRATIVE DESIGN

TYKO
& DOGBEE

ORIGINAL CONCEPT
ART DIRECTION
VISUAL DEVELOPMENT
NARRATIVE DESIGN

INTERNAL
Video Game Prototype

BRIKK // BLIZZARD
Game Promo / Music Video

KOTEX / OGILVY
Educational WebGL Games

INTERNAL / OV
Audio-Visual Experiment [Claude]