Nikdesign, aka Nik, started his work back in the 90′s with painting, computer graphics and analogue photography, creating artwork for bands and club events. In the period 2001-2003 he starte developing his skills in the digital photography world. He then started working in the fields of artists and bands, artistic and conceptual photography.
Soon he added fashion and emotive portraits and started shooting for some local magazines, also resulting in commersial/advertising jobs. In 2004 he was discovered by the upcoming swedish Nocturnal Models agency (later to become The Core) where he quickly buildt a portfolio and within the alternative scene of Sweden and Scandinavia and within two years he had become one of the top photographers in his field in his homecountry.
In 2007 Nikdesign were one of the pioneers of latex fashion photography, long before Lady GaGa and Watchmen hit the commercial scene. Since then he has become one well-known name throughout Europe in the alternative fashion industry with publications in magazines like Aftonbladet, Marquis, Dark Spy, Skin Two and working with many of the alternative top models. He has worked for designers like Atsuko Kudo (Lady Gaga), House Of Harlot (Christina Aguilera) and swedish Naucler Design.
Alongside the alternative fashion scene Nikdesign has also specialized in custom band and artist photos. Besides these two trademarks of Nikdesign he also has an interest in fine arts and artistic photography. In 2010 he also got back to directing music videos.
Some clients in selection: Century Media, Rolling Stone Magazine, VeroModa, Virgin/Nexusbooks, Hitta, Nöjesmagsinet City, Breathless, Anna Ingman, Bon, Ljuskultur, Zero Music Magazine, Allt om Vin, Sportmagasinet, Bil & Bostad, Westward Bound, Waynes Coffee, Pulverized Records and many more..
Presentation taken and modified from The Core agency