Carl Nyman: Graphic Artist & Designer in Santa Monica, CA

Emmy nominated in the category: “Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Graphic & Artistic Design” for my work as Art Director on the ABC News 20/20 special Last Days on Earth. Painted and exhibited in NY, LA, Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, Bangkok, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, London, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Berlin, Stavanger & Stockholm. Represented in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Australia. Credited for inspiring the cover of the album "21st Century Breakdown" by Green Day. Also commissioned by the band to paint for "The Art of Rock". Designed a signature sneaker model for Kswiss. Author of "Haha, I'm just a tourist, you really live here" (ISBN 978-91-86677-00-8) and "The Industry Kills the Artist" (ISBN 978-91-86677-01-5)

Craft brewery in Beijing, China. This was an adventure and a passion project. In a couple of years we went from brewing in buckets in the hutongs to a 1000 liter a week brewhouse and taproom, with tier 1 city bottle distribution, with no outside funding. I can honestly say it's the best beer in Beijing and I'm also quite happy with the design work. I created the branding, designed all the labels, signage and marketing materials as well as three locations for the company; a restaurant, a taproom and the brewhouse. For two of these I custom designed all the furniture from recycled materials, which were then built by a group of awesome local craftsmen.

I spent three intense months in Amsterdam and London helping set up the premium menswear line Tiger Jay. Work involved defining the brand, logo and style development as well as production of trims and graphics. Tiger Jay is now part of North Sails.

I ensured brand consistency and lead creative teams, primarily for BMW China. Lead the creative for the 2013 BMW brand campaign. A campaign of which Yang Kequan, Executive Editor of Shanghai Business Daily, wrote; "Chinese ethnic culture has now proudly become part of the global DNA of BMW".

Supervising and producing design for web, TV and print for clients such as Jell-O, BestBuy, AmEx, KRAFT, Burger King, Trisquit, Milka, Old Navy and Green Garage.

With a very talented team, I worked as creative lead with main focus on ideation and conceptualization for the global Adidas Originals 2009 campaign, involving all facets of the campaign including print, web, event and television. On set my primary responsibility were the viral videos. Yes, I shook hands with Beckham. No, I don't care much about football... or soccer. I like good ads though. The campaign set the direction for the brand for the coming four years and won a bunch of awards but more interestingly, the TV spot was spoofed by the Simpsons.