It's obvious that you don't care much for your internet experiences. This site uses HTML5 and CSS3 to do some pretty nifty things. You probably won't mind that we serve you this stripped-down, boring version of our site. Browsers like this one (Internet Explorer 6) are about as effective as a cat flap in an elephant house.

Ahoy! At Sailors & Mermaids, we craft websites and interfaces that are bang-on engaging, easy to understand and stylish. We are passionate about your brand, your design and your customers’ user experiences.

Selected work

  • Printworks

    Sweden's biggest and best web to print solution is ready for a new version this fall. Responsible for the new user interface as well as the goal oriented design.

    Printworks.se

  • Anglofil

    Anglofil's a site for hardcore Swedish Anglophiles. Responsibility included conceptual design, code, texts and illustrations.

    Anglofil.se

  • Millis Sarri

    Graphic identity and Wordpress blog⁄portfolio for one of Sweden's most talented illustrator Millis Sarri who illustrated Camilla Läckberg’s childrens book Super-Charlie.

    Sarri.se

  • GeekUp

    Independent project Geekup is an online calendar to keep track of web related events. Designed, coded and launched to help geeks be geeks.

    Geekup.se

  • Ben Sherman

    Ben Sherman clothing designs feature the “effortlessly cool” look. Work as subcontractor included doing online branding and graphic id and print ads.

    Bensherman.com (under refurbishment)

  • Business cards

    The Sailors & Mermaids look is on my lovely business cards. The cards have been featured on sites such as Cardnerd, Dzineblog and Creattica.

    Entire set on Flickr

  • Illustrations

    A collections of cartoonish illustrations of friends to be used for print and/or avatars on the web.

  • Eskilstuna Energi & Miljö

    Intranet built on EPiServer and Sharepoint, caters to 400+ employees with a broad range of need and knowledge. Responsibilities include design, publishing, educating.

  • Logos & ID

    There is a lot more thought going in to a logo than meets the eye. These are a few samples of the logos created recently. Delivered as EPS vectors to clients.

Clients as subcontractor includes:

  • Vespa
  • Saab
  • Merc London
  • Microsoft
  • Ben Sherman
  • MTV

  • About

    Creative, with an unstoppable passion for doing things. Dedicated, with an obsession for a better user experience.

    Designer Jonas Strandell has been called a lot of things since he started working on the web back in 1997. His ego likes words such as structured and social, true visionary and stylish, and he was even called a smart-dressed geek at one point while working in London, UK.

    Jonas is really passionate about astonishing web design. He loves making designs for the web, writing about design, meeting his with peers and discussing it.

  • Services & Skills

    Passion. Ideas. Motivation. Networking. Not antisocial but a really low tolerance for ordinary.

    •  • Adobe Photoshop
    •  • Adobe Illustrator
    •  • HTML, CSS handcoding
    •  • Digital Illustration
    •  • Online strategy
    •  • Information architecture
    •  • Basic copywriting
    •  • Communication and presentation
    •  • Digital prototyping
    •  • Common sense
    •  • People
    •  • Mermaids
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  • Jonas Strandell
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