karlssonwilker, telluswhy

If you’re just getting a toehold in this crazy rock climbing wall we call design, never, never miss an opportunity to see Hjalti Karlsson and Jan Wilker speak. When the two melded surnames in 2000, they had no money, no clients and an international catastrophe looming on the horizon. But they also had a mentor named Stefan Sagmeister, a tiny NY office (that they lived in for awhile) and a very good sense of humor.