MARCUS
LACKMANN

Portrait of Marcus Lackmann

Hello!

I’m a Stockholm-based Senior Designer with 10 years experience in the music industry, working across Art Direction, Graphic Design, Illustration, VFX, Animation and Video Direction. Currently at Universal Music Sweden, with previous experience at Wieden+Kennedy, At Night Management and Åkestam Holst.

Work

Benjamin Ingrosso, “Better Days Tour”

Art Direction and Graphic Design

Benjamin Ingrosso Better Days Tour typographic artwork
Benjamin Ingrosso Better Days Tour logotype in blue
Better Days Tour campaign artwork on the back of a red city bus
Better Days Tour European tour date poster in red and blue
Better Days Tour vertical tour date poster
Orange Better Days Tour jacket worn on stage, back print with tour dates
Better Days Tour white t-shirt with blue collage artwork
Better Days Tour white ringer t-shirt with blue trim and eyes graphic
Black t-shirt with red open mouth artwork
Dirty Little Secret blue tote bag

ABBA Merch

Art Direction and Graphic Design

ABBA rugby shirt — model seated in a green and white jersey
ABBA t-shirt — I'm A Shoulder You Can Cry On
ABBA brown cap — There's an ABBA song for every moment
ABBA CD t-shirt detail
ABBA green cap — Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
ABBA green group portrait t-shirt
ABBA Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! white tee flat lay
ABBA Arrival black t-shirt with helicopter album artwork
ABBA Dancing Queen black t-shirt
ABBA Fernando ringer tee worn close-up
ABBA white ringer tee with green trim and group portrait
ABBA blue striped long sleeve with red logo

GERD, “More Water Than Anything” Vinyl

Art Direction, Graphic Design and Illustration

More Water Than Anything — booklet front cover
Booklet spread — Hurts
Booklet spread — Truth To Be Told

Illustrations for the accompanying booklet.

Booklet spread — Summerfields Interlude
Booklet spread — Louder & Louder
Booklet spread — Lonely Phone People
Booklet spread — Crazy
Booklet spread — Know Me Better
Booklet spread — Garden
Booklet spread — Love Economy

Veronica Maggio TikTok Debut

Idea, Art Direction and Video Direction

jalda, “ANIME MIG”
Music Video VFX

Character Design, Illustration and Animation

Joakim Berg, “Framtiden som aldrig blev av”
Isotypes.

Art Direction and Graphic Design

Golden Joakim Berg isotypes depicting figures, flowers, animals, and symbols

Selected Artworks

AK — neon green creature with a dripping purple silhouette
AYV — vintage denim with pink stars on the back pockets
Kite — collage of an eye and a wide red mouth against a blue field
Lancelot — ink and watercolor portrait for Konsten Att Fly
Phxnkplaya — cracked CD case with neon graffiti lettering
BELL — hand-painted pink 'Genom Eld' lettering on white
PVT — pink and black illustrated stage scene with a giant face
Benjamin Ingrosso — ransom-note collage spelling Better Days

Selected logotypes

AK logotype
Amor Y Vida logotype
Amplify logotype
Better Days Tour logotype
Benjamin Ingrosso logotype
EMI Music Camp logotype
Hanna Ferm logotype
Anime Mig music video logotype
Nexa logotype
Phxnkplaya logotype
PVT Jag Vet Bättre logotype
Strategic Analytics logotype

Selected Music Videos

Benjamin Ingrosso, "Better Days" Art Direction, Animation and  Video Direction

Better Days music video collage spelling I See Them Better Days
Better Days music video frame with dimensional golden Ahead lettering
Better Days music video collage with a yellow car circling a brick tower
Better Days music video portrait collage against a deep blue field
Better Days music video collage with winged mice and Benjamin Ingrosso banner
Better Days music video collage of robot mice playing music
Better Days music video London collage with lyric subtitles

Benjamin Ingrosso, "Look Who's Laughing Now" Art Direction, Video Direction and VFX

Music video frame with glowing red handwritten title lettering
Music video frame of a suited figure tied before a car's headlights
Music video triptych with red frames and a suited figure
Black and white close-up from a music video
Black and white music video frame of a suited figure under a spotlight
Black and white close-up of a singer holding a microphone

Agnes, "Nothing Can Compare" Art Direction and  Video Direction

Music video title card with bold typography
Music video frame of a performer in red stage light
Music video frame of three performers singing in red light
Music video frame with layered performer portraits in red light
Music video frame of two performers with arms raised in red light