Zetland Media DK

Commission

Editorial Illustrations for online articles, Zetland Media DK
July, 2024 -2025

A sultry mic commissioned by Nina Gantriis, AD of Zetland Media to accompany Zetland’s readers’ best stories under the theme of ‘sex’, 2024.

“At Folkemødet on Bornholm, I was given 45 minutes to perform an experiment. The idea was to lure people to the Zetland stage to tell personal stories in front of the microphone. Stories about sex. Lust and desire. Sexuality.

We opened the microphone to sex stories on Bornholm. And then the secrets came pouring out.”

Listen and read stories here.

End of the year wrap looking at the bigges trends and viral sensations of the year on the internet. 

A piece on the Danish lumpfish which was very close to extinction at the beginning of 2024, mainly because lumpfish roe is an auspicious delicacy in Denmark.
But thanks to severe restrictions that eventually turned into a complete ban on fishing lumpfish, the species has made a full recovery and is no longer under threat - a rare story of nature conservation winning! 

Read the full piece here. 

A melting laptop for a piece on how much electricity Ai actually uses. CO2 emissions from the internet were actually decreasing until AI appeared—now they are on the increase once again.

Read the full story here. 

Three part series on the fashion industry and perceptions towards it changing over time. 

The first piece looks at 'shopping-shame': Knowing that the fashion industry is one of the most damaging for our climate, but not being able to resist buying new clothes.

The second piece looks at recycling in the fashion industry - how sustainable is it really? 

Lastly, the third piece in the series questions whether the magic and lore of the fashion industry as it once was has been lost. The protagonist speaks on how the golden age, concepts and glamour of Vogue originally sparked her interest in the industry, how now fast fashion and consumerism have replaced the big ideas and dulled the magic.  

Read the full stories here.

A question piece on whether Denmark should should stop drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea.

Read the full story here. 

A piece looking at 'brain rot', usually described as "internet content deemed to be of low quality or value, or the negative psychological and cognitive effects associated with exposure to it. But the journalist in this story herself is  chronically addicted to being online, and writes about how this 'nonsense' is actually a language with infinite reference constantly morphing.