A Lowe Thing
May 27, 2010
Q&A WITH GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND DJ: A LOWE THING. ARTIST OF THE MONTH IN JUNE
Please state name, age and your city of residence
Lowe Steiner, I’m 29 and live in Stockholm, Sweden
You’re a man with many hats, what titles do you respond to?
Graphic designer, Illustrator and DJ
When would you say you started as a Graphic Designer and what made you make that move?
I’ve always been fascinated by pictures and compositions. As a kid I was drawing at all times. I think it’s hard to say something specific, it all ties together somehow. I mean I’ve always looked at a album cover to be as important as the music in itself. It creates a story, so I guess story telling through image is important to me. But back to your question, I “officially” became a graphic designer in 2000
Who was your first client?
i was doing projects for friends etc in the beginning. my first commercial client was Virgin Music and I did a album cover for Swedish hip hop group “Fattaru”
Going through your portfolio, one will see that you’ve been doing a lot of club flyers and other music related projects. Is there a reason to why it’s been so much music in your work?
I’ve been a DJ for the past 15 years, and I just ended up helping my friends who were in the industry.
Is there a project that has been extra sick to work with?
I do posters for a concept named “Classiks”, their thing is to bring old school hip hop artists to Sweden and I do the posters. My creative freedom is almost limitless and they trust my judgment. Natrually, being given free creative hands in my position is always fun.
If you could choose a dream project what would it be?
I’d like to do something with Grace Jones, she’s had insanely dope artwork throughout her entire career.
Where do you gather your inspiration from?
everything that surrounds me, you know; clothes, music, people, nature
As a DJ do you have any specific way of going about your sets?
I rarely put together sets, frankly i don’t necessarily believe in it. You have to feel the audience out.
As Stockholm profile as well as world traveler how do you look on Stockholm nightlife?
I think that coming to Stockholm as a visitor during summer time and you’ll go to the places that focus on the music you like, you’d probably love Stockholm. LIving here it becomes sort of the same thing over and over, but I think that goes for any city.
Do you have any local favorite designers, dj’s or creative people you’d like to share with us?
Carli and Marcus Price are very inspiring as far as music. I’m not really that well tuned with fashion, but I like what “Our Legacy” is doing.
You are the artist of the month for The Swede Beat’s Festival issue. Do you have any juicy festival memory and are you planning on attending any of the festivals this year?
I’ve been to a music festival once, it was the Hultsfred Festival in 2002. It was fun, but I’m obviously not a festival goer since it’s been 8 years since that time
Published by: The Swede Beat
