Mauritz Larsson

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Last update: 02.09.2024

larsson.mau@gmail.com
https://www.instagram.com/larssonmauritz/

Education

  • 2021–2024  
    • BFA Visual Communication @ Beckmans College of Design, Stockholm 
  • 2021
    • Art History @ Stockholms Universitet, Stockholm
  • 2020
    • Graphic Design @ Berghs School of Communication, Stockholm
  • 2019–2020
    • Fashion Theory @ Stockholms Universitet, Stockholm

Work

  • 2024  
    • Co-Founder of architecture firm Lars AB
    • Founded design studio Superbad
  • 2023
    • Internship @ Jacob Dahlgren 
  • 2022
    • Founded jewellery and apparel brand Kiosk (aka 925.clubbb)
  • Since 2021
    • Freelance designer

Stipends

  • 2024  
    • Stipend awarded by EY Doberman for graduation project “Bestfriends4ever”

Talks

  • 2024  
    • Talk @ Beckmans College of Design on designing exhibition identities 
    • Talk @ EY Doberman on process of design

Exhibitions

  • 2024  
    • Are We There Yet? @ United Nations General Assembly, New York
    • BFA Books @ Konst-Ig bookshop, Stockholm
    • Graduation Exhibition @ Beckmans College of Design, Stockholm
    • Aerial Bodies, Scent and Design, Paris
    • Aerial Bodies, Scent and Design, Stockholm
  • 2023
    • New Identities @ Beckmans College of Design, Stockholm
    • Are We There Yet? @ Svenskt Tenn, Stockholm
    • Are We There Yet? @ Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala
    • Are We There Yet? @ Axfoundation, Upplands Väsby
    • Are We There Yet? @ The Beijer Institute, Stockholm
    • Are We There Yet? @ Brittish Embassy in Stockholm

© Mauritz Larsson, 2024

BESTFRIENDS4EVER

Book (Bachelor thesis), 2024
  • 232 pages
  • 150 copies 
  • 210 x 270mm
  • open spine, sewn
  • For Sale: 35 EUR



In 36 days I tattooed 53 friends as a tribute to the fleeting nature of friendship. Throughout my life, I've been equally skilled at making and losing friends, learning to value each relationship as a cherished moment, even if brief.

BESTFRIENDS4EVER explores friendship and loneliness. By tattooing my friends, I create reasons to spend time together swell as enduring memories, that will last even as we eventually drift apart. Each friend got one letter from the books title tatooed on them by me. Later I tattooed the whole title onto myself, giving myself a friendship tattoo with each one of my friends.

The book documents my thoughts, friends, the tattoos, and the time passed during the process. 


I printed the title on the spine using a handheld inkjet printer gun to give each copy a unique handmade finish, similarly to how I tattooed all my friends as if i worked at a conveyer belt. Each copy comes with a plastic baggie attached to the cover containing a fresh tattoo needle and a small vessel of ink to invite the reader to tattoo themselves and become my friend. All participants got a free copy with their own used needle instead, which I saved and marked with their name after every session. 

During the grad-exhibition a screen was surrounded by the marked baggies to give the viewer an appretiation of the amount of participants. On the screen I played a video of me tattooing myself, interrupted by snippets of interviews and other footage I filmed during my process.


Thanks to: Adam, Alva, André, Andreas, Anton, Astrid, Carl, Caroline, Cathrine, Celine, Chatrine, Chris, Christopher, Ebba, Edward, Egil, Elin, Ella, Elza, Emil, Emilia, Filippa, Gustav, Heike, Jesper, Joel, Johann, Julia, Justus, Klara, Linnea, Love, Luca, Ludvig, Maja, Malin, Matarena, Mattias, Max, Max, Mika, Nathalie, Niklas, Noa, Olle, Philipp, Sarah, Sixten, Tim, Tova, Victoria, Victoria, William.