Jonas Johansson (b. 1987) is a designer, artist, educator and speaker from Glommen, Halland. He studied graphic design in Norrköping, Reims, and Stockholm, and has worked at leading design studios in Tokyo, Montreal, London and Munich. He taught visual communication at Beckmans (2017–2025), and facilitated learning journeys at Hyper Island (2014–2022).
Jonas runs the artist residency Visualia, plans courses at Svenska Tecknare, and shares his studio with SMASH and Rose Hallgren. He is a part of PLX, a Svartljus artist and is currently organising Dome Dreaming and Ode Joy.
Lyra
A playable light instrument. Strings hung from floor to ceiling in a darkened room, each one triggering light and sound when plucked.
Lyra was my first foray into interactive light art, made while I was working at Moment Factory in Montreal and shown at C2 Montreal. A set of fishing wire strings was strung tightly from floor to ceiling, each fitted with an accelerometer. When a visitor plucked a string, the sensor fed its peak value into an algorithm simulating a vibrating chord. Light and sound grew from the tip of the string and travelled along the walls and ceiling, turning the room into a kind of circuitry. The more people played, the richer it got. Built on Arduino.