Bible Connection Podcast: Designing the Word with Klaus Krogh
For 32 years, Klaus Krogh has created and operated a graphic design company dedicated to doing the best possible quality of work on every single project. Designing Bibles and typesetting the Word of God quickly became the core of the business. In this episode of the Bible Connection Podcast, Klaus tells the story of 2K/Denmark, the philosophy behind everything he does, and how his faith and his love have driven him to create beautiful Bibles because he knows it can change lives.

      
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Klaus Krogh

For more than 32 years, Klaus Krogh and his wife have operated a graphic design company founded on the principle of the best possible quality of work for every single project. 2K/Denmark worked with the Norwegian Bible Society to start designing Bibles, which quickly became the core of the business. After thinking existing Bible typesetting wasn’t good enough, Klaus started typesetting Bibles. They created programming to execute typesetting to make them competitive with the market at a higher quality. 2K/Denmark now has customers in 23 countries on 6 continents. They work with many of the largest Bible publishers in the United States.

In this episode, Klaus tells the story of founding 2K/Denmark, the philosophy behind the company, and the importance of the Bible to his life and his work. Klaus tells the story of a math class in third grade that showed him the importance of typesetting and how a well-designed book can make difficult topics easier. Through trying to write on his wall as a teenager, he discovered a fascination with letters and designing letters.

Throughout his career, Klaus has attempted to provide quality in everything that he does to make his customers and end-users happy. Klaus explains how his faith drives his ambition, his optimism, and the philosophy behind his company. He talks about how his love for people drives everything that he does with 2K/Denmark.

Being able to steward the Word of God means so much to Klaus. He talks about how important that task is and how seriously he takes it. In all that he does, especially in his work with the Bible, Klaus stresses the importance and seriousness of doing things well. He pushes Bible publishers to do better because of his love for the Bible and his love for readers of the Bible.

Excerpts from This Podcast

3:39 — “I am a Christian, I read the Bible every day. So the Bible means a lot to me.”

4:20 — “We are really suited for the publishing house that wants something special, they come to us.”

7:55 — “That’s a story about life itself, isn’t it? We’re given this chance to do well and it’s up to ourselves how we use that chance. And we get a chance every day. Every morning when you wake up is a chance to do good.”

10:22 — “It all builds on love. I love the fact that I’m allowed to be here. I basically love all human beings, I do. I’m sure that love I owe to my faith. Somehow, I practice my faith by the love I receive and the love I’m capable of giving. It wouldn’t have been there without my faith.”

13:47 — “If you are about to publish a Bible, you have no excuse not to make it readable. Unreadable Bibles are of no use. That’s salt without power, so what can you use it for?”

14:48 — “That burning ambition to know that you’re stewarding the Word of God, this is what means everything for me. And we’ve got the chance to do well, so not taking that chance would make no sense.”

20:27 — “We’re here to lower the thresholds for more people to read more in their Bible because we know it changes lives. Maybe my fuel really is the reader’s love for the text itself which is conveyed by the typefaces of the beautiful words. That’s the fuel in my engine.”

Featured Scripture

Matthew 5:13
“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.”

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