Norway | Design Indaba

Gone Fishing

Cutting-Edge Production Facility for Norwegian Family Fishery >
Turn over a new leaf

The Beijing City Library reinstates the relevance of the library in the digital age. >
Practical science

The VIZIUM Science and Innovation Centre in Latvia was designed by Audrius Ambrasas Architects as a merging of landscape and architecture. >
#DI Alumnus Snøhetta takes Green Building One Step further by Developing Sustainable Concrete

Norwegian studio Snøhetta’s pioneering new forms of concrete will change the urban landscape for the better. >
Snøhetta reveals new Madiba-inspired "peace bench"

The inspiration for the bench came from the famous Nelson Mandela quote: "The best weapon is to sit down and talk". >
Can the architecture of a prison contribute to the rehabilitation of its inmates?

"Every inmate in Norwegian prisons are going back to the society. Do you want people who are angry — or people who are rehabilitated?” >
Norway announces plans for a sustainable, smart city near the country’s major airport

The ‘energy positive’ Oslo Airport City will be the first of its kind. >
Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | January 2018

We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look! >
The making of Taputti and the Sea with Kaja Dahl and Agata Karolina

We follow the product designer and perfumer behind this scent design project as they epitomise the nature of Cape Town in fragrant form. >
Kaja Dahl on exploring the natural essence of Cape Town in scent form

She collected samples of soil, dried fynbos, wood, stone and seaweed to distil an accurate fragrance of the city’s landscape. >
Arch for Arch celebrates Archbishop Tutu and the freedom of South Africa

It will be launched on 7 October, 2017 to coincide with The Arch's 86th birthday. >
Design Indaba 2017 features a royal flush of Scandinavian speakers

Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland are all accounted for at this year’s Design Indaba Conference. >
Kaja Solgaard Dahl

Product Designer • Scent Expert

Kaja Solgaard Dahl is a product and furniture designer working with a wide range of products and materials that are all inspired by our senses and nature. >
Kjetil Thorsen

Architect

Kjetil Thorsen is a founding partner of the Norwegian architecture and landscape design firm Snøhetta and leads their Oslo-based office. >
Sleeping with Snøhetta under the Scandinavian sky

Snøhetta explores the evolving relationship between handicraft and digital technology. Architect and co-founder Kjetil Thorsen will speak at Design Indaba 2017. >
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault

This facility safeguards the building blocks of agriculture. >
Change a life with just one swipe!

Radi-Aid hilariously shows us that not all campaigns are created equal. >
The mysterious masks of Damselfrau

Norwegian artist Damselfrau creates exotic looking masks out of found materials and textiles. >
In the pipeline: The new underwater motorways of Norway

These submerged floating tubes may be the first step into trans-Atlantic road connections. >
Young Norwegian illustrator explores the darkness inside

Illustrator and artist Kjersti Johanne Barli tells stories of Norwegian folk philosophies in her illustrations. >
Svein Gunnar Kjøde designs with a humanitarian conscience

As lead designer at Design without Borders, Svein Gunnar Kjøde’s job revolves around creating human-centred design with meaningful social impact. >
Designing tools for financial literacy in Uganda

As Africa’s poorest go from aid to trade, Design without Borders are helping a group of Ugandans to become truly self-reliant with a financial literacy kit. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: How Far From Home

Chanel Cartell and Stevo Dirnberger took us with them on their creative sabbatical in a series of wanderlust-inspired photos. >
Topiary Lamps by Vera & Kyte

This high-impact light by the Norwegian duo rethinks the traditional lampshade. >

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