Norwegian Hjellegjerde, a sofa and recliner maker, is about to start producing on its second location in Lithuania as the company has decided to concentrate all its manufacturing activities in the country.
100% Norway 2012: Selection Process
100% Norway 2012: Selection Process
The annual Norwegian design exhibition 100% Norway will once again take place in September 2012 during the London Design Festival; this time in a new format.
Industrial design: having an effect
Industrial design: having an effect
Strategic design can have a positive impact on profitability and the company’s bottom line, according to the Norwegian Design Council. It has even created a new award called Design Effect – modelled after the British one – to recognize projects for their financial impact, part of the government’s Design Driven Innovation Program launched in 2009.
International Success & Design Are Closely Linked
International Success & Design Are Closely Linked
Design is one of the keys to international success. A number of surveys have shown that companies using design as a business tool are more likely to achieve international success than companies that are not.
Increased awareness for environmentally friendly furniture
Increased awareness for environmentally friendly furniture
The brand name mobelfakta.no will in the future provide information about whether the furniture that is found in the market is environmentally friendly or not. The Norwegian furniture industry has made the environment a top priority.
Investor mounts dramatic rescue
Investor mounts dramatic rescue
A business drama that’s been unfolding for months in the mountain community of Sykkylven seems finally to have reached its climax. A local supplier to furniture maker Hjellegjerde bought as many shares in the ailing firm as he could, in an effort to keep it going.
Norwegian design – abundant & individual
Norwegian design – abundant & individual
As a design writer and curator for the best part of the last decade, one of the most enjoyable and inspiring roles I have had the pleasure of being employed in is that of curator for 100% Norway – which I’ve been doing for the last five years. 100% Norway is an exhibition established to showcase and promote Norwegian design to an international audience. It is organized by the Norwegian Embassy in London, The Norwegian Design Council in Oslo, and Innovation Norway, and it has taken place annually since 2003 during the London Design Festival every September. The idea is to improve trade links, swap best practice, generate new business and a warm fuzzy glow of pride among the Norwegian creative industries – all good economy boosting stuff.
Design and Architecture
Design and Architecture
We are all familiar with the traditional way of using design as a form of visual expression, but it is often very hard to define what design really is. What is certain is that it is getting increasingly more important. The Norwegian design environment is often characterized by playfulness, the use of strong colours and new thinking.
Innovation through cooperation
Innovation through cooperation
The Norwegian Design Council, together with the design and architecture environment in Norway knows that user-oriented designers are possibly the most accessible and efficient innovation tools available in product development. Working creatively, with innovation and cooperation, Norwegian designers and architects will continue to “raise the bar” with products that are aesthetic, sustainable, user-friendly, environmentally responsible and commercially successful
Norwegian architecture & design – does it make sense?
Norwegian architecture & design – does it make sense?
Does a specifically Norwegian architecture and design exist? Is there a collective identity which is essentially and tangibly different from that of other nations? Or, as national boundaries seem to dissolve, with trends and products spreading in global waves, is this mainly and outdated discussion put forward just to attract tourists?