02.03.2011

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 –...

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14.10.2010

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 to...

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06.06.2010

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 ...

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03.05.2010

Herring is shedding its dowdy image as traditional fare and taking on a whole new persona in Eastern Europe. Young people in Russia and Poland are seeing herring through new eyes as wholesome, cool and fresh.

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03.05.2010

The use of ecolabelling in the fisheries and aquaculture industry has become more prevalent during the last decade. Customers want to know their seafood products are coming from a sustainable source. Norway’s seafood indus...

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29.03.2010

The whole fashion community has been green-washing itself lately, from multi-brands to the local shopping mall. In Norway the main challenge has been putting good intentions into actual practice. But with a Nordic platform...

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29.03.2010

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 a...

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29.03.2010

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 developm...

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11.03.2010

Light is more than lighting. Light can prevent and cure. It can accentuate moods, creating aggression as well as peace. Light can create confidence and romance. The design biennale BeyondRisør continues its experimental ap...

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11.03.2010

Traditionally Norway has not been associated with design in the same way that its Scandinavian neighbours have. Almost every building in Finland houses at least one item of Alvar Aalto furniture and a Marimekko textile or ...

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