Between Art and Purpose

It took a while for interior architect and product designer Frida C. Midttun Finnerud to bring herself to scale down Doodlewalk, but she is now introducing the follow-up, Doodletalk.

“With large objects, you become part of them, whereas with small objects, you remain, in a way, on the outside,” says Frida when we met her in her Oslo-apatment.

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From interiors to architecture: Note's journey towards total freedom

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PRINT

Searching for the Soul of the 3D-Print

When Czech tech-giant Josef Prusa invited Daniel Rybakken to experiment with their printers, the Norwegian designer set out to answer a single question: Can a 3D-printed lamp truly be memorable?

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CHAINMADE

Love at First Log

When Norwegian designer Anna Marie Ofstedal Eng started a collaborative dialog with the kitchen producers Hamran, she fell head over heels for a 500-kilogram log of Southern Norway oak they had in storage.

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