Oslo, Design City: Part 1

Chapter 1

Jan Stavik of DogA

Jan Stavik of The Norwegian Centre for Design and Architecture (DogA) tells us about the connection between Norway’s economy and its design scene, Oslo’s architecture boom and the importance of service design.

Chapter 2

Runa Klock and Thomas Jenkins of Klubben

The vital energy for growth in Oslo’s design scene has to come from young talent. Klubben is a union of young Norwegian designers with varied backgrounds in furniture and product design; founded in 2011, its goal is to promote their work both nationally and internationally. We speak to two Oslo-based members of the group, Runa Klock and Thomas Jenkins.

Chapter 3

Eleanor Herring on Street Furniture Design

Eleanor Herring is a design writer and lecturer whose most recent book looks at the politics of street-furniture design in postwar Britain. She tells us why the dustbins, lampposts and benches on our streets have been a source of intense debate and power struggle.

Chapter 4

Snøhetta

We meet Snøhetta architect Jette Hopp and founding partner Kjetil Thorsen in the lobby of the Norwegian design giant’s monumental Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, Oslo’s most important architectural project of the past decade.