Norwegian Prototypes

Bodhi Gallery, 214 Brick Lane, E1 6SA London.

The brightest stars of new Norwegian furniture design exhibit their work together for the very first time during London Design Festival 2009.
An exhibition of collected work, prototypes and experiments from selected Norwegian furniture designers will be on show. The work exhibited challenges conventional and traditional Norwegian furniture design which has typically been characterized by it’s clean lines, functionality and mass production.
A prototype is often used as part of the design process to allow designers to explore design alternatives, test ideas and visualise a full scale model. Using their experience the designer then tailors the prototype according to the specific unknowns still present in the intended design.

With this exhibition we hope to show the diversity and variations of the different stages of their work and prototypes.
Some of the work will be in its initial stage, as an experiment or mock up, whilst other objects will be more finished, fully functional pieces.
The pieces will be accompanied by drawings, sketches and photos of the development process for each piece and will be displayed in the gallery. This will be a unique opportunity to observe the different approaches to developing ideas and designing. Exploring the progress of a designer’s development, where work starts and where it ends, its destination, the furniture shown will be a beautiful, functional and raw collection of work. This award winning group of designers are some of the brightest stars of new Norwegian design and this will be the first show of its kind.

This show is supported by The Norwegian Embassy in London.