Norwegian Prototypes

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.

Alex Hellum
alexhellum.com

Amy Hunting
amyhunting.com

Daniel Rybakken
danielrybakken.com

Hallgeir Homstved
hallgeirhomstvedt.com

Helen Johannessen (Yoyo Ceramics).
yoyoceramics.co.uk

Kim Thome.
kimthome.com

Oscar Magnus Narud (OKAY Studio).
oscarnarud.com

StokkeAustad.
stokkeaustad.com