What is Norwegian Design?

How does Norwegian design express itself? What do we associate with Norwegian design? How has it evolved over time, and what does it really tell us about who we are?

These are some of the questions we invite you to explore at our next Design Salon on December 5th.

Location: Tannum Møbler, Drammensveien 120, 0277 Oslo
Time: December 5th, 5:30 PM (doors open at 5:00 PM)
Duration: The conversation starts at 5:30 PM and will last approximately one hour.

We have invited three guests who will offer insight and depth from different perspectives:

Fredrik Bull is one of Norway’s leading interior architects, shaping public spaces and large-scale projects with Norwegian design. Trained as a furniture designer, he is passionate about promoting our design heritage and emerging Norwegian designers on the international stage.

Anna Marie Øfstedal Eng is a young Norwegian product designer challenging the Norwegian design language through her sculptural forms and objects. She is currently nominated for Designer of the Year by Bo Bedre for her collaboration with Danish brand Ferm Living.

Kjetil Fallan is a professor at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Ideas and Art History at the University of Oslo. He teaches and has published numerous articles and books on Norwegian design history, visual/material culture, popular culture, and contemporary design. In the discussion, he will share valuable perspectives to deepen our understanding of Norwegian design as a social and cultural phenomenon — also viewed historically — and how it is conveyed and interpreted as part of the Scandinavian design concept.

Guro Røberg will moderate the conversation, weaving together the different viewpoints.

We look forward to an inspiring and thoughtful evening reflecting on what Norwegian design is, why it is the way it is, and how we together can proudly and confidently carry our shared cultural heritage and design tradition forward — both to ourselves and to the world.

We invite you to the Design Salon at Tannum, a place that has always championed Norwegian design and carries it in its DNA through its history with Bruksbo, Bonytt, and Norway Designs.