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Oslo-Tokyo: Personal Stories from Oslo

By Jessica Charlesworth - November 1, 2010

in Object Culture

Kikut; containers for dried mushrooms by Anderssen & Voll, top, and Gro, a watering can by Petter Skogstad, Hallgeir Homstvedt, Espen Voll and Torbjorn Anderssen, pictured bottom

Oslo-Tokyo is a design exhibition as part of the Design Tide show in Tokyo currently running until November 3rd.

The Oslo-Tokyo exhibition has been set up by a group of Norwegian designers to explore the notion of 'Norwegian'. The cultural origin of a geographical affiliation, has in recent years become less relevant as a sales argument therefore these designers have chosen to focus on their individual experiences of Oslo. The brief was to develop a prototype based on a specific situation or place related to the city of Oslo with each product detailing their own personal story.

Breakfast; cork tray by StokkeAusted

The Spoon shoe horn by Christoffer Angell

As part of this mission to exchange design culture in Tokyo, the designers have created a beautifully curated website with each designer sharing a personal story about each product they have designed and developed.

Designers include Anderssen & Voll, Vibeke Skar, StokkeAustad, SHE Design, Christoffer Angell, Oyvind Wyller, Simen Aarseth, Petter Skogstad, Hallgeir Homstvedt and Your Friends