Making sense of art and design industries

Writer: selbo Factcheck: “Naked ‘artist’ gets 750.000 kroner in financial support from Kulturrådet to make an imprint of his ass” In the beginning of April 2019 NRK and Tv2 among other news channels posted an article about a Swedish artist by the name of Lars Mårten Spånberg about a financial support he supposedly got from … More Did Kulturrådet really give a man 750.000 kroner to make an imprint of his butt?

Street artist have always been fascinated to me. But I have never really considered how it actually works. I mean, is there somebody out there that are paying them to do it, or do they simply do it for fun? Well, I have recently found an article, that is about a small town, that is … More Street art in the small city

By: Selbor The Astrup Fearnley museum is a private owned contemporary art museum located at Tjuvholmen in Oslo, Norway. The museum is placed down by the fjordline in an urban designed building by Italian architect Renzo Piano. The way this museum works is that they keep changing the exhibitions, mixing between international and national art … More A visit to the Astrup Fearnley museum – and audio guide

Have you ever seen a painting or a sculpture in a museum and thought “ What is this, and this is stupid“?  I`m guilty of that, but that was a long time ago, when I was younger. Because when I was younger, I didn’t realise what kind of value it had. And what kind of … More What is the value of art?

By: Selbo First impression of this blogpost is that it is well structured with divided sections, headlines that describes the sections and referenced photo and factual reference. Introduction This section has no syllabus referencing. The section raises an important case around companies being environmental. But what does it really mean to be a ‘better-buyer’? Could … More Response to Russianspy 52 -The modern industrial design

By: Selbo That’s what Danish artist Poul Pava says about his collection. This collection is known for their spontaneous and naive figures that reflects on the customers inner child. Its illustrations have over the years gotten international attention. Poul Pava has created its own universe. With a collaboration with Aida from 2008, the brand keeps … More Find your inner toodler

One of my favorite clothing stores is Cos. The items sold are slightly better quality than what you find in the average high-street store such as Zara and H&M. Is this perception of mine only formed in my mind because of tidy stores with open spaces and clean lines? I think that the way that … More Clean lines at COS

Guccihildes post published October 1 “Paint´n sip” is about drinking wine and painting at the same time. The author writes about new amusement instead of going out and drinking in a bar or a club. At the beginning of the text, we didn’t get enough clarification that “Paint´n sip” is, something like courses or activity. The … More Comment on “Paint’n sip” by guccihilde

By OlgaPatofzki In the post “a comment on the logomania epidemic in the fashion industry”, published October 1th by Hak0n, the student writes about how the society has changed with more demand for logos and designer brands. I think the topic is really interesting, and I agree with what the writer alleges with “it doesn’t … More A review on ”A comment on the logomania epidemic in the fashion industry” by hak0n