By. BullaBolla By. Malene Birger is a Danish design company founded by Malene Birger. Her ambition was to create clothes for modern women who valued style. Malene quit designing recently in 2014, and Mathilde Torp Mader has been the creative director for the organization since then. The organization was founded 15 years ago, but the … More Sophisticated, Joyful and Empowering By. Malene Birger
By Rosy Callisto Have you lately searched the news concerning the art industry? Every article goes something like “Country X continues to cut investment in the art department by X amount”. For example, the government in Ontario cut tens of millions of dollars in arts funding, because as Michael Tibollo puts it, they need to … More Economy for art, or art for the economy?
By PernilleHurlen Balenciaga is a luxury fashion house that originated from Spain and is now owned by the French multinational company Kering. The fashion house is known for its innovative and architectural design. The founder of Balenciaga, Cristobal Balenciaga was known for being the father of contemporary fashion design, with his innovative pattern cutting, use … More The House of Balenciaga
Balmain is a French luxury fashion house founded by Pierre Balmain in 1945. In the period followed by world war 2, Pierre Balmain became “a king of French design”, and worked with lots of stars at the time. He managed to open his own fashion house just months after peace was declared and released his … More The luxury of Balmain
By charlottesaur Today I am going to write about the biannual FUSHION Festival Oslo which opens today (august 30th). After Oslo Runway sadly took to an end, FUSHION became the new fashion-happening this year. For those who are unsure of what FUSHION is all about, here is a short summary of what you can expect … More Fashion linked to art
Portfolio assignment 2 by hoppeloppe123 Julie Josephine is a Scandinavian contemporary fashion brand established in Oslo, Norway in 2016 by Julie Josephine Blystad (juliejosephine, 2019). This brand/organization can be placed in the category fashion design industry. The fashion industry in Norway is not big, and it will take a huge effort to survive in this … More Julie Josephine
Portfolio assignment 1, task 2 by hoppeloppe 123 Pushwagner was one of the most important and influential figures of contemporary art in Norway and was (still is) one of the most well-known painters in the world. His original name is Terje Brofos, he was born in Oslo in 1940 and died in 2018. In 2017 … More Pushwagner and “vertigo 23”
Nowadays, many of the world’s high-growth, high-margin and highly defensible businesses are driven by technology. More and more major businesses and industries are being run on software and delivered as online services. This dynamic is across a wide range of industries, from music like spotify or transport like Uber. How does this stand for fashion? ‘’Technology … More Is technology creating value or destroying human creativity in the fashion industry?
Written by: frosk1 Today I want to discuss a bit about the Oslo based fashion house, Holzweiler, which is a fashion house based on art, culture, creativity and sustainability. The team behind Holzweiler is CEO Andreas Holzweiler, Duy Ngo, Maria Skappel Holzweiler and Susanne Holzweiler. Holzweiler has had numerous art collaborations and art-inspired clothes, using … More Holzweiler- uniqueness and coolness?
by: JMVL Everyone knows of Ikea, everyone has been to an Ikea and probably have bought something from Ikea. The franchise is originally from Sweden and builds its image on the same thing across the world. Simplicity, blue & yellow colors and weird Swedish names for its products. I find it very interesting how a … More Ikea and it’s simplicity
Making sense of art and design industries 