Blogpost by ambama. I recently read an article about the new Munch museum in Bjørvika, Oslo. The new art institution to make Oslo’s citizens proud! A grand building designed by Spanish architect Juan Herreros. It did look good when its design was first chosen and named «a tower of light». Well. This is what we got: … More «THE NEW MUSEUM OF MUNCH SUCKS!»
AIGA also known as the american institute of graphic arts is a design organization founded in 1914, that today has over 25 000 members spread across over 70 chapters and 200 student groups in the US. AIGA describes itself as a professional organization for design, and its members mainly practices communication design of various forms. … More AIGA: The American institute of graphic arts
Surviving as an independent designer in today’s design industry is not an easy career path. It’s a business market in constant change, and everyone is competing for the same clients and projects. The Norwegian design market is starting to develop into a thriving industry but is nowhere close to being a safe career path for … More Grafill – a designers helping hand
Problems in the art and design industries by Pereye19 The art industries and its markets are very diverse and consists of different types of economy. Under the term art industries there are many categories, but for simplicity, I am just going to focus on “fine arts” and “art design” in this post. Both of them … More Problems in the art and design industries
By Yzf2012 Clarion Hotel Oslo is a newly opened, unique art hotel in downtown Oslo. The hotel’s location is one of the highest developed, modern and up and coming districts in Oslo, which is called Bjørvika, but commonly known as Barcode. The hotel is more specifically located at Munch Brygge in Bjørvika with the new … More Hotel and museum hybrid
magshegs The italian brand Alessi was founded in 1921. It began selling stainless-steel equipment to Italy´s professional kitchens, a classical low-margin high-volume good for mainly professional buyers. But something changed. From the 1980s, Alessi began selling high-margin luxury goods. And today, the Italian design is sold all over the world. From Italy, to London and … More Where design and art meet
In most art, the sad but true reality exists that a lot of artists only get famous and recognized (sometimes long) after they die. Big names like Vincent van Gogh, Johannes Vermeer and Claude Monet had a lot of difficulty selling their art at the time they lived. And in the case of Monet, when … More Would 91 million dollars make you feel recognized?
by pic4sso In the art industry we might find a lot of issues, or difficulties for discussing art in the open mainstream media. We might find these difficulties because of the wide specter of what the art industry is containing. The wide specter of art goes from music to sculptures, and the differences comes with … More Mainstream
By ByhroH Holzweiler is now a world-famous fashion house based in Oslo, they celebrate individuality and focus on unique creative expressions. They have a strong passion for art and culture and the result of that is numerous art collaborations, accessories, and scarves. The vision was to build a brand that would reflect the beauty of … More Hang with us
Making sense of art and design industries 