Spotted by Normann Copenhagen

Help us redesign the Spotted by Normann Copenhagen blog

Published September 7, 2010 Tech. 2 Comments
Tags: redesign, blogdesign, best pratice

The layout you are looking at right now has been around for a couple of years. It has been serving us well – being the home for more than 800 blogposts and soon reader numer 500.000 will enter the blog. Besides the blog we have been busy building a online shop, a video site, a Flickr archive, a twitter profile and a Facebook fan page.

Now the time has come where we have outgrown our blog… it’s time for something new!

And this is where we thought of you – our dear blog reader. We need your help, your input and your ideas. Where do we turn to if we want to see the best of the best bloggers? Who has the coolest functions, a outstanding archive… that actually works. Or do you prefer the blog just the way it is today? – share your thoughts and comments (click the “Leave a Comment” link) and we promise you we will keep you involved throughout the redesign process.

p.s. this is NOT a design pitch so if you are a digital agency please proceed to the next blog post.

Vote & Win a Krenit bowl

Published September 2, 2010 Our Products 37 Comments
Tags: skål, vote

We are just about to reintroduce the iconit Krenit bowls designed in 1953 by Herbert Krenchel. You may recognize the classic black, white and red colors. But we extended the color range to also include Lime, Purple and Turquoise. Now our question to you is:

Win a Krenit bowl size Ø25
If you would like to win your favorite Krenit color, just write your favorite Krenit color, name and email address the comment field above so that we can contact you if you win. We will draw two winners among those who participate before September 21st.

ps. we will not use the email addresses for anything else than contacting the winners.

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And the winner is!

Published August 26, 2010 Art , Design , People , Places , Respect Leave a Comment
Tags: Norway, Siren, Timetodesign, Watch

This Thursday, the 26^th August, the winner of the Time to Design award was announced. The award was presented at an event at the Danish Art Workshops. Designers from 34 nations had applied for this year’s competition, but there was only one winner.

Siren Elise Wilhelmsen, this year’s winner of the Time to Design Award

We are proud to announce this year’s winner; the 28-year-old Siren Elise Wilhelmsen from Norway.
She won with her design project Developing Time – Time Developing. The winning project is a development of her graduation project from the University of Arts Berlin.

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Behind the scenes of Light Tower

Published August 25, 2010 Design , Our Products , People Leave a Comment
Tags: Light Tower, candlestick, made by makers

Light Tower is a sculpture. A sculpture made by aluminum. Well, actually Light Tower is a tea-light candlestick for five tea-lights. Why the name Light Tower? It looks like a tower and it is a tower. A tower full of lights. Light Tower is one of our newest products which will be in stores later this fall.

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Spot the Normann Copenhagen product

Published August 24, 2010 Design , Fashion Leave a Comment

This picture just came in. It is from the Dutch magazine Perscentrum Wonen and a pretty nice picture. By the way, did you notice one of our products? – if not click below.

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It’s time!

Published August 24, 2010 Design , People , Places , Uncategorized Leave a Comment
Tags: time to design, Talent, awards

It is time to announce the winner of the Time to Design award 2010. We are proud yet again to participate in the award by showing and following the new young design talent for the next months.

This year’s award ceremony will take place on Thursday 26^th of August at 2pm to 4pm at the Danish Art Workshops and you are invited. At the premises at Strandgade 27B, Director of the Danish Art Workshops Frederik Hardvendel will welcome you to this year’s award ceremony followed by a panel discussion ”Design Your Career”.

The Panel, from left; Enrico Fratesi from GamFratesi, Thomas Lykke, design director OEO, Anders Byriel, director of Kvadrat, Stine Gam from GamFratesi and Jesper Pagh, designer and co – founder of Link Up.

The panel will have a discussion about how you make it in the design business. With a panel consisting of one from the producer side, one from the design side and one from the consulting industry, the discussion provides different angles on how to make it as a designer. An issue which may have multiple answers, depending on which side of the industry you are from.

After the winner has been announced, the winner presents the winning project – we can’t wait!

Come and be inspired by other successful people from the design industry.

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Our taste of cars: Cute N´Compact in Copenhagen

Published August 23, 2010 Design , Tech. Leave a Comment
Tags: Fiat 500, loudspeakers, Luigi

Let’s face it. Cars don’t really belong in big cities any longer. Not much fun about a car that does 0-60 mph in 4.0 sec. when you are stuck in traffic most of the time! Either sell the car and buy a bike or get a car that is cute, fun and easy to park. Today we spotted this baby in the backyard of the Normann Copenhagen HQ.

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Milk & Cookie

Published August 20, 2010 Food Leave a Comment

The weekend is approaching fast and it is time to relax. At the Normann HQ we ended the day with homemade cookies and milk.

Get Helle Christensens amazing recipe and see the super slow motion footage after the click below.

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Urban Underground

Published August 20, 2010 Art 1 Comment
Tags: Dancing in the Metro, No Stress, underground

If you have been travelling with the Metro in Copenhagen this week, you might have noticed that something is different at the metro stop at Kongens Nytorv.

The lights are turned down low, nice ambience sounds are playing and on the walls, moving images are displayed turning the metro into a big cinema canvas putting the metro-passengers right in the middle.

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Meet tomorrow’s designers – today

Published August 20, 2010 Art , Design , People , Places , Respect , Spotted elsewhere 1 Comment
Tags: DKDS, Carlsberg, Warehouse, FAQ, design talents

Carlsberg’s raw warehouse at Pasteursvej 4, currently form the framework for the Danish Design Schools annual graduate show. It is an exhibition where the 75 new design talents have the opportunity to show their talent to the public.

This year’s concept is based on the term FAQ, which refers to a list of frequently asked questions about a given topic and replies. We often ask the same questions and therefore are the response from the designer interesting for many.

Many found their way into the raw warehouse, despite the very rainy weather.

Dis[Play] by Lena Vogelius is a multifunctional furniture that is a reminiscent of an accordion as it can be pulled together. Dis[Play] is found to rethink traditional storage methods and the way we use them.

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