Products, Design, Art, Fashion and other things that we find cool, interesting, provocative and simply brilliant
Didn’t you get your gift wrapped at the store – don’t panic – help is right here.
If you are a skilled at wrapping gifts – nothing new here! But if you are like most of us, and don’t know the Zen of wrapping you might want to watch this video. In just one minute Peter Elmegaard – our Flagship store director will show you how easy it is to gift wrap.
This is the Swedish bank SEB… nothing interesting about that. But take a look at how the brand new SEB HQ in CPH interacts with the surroundings. Note that the architects (Danes of cause) have made holes in the deck – to give room for the trees. What a awesome thing to do. The front of the building is created so that it looks like a Swedish mountain side with trees, bushes, grass and and moss… when the result is this beautiful we don’t mind having a bit of Sweden in Denmark!
Pictures by tsaaby
This Thursday, the 26th 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.
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.
How do you get more people to ride their bikes in the city? – you simply design the streets so they reflect how you would like the traffic to flow. This picture above is from Store Kongensgade – a street which will take you straight to the very center of Copenhagen (Kongens Nytorv)… nothing interesting about that! But take a closer look at the dividing white line on the pavement. Busses and bikes co-exist in the wide lane where as the cars have to settle with just one narrow lane… which is probably the reason why it’s much faster to get around Copenhagen by bike than by car… now you know!
At Normann Copenhagen we love great design, also if it is not our own. Can you guess who the designer behind these lamps is?
In February 2010 the Heima candlestick won the world-famous design competition IF Product Design Award 2010. Today we got a very nice letter saying that Heima is nominated for the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2011. The Design Award is the highest official recognition for design excellence in Germany… which makes us quite proud. Way to go Heima, wir drücken die Daumen.
Watch a video interview with the Francis Cayouette where he talks about the Heima design.
At Normann Copenhagen we love flowers (Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C). Yesterday we spotted this flower facade right in the center of Copenhagen (Kongens Nytorv).
More companies should seize the idea and hide their boring grey concrete facades behind a curtain of flowers… would make everybody happier and the company smell better.
Tonight at 20.30 (Copenhagen time) its Earth Hour and people across the globe will turn their light off for an hour. We think its a great way to put focus on our enviroment and of course to have fun in the dark!
Don´t want to be left in the “spotlight” and be better at turning off the light… every day. Need a bit of help? Head for our homepage where we have prepared a live demo with two of our most popular lamps. The Norm 69 lamp and the Norm 03. See you in the dark.
Last night, we attended the Danish e-business award show hosted by FDIH at the beautiful old Danish stock exchange in Copenhagen. We were nominated in the category: Social Media… and won. We are proud to be recognized for our use of online media, but to be honest, the real award is how much closer the use of online technology has brought us to… you.
Have a nice weekend
Michael Rying
Online Sales & Brand Manager
