Important building blocks of Norwegian business

STYLISH PROTECTION: Protective suit STIHL X-FIT provides forestry workers both safety, comfort and style. Photo: Synfiber

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STYLISH PROTECTION: Protective suit STIHL X-FIT provides forestry workers both safety, comfort and style. Photo: Synfiber

HEADS UP: NTNU has adopted heads to illustrate its new recruitment campaign. Photo: NTNU

IN CONTROL: The operators of offshore vessels have everything in one place with K-Master. Photo: Kongsberg Maritime

THE GUIDING STAR: Statoil's new visual identity has to work on all surfaces. Photo: Statoil

 

Oslo: This year's battle for the Honours Award for Design Excellence provides a good snapshot of the Norwegian business anno 2010: - Energy, offshore, agriculture and education.

Statoil, NTNU, Kongsberg Maritime and Synfiber is this year's four nominees for the prestigious Honor Award for Design Excellence 2010. - It is both gratifying and important that the industries that are most important to Norwegian value creation in the future, also appears to be capable of purchasing design services, says Eline Strøm-Gundersen of the Norwegian Design Council.

This year's prize is awarded by the Norwegian Design Council on Wednesday the 17th of March during the Design Day, the most important design event in Norway.

Already, the nominees are being exhibited at DogA - The Norwegian Design and Architecture Centre in Oslo.

- These are four companies that have worked very strategic and targeted with design and used it as a catalyst for innovation, which have allowed them to experience both great and exciting results and leadership roles in their industries, said Strøm-Gundersen, who is Project manager for the Award for Design Excellence.

The Nominees for the Honours Award for Design Excellence 2010 are: 

The jury nominates candidates who stand out in particular among this year's recipients of the Award for Design Excellence. Among this year's applicants, the following 4 candidates have been selected:

Project: K-Master
Client: Kongsberg Maritime
Design: Hareide Designmill
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Project: “Statoils guiding star” (New Identity for Statoil)
Client: Statoil
Design: Scandinavian Design Group
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Project: STIHL X-FIT
Client: Synfiber
Design: Synfiber
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Project: ”De kloke hodene”
Client: NTNU
Design: Agendum
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For press enquiries, please contact:

Norwegian Design Council

Eline Strøm-Gundersen
Project Manager Design Awards 
+47 23 29 25 70 
esg@norskdesign.no

Grete Kobro
Communications Director
+47 23 29 25 57 
gk@norskdesign.no

Statoil
Ole Gunnar Dokka
+47 90 21 53 76

Synfiber
Jan Fyrde
+47 90 58 93 09

NTNU
Catharina Lindheim
+47 73 59 52 35

Kongsberg Maritime
Thor Hukkelås
+47 93 02 92 83