What we do - and what we don't do...

The Design Council is a national strategic body for design in Norway. Our aim is to communicate the benefits of design to Norwegian businesses.

Our aim is to increase Norwegian businesses´ understanding, knowledge and use of design as a tool for innovation. In order to achieve this we:

• Give companies advice on how to use design as a strategic resource and source for innovation
• Promote the innovative effects of design through our website, publications, workshops, seminars and exhibitions
• Collaborate with other organizations - such as Innovation Norway - in order to make design accessible to companies all over Norway
• International promotion of Norwegian design and Norwegian designers

Funding of design projects

The Design Council is a strategic body, so we don't offer funding or endorsements directly to individuals. However, we have established some funding schemes through our partnership with Innovation Norway and The Norwegian Research Council (SkatteFUNN).
NRC SkatteFunn | Innovation Norway Design Services

I need a designer - can you recommend someone?

As a government-funded organisation, we have to remain impartial, but we have a consultancy service where our consultants may assist in establishing and carrying out design based business development projects.
Read more about our services

We can also recommend alternative sources of information, such as the below:
Innovation Norway
The Association for Graphic Designers (Grafill)
The Association for Industrial Designers (NID)