Like fruit or plant bulbs, the Juice vases look like they are growing upwards, telling the growth story of the flowers inside. The juicy colors, large formats and bold stripes makes a vivid impression with or without flowers. The vases are made with the traditional filigrana technique, giving each vase a unique expression.
The Juice vase is produced by HAY, and comes in three different versions. Read more here.
Producer: HAY
The ESP scarves and bags are part of Kristine Five Melvær’s collab with ESP and Røros Tweed. The collab is launched as part of the ESP AW 2019 collection. ESP is the fashion brand of Elisabeth Stray Pedersen, an entrepreneur who also runs the Lillunn factory in Oslo. Since both the factory and Melvær had a history with Røros Tweed, and valued their exquisite quality, it was natural to ask them to produce the textile.
This means that the garments have a full Norwegian value chain. A carefully sorted blend of Norwegian lambs wool is carded, spun, twisted, dyed, woven and finished at Røros Tweed´s facilities in Røros, before the textile is sown into garments at the Lillunn factory in Oslo. The textile is specially designed for each product, with graphic motifs that relates to the three-dimensional shapes. This acts as a visualization of the close dialogue between and geographical closeness of the three partners, and is also a contrast to the repetitive patterns of fast fashion.
The inspiration behind the garments is about strength. The expression is graphic and powerful, inspired by athletic motifs such as the seam of a baseball and the lines of sports fields. The bags also have names inspired by this theme, and their function is ment to help to get things done. Whether you carry what you need for a meeting in the large Getting There Bag or have your arms free when using the smaller On Track Bag, or use the yoga belt that acts as a carrier strap on the Time Out Yoga Bag during your training. The Gear Up Scarf can be used as a scarf, cape or small blanket, adapting to the different situations of everyday life.
Photo: Torjus Berglid
Model: Silje Mari / Heartbreak
Styling: Elisabeth Stray Pedersen
Makeup: Charlotte Wold
Producer: ESP / Røros Tweed
The Heymat+ series consists of three different three-dimensional motifs that inspire to a calm and peaceful presence as you pass the doorstep.
In the three designs, the monochrome colors and the three-dimensional motifs are tied together. The motifs are inspired by soothing, sensual expressions that are linked to sand, water and vegetation. The Sand mat is inspired by meditative Japanese Zen Gardens. The Sjø mat is inspired by calming waves that roll across the ocean. The Strå mat is inspired by grass that sway in a warm summer breeze.
Heymat + has a rough textured surface that has an even better absorption capacity than the existing collection. The mats are specifically designed for outdoor use, and the surface is made from 100% recycled material. The three mats comes in two different sizes – 60x90 cm and 87x130 cm.
Heymat launched its first collection in January of 2016. With 60 years experience from leasing mats to commercial and industrial enterprises, entrepreneurs Sonja and Thoralf have unique knowledge of what keeps dirt and sand from passing the doorstep. Heymat teamed up with some of the best designers in Norway in order to transform an industrial product to a beautiful design item. The mats are sold in stores in Norway, Japan, USA and Canada, or shipped world wide when ordered through the web page www.heymat.com.
Photos: Sofie Brovold
Styling: Kirsten Visdal
Syndin is a playful take on classic, geometrical shapes, with colors inspired by the nature of the beautiful mountain area of Syndin, Norway. The series consists of throws and pillows in five different color combinations. The Syndin pillow has a different front and back, and can be turned around to add some change to the room. Find more information here.
Studio photos: Tom Gustavsen
Other photos: Inger Marie Grini
Styling: Silje Aune Eriksen
Producer: Røros Tweed
The Soft Bowl creates a sculptural landscape that can be used to storage, present and eat fruit. The fluid shapes makes the static wood appear plastic. The bowl comes in solid beech wood and solid walnut wood. The Soft Bowls are produced by the Belgian producer When Objects Work. The Soft Vase series was launched as an extension of the Soft Bowl series in 2014.
Material: Beech wood / Walnut wood.
Producer: When Objects Work
Photos: When Objects Work / Inger Marie Grini
VAVA is a stackable stool that combines classical elements in a new way. The name is inspired by the legs which moves up and down around the stool in a steady rhythm, giving the furniture its recognizable character. The legs have an unusual angle, turning inwards in one axis and outwards in another axis. This adds to the characteristic expression, while at the same time giving stability. The seat looks like it rests lightly on the structure below, but is fixed to the structure with discreet plugs.
VAVA is currently developed by Elementa, and will be pre-launched at the Norwegian Presence 2019 exhibition in Milan.
Material: Ash wood treated with white pigmented oil or lacquered in matt black laquer.
Photos: Erik Five Gunnerud / Ann Holmgren
Producer: Elementa
The ESP scarves and bags are part of Kristine Five Melvær’s collab with ESP and Røros Tweed. The collab is launched as part of the ESP AW 2019 collection. ESP is the fashion brand of Elisabeth Stray Pedersen, an entrepreneur who also runs the Lillunn factory in Oslo. Since both the factory and Melvær had a history with Røros Tweed, and valued their exquisite quality, it was natural to ask them to produce the textile.
This means that the garments have a full Norwegian value chain. A carefully sorted blend of Norwegian lambs wool is carded, spun, twisted, dyed, woven and finished at Røros Tweed´s facilities in Røros, before the textile is sown into garments at the Lillunn factory in Oslo. The textile is specially designed for each product, with graphic motifs that relates to the three-dimensional shapes. This acts as a visualization of the close dialogue between and geographical closeness of the three partners, and is also a contrast to the repetitive patterns of fast fashion.
The inspiration behind the garments is about strength. The expression is graphic and powerful, inspired by athletic motifs such as the seam of a baseball and the lines of sports fields. The bags also have names inspired by this theme, and their function is ment to help to get things done. Whether you carry what you need for a meeting in the large Getting There Bag or have your arms free when using the smaller On Track Bag, or use the yoga belt that acts as a carrier strap on the Time Out Yoga Bag during your training. The Gear Up Scarf can be used as a scarf, cape or small blanket, adapting to the different situations of everyday life.
Photo: Torjus Berglid
Model: Silje Mari / Heartbreak
Styling: Elisabeth Stray Pedersen
Makeup: Charlotte Wold
Producer: ESP / Røros Tweed
Following the concept of the wooden Soft Bowls, these colourful vases express the same fluid shapes with the overlapping transparency of glass. The series consists of twelve vases with three sizes in burgundy, green, blue or transparent glass. The Soft Vases are produced by the Belgian producer When Objects Work.
Material: Transparent and colored glass.
Producer: When Objects Work
Photos: When Objects Work / Erik Five Gunnerud / Inger Marie Grini
The Mikkel series combine inspiration from the Bauhaus movement and Norwegian traditional weaving on one side with a contemporary and exploratory use of color on the other. While working with the series, Melvær combined her two disciplines of industrial design and graphic design.
The series is made by the Norwegian manufacturer Røros Tweed. A carefully sorted blend of the finest Norwegian wool is carded, spun, twisted, dyed, woven and finished at their factories in Norway. The series consists of regular size blankets, children’s blankets, baby blankets and pillows. All of the products are available in four different color combinations.
The Mikkel blankets and Naturpledd blankets won Best Textiles in the 2015 ICFF Editor´s Awards.
Manufacturer: Røros Tweed
Material: Norwegian wool
Photos: Erik Five Gunnerud / Røros Tweed
The Seasons vases are inspired by the shifting colors of nature through a year.
The first vase is inspired by cherry blossoms and bright green leaves against the clear spring sky. The second vase dives into the summer sea with algae on the bottom and waves on top. The third vase shows golden autumn leaves gradually covering the green ground. The fourth vase interprets winter snow gently falling to the ground.
The pattern of the mouth blown vases are made using a technique that gives every vase an unique motif.
Material: Colored glass
Photos: Erik Five Gunnerud
Pop is a range of outdoor furniture consisting of eleven products: three types of benches, a table, three urban partitions and four planters. The series gives a light impression, despite the solid construction. The construction is inspired by a branch, with a change in dimension from the sturdy legs to the leaner tubes, which hold the leaf-like perforated sheets. The nature-inspired motifs interpreted in a classic industrial language position the series in the tension between architecture and nature.
Producer: Vestre
Find more information here.
The Soap Dish is Kristine Five Melvær’s third collaboration with When Objects Work.
The process of designing the soap dish startet with a brief from When Objects Work, where the goal was to make a soap dish with the best possible function. A problem with many soap dishes is that the soap gets soaked in water after repeatedly use. The water resolves the soap, which often gets stuck in a grooved surface which is hard to clean. No matter how good the soap is, the soap dish makes what could have been a small, but sensuous ritual of washing ones hands into a moment of frustration.
The answer to these problems lies in the shape of the object. The object has large cuts with a diagonal shape, which leads the water of the soap dish. The shape of the cuts makes the dish easy to clean, and the height of the dish elevates and presents the soap in a nice manner.
While the shape mainly derives from the function of the object, the piece has a strong, sculptural quality. The clean lines and geometric shadows of the object resonates well with the striking architecture which often surrounds the When Objects Work products.
The soap dishes are, like all When Objects Work objects, made with a strong focus on quality. The soap dish is made in six variants – oak wood, walnut wood, Portoro marble, black marble, white marble and travertine stone. The different materials adds different qualties to the object, in terms of tactility, weight and temperature.
The Soap Dish series was awarded Accessory of the Year at the Bo Bedre Design Awards 2016.
Manufacturer: When Objects Work
Images: When Objects Work
The Portør pillows have different motifs on each side, with vivid gradients defined by a digital line on one of the sides and a vertical line on the other. The colors are inspired by the shifting horizons and summer skies of the Norwegian South Coast.
Material: Norwegian Wool
Producer: Røros Tweed
Photos: Røros Tweed
Liv is a series of vases and torches made of mouth blown glass. The different shapes inspires a varied and playful use, and works well both individually and in groups. The vases are made of transparent glass. This gives the flowers light, and the user a full view of the content, while at the same time defining the space around it. The lantern comes in both transparent and dark cobalt blue glass. The cobalt blue lantern makes the light within it appear like the moon on a dark night sky.
In four of the objects, the glass is shaped like a hood that embraces the content. The flowers or light get their own defined space, emphasizing them as the focal point, and giving them extra value. Accordingly, the vases are also suitable for one single flower. The glass hood can also support the flower by holding it up or help it climb.
The fifth vase is a large object with a dramatic curve on top, where the flowers can climb. The shape and size of the vase makes it reminiscent of a large tree that towers over the other vases, an association that is underlined by the organic shapes of the entire series. The sixth vase is a small object with a narrow neck. It can for example accommodate a handful of wildflowers on the windowsill or a single wild rose on the nightstand.
Material: Mouth blown glass
Photos: Erik Five Gunnerud
The Åsmund blankets and pillows have clean geometric shapes which are softened by rich and sensous palettes. The series is inspired by textile art and woolen tapestries, interpreted in a contemporary manner.
The series consists of six pillows and six blankets. There are two blanket motives and two pillow motives, which comes in three color palettes – pink/green, yellow/purple and red/turquise. Both of the pillow designs have a different front and back. This means that the pillow can be turned around to display a different motif.
The products are made by the Norwegian manufacturer Røros Tweed. A carefully sorted blend of the finest Norwegian wool is carded, spun, twisted, dyed, woven and finished at their factories in Norway.
Manufacturer: Røros Tweed
Material: Norwegian wool
Photos: Erik Five Gunnerud
The Oui vase is a collaboration between Torbjørn Anderssen and Kristine Five Melvær on the occasion of their wedding. While they normally work in their individual firms Kristine Five Melvær Design and Anderssen & Voll, they thought it would be great to make an object that would symbolize their wedding. After some initial sketching they felt that the content of the project could have relevance to other couples as well.
The Oui vase facilitates a personal everyday ritual for people in love. The vase is pinched together at the top into a feature that resembles a seal. The divided top part encourages a new way to make a bouquet; the two individuals of a couple can bring their own respective contributions to the vase, and thus it becomes an expression of the two units that make up the pair. A peony stolen in a neighbour’s garden along with a fern from the forest edge picked while jogging. A sprig bridal veil along with a poppy. An artichoke combined with some pine branches.
The complex shape of the Oui vases challenges the glass blowers to bring their very best performance. Every vase is stamped into shape, and then the top section is cut, pinched and shaped by hand to make each vase into a unique piece.
Material: Mouth blown glass
Photos: Erik Five Gunnerud
The five posters in the Colour Fold poster series for Paper Collective are inspired by the lively and organic origins of the paper, with soft curves and rich colour palettes.
The posters are offset printed on archival quality, FSC certified paper, produced in Denmark under the Swan certification system.
In collaboration with their contributing artists, Paper Collective donate 10% of all sales of their art prints to a good cause.
Producer: Paper Collective
Photos: Erik Five Gunderud / Inger Marie Grini
Flower styling: Moa Nordahl
The motifs of the Naturpledd blankets are inspired by the woolen thread itself and the different techniques that can make it into decorative and functional structures; weaving, braiding, knotting and balling. While working with the blankets, Melvær combined her two disciplines of industrial design and graphic design.
The Naturpledd series contains only the sheep´s natural colors – excluding all dyestuffs and additives – resulting in a 100% natural product. The blankets are made by the Norwegian manufacturer Røros Tweed. Røros Tweed has been weaving high quality wool products since 1940, building on a local tradition for textile craftsmanship that goes back centuries.
A carefully sorted blend of Norwegian wool is carded, spun, twisted, dyed, woven and finished at the company´s facilities in Norway – ensuring total insight and control of all quality aspects of the product.
The Naturpledd blankets and Mikkel blankets won Best Textiles in the 2015 ICFF Editor´s Awards.
Manufacturer: Røros Tweed
Material: Norwegian wool
Photos: Erik Five Gunnerud
The Dew vases are colored on the inside and have sandblasted stripes on the outside. This creates shadows inside the glass wall, adding depth and texture to the monochrome color.
Material: Sandblasted glass
Photos: Erik Five Gunnerud
Flower styling: Moa Nordahl
The Else vase has a graphic motif draped around the vase neck like a bold piece of jewelry. The motif both emphasizes and challenges the shape of the object.
The vase explores the variation between the subtle differences in color and the contrast between glossy and matte. This is done by the use of two colored layers with related shades. The upper part of the object shows the glossy top color, while the lower part is sandblasted to reveal the bottom layer of color.
Material: Colored glass
Dimensions: W 300 mm H 295 mm
The Marie vase is blown in one single color that changes character with the dramatic curves of the object. The narrow sections of the vase are perceived as intense and opaque, while the curvy part is stretched and becomes more transparent. This way, the shape of the vase and the manipulation of transparency tells the same story.
W 300 mm H 230 mm
Photos: Erik Five Gunnerud
Heymat is a new Norwegian brand, who brings doormats with industrial quality to the home market. In addition to the traditional doormat size, the mats are available in two larger sizes, which does an even better job.
The Mix doormat is inspired by color mixing and woven textiles. The Spot doormats is decorated with colored spheres overlapping and creating new hues. The Heim doormat welcomes you home with the motive of a warm and inviting home that lights up in the blue hour, surrounded by Norwegian nature. The Hand doormat is decorated with hand-drawn lines that formes a grid which softens the strictly rectangular format.
Producer: Heymat
Material: Nylon
Photos: Nadia Norskott and Sofie Brovold
Styling: Kirsten Visdal and Kristine Five Melvær
The Liquid Light series is part of the Still Life project, where Melvær reinterprets traditional still life motives.
Liquid Light is a birch wood plate holding a glass carafe and a brass socket for a candle. When the carafe is filled with liquid and the light is lit, the carafe works as a lens that amplifies the light. The light is colored by the liquid and gives a glowing light to the dinner tables in the Scandinavian winter evenings. The object is inspired by the Cobbler’s Lamp from the 17th Century.
Materials: Birch wood, brass socket, glass.
Photos: Erik Five Gunnerud
The Spring lamps stretch towards the ceiling like living flowers. The size of the lamps, with the tallest measuring two metres, gives the impression of a glowing forest. When the lamp is turned on, the flesh-toned textile changes from opaque to transparent.
The Spring lamps were exhibited for the first time during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2013.
Materials: Welded steel cord structure, elastic textile coating, textile-covered electrical cord
Photos: Erik Five Gunnerud
The Multi lantern consists of two glass bubbles, one of them outside the other. The opaque inner bubble gives the light source an organic shape. The transparent outer bubble captures and exhibits the light. The two intersecting colors creates a new, more complex hue. Multi can also be used as a vase or as a light sculpture that interprets sunlight as color on the table. Multi’s function changes during the year. In the dark months the object glows. In the bright months the object displays the sunlight and flowers.
Material: Colored glass
Photos: Erik Five Gunnerud
The Frutti bowl has a lip that bends upwards, joining up with the fruit inside. The contrasts in size, hue and gloss give the two bowls different personalities. The parallel tiling of the wood produces an almost braided look, like the layers are intertwined. The bowls change character with the content, resembling bowls when filled with something and wooden vases when herbs or flowers peek out.
Materials:
Light bowl: Hand-turned beech wood.
Dark bowl: Hand-turned and oiled walnut wood.
Photos: Erik Five Gunnerud
The Ray lamps question the stereotypical lamp. They relate to the archetype but challenge the way we perceive it. Reminiscent of a scenery or a sketch, the lamp reveals the light source completely, but at the same time creates distinctions between light source and lit space.
The two Ray lamps have different skeletal proportions and their textile skins have slightly different color shades. When paired together they make a couple.
The unusual appearance and large sizes makes the Ray lamps into functional sculptures, suitable for a living room space. Referring both to skin and intimate clothing, the bedroom makes another natural habitat for the lamps. The partially hidden light source triggers other connotations such as domestic scenes viewed through net curtains or the sun through a warm, misty sky.
Materials: Welded steel cord structure, Elastic textile coating, Textile-covered electrical cord.
Photos: Erik Five Gunnerud
The Norwegian T produces well designed, sustainable, screen printed T-shirts to for the quality conscious tourists visiting Norway. The KFM T-shirt interprets the Norwegian nature using red and blue rasters.
Photo: Dag Knudsen
Light Jars
The family of Light Jars captures the light and displays it as the precious treasure it is. By placing beloved objects and trinkets in them, the lamps can literally be filled with personal meaning.
The members of the Light Jars family all have different postures and proportions, but the same neck size. The lid holding the light source resembles the power plug on the other end of the cord, considering the poetic notion of power transmission as a life-giving source.
Materials: Hand-turned oak, Mouth-blown glass, Textile-covered electrical cord.
Photos: Erik Five Gunnerud
The Sunday lamps are inspired by long, relaxing sunday breakfasts, with candles glowing in the cool Norwegian air, setting the mood.
The light source is placed in the upper part of the body, giving added focus to the detail on top. This creates a dynamic object despite the clean-cut profile. The reference to the block candle is made quite subtle. This facilitates for a wider range of associations.
Materials: Flashed glass body blown in hand-made mould, Oak plug, Textile-covered electrical cord.
Photos: Erik Five Gunnerud
In the Moa lamp, the traditional rigid base and transparent top have changed places. Thus the light and tinted glass blend with the surface underneath, adding texture to the light. The lamp comes in two different shapes and six colours, forming different characters with the same DNA. Two of the lamp tops are stained, which lets the reds in the glass interact with the reds in the wood. Like my friend Moa smiles at you from under her bangs, the lamp lights up your day from under its hat.
Materials: Hand turned beech wood, tinted glass in hand-made mould, textile-covered electrical cord.
Photos: Erik Five Gunnerud
Like fruits or plant bulbs, the Obelix vases look like they are growing upwards, telling the growth story of the flowers inside. The care exhibited in the hand-made stoneware is continued through an experimental lacquering process that plays with the thickness and texture of the lacquer. The quality of the lacquer creates rough and smooth surfaces mimicking the skin of plants, fruits and vegetables. The juicy colours and brave stripes make the vases stand out with or without flowers. The vases come in three shapes and nine colour combinations.
The Obelix vases were exhibited for the first time during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2013.
Materials: Hand-turned, lacquered stoneware.
Photos: Erik Five Gunnerud
Bloom is a series of three table lamps inspired by forms from the nature. Like big drops, the shades may be associated with buds, fruits or water, while the seams in the construction are reminiscent of fibers. The steel structures have different heights, which contribute to the association of organic bodies.
Materials: Welded steel structure, printed canvas.
Photos: Erik Five Gunnerud
