Born in Sweden in 1976, Magnus Larsson now divides his time between Stockholm and London. With a BA (hons) in architecture from the Oxford (Brookes) School of Architecture, and a RIBA part II from the Architectural Association, he recently put forward Dune, a proposal to bacterially solidify sand dunes into a 6,000km long habitable sandstone wall spanning the African continent. The project won him a 2008 'Next Generation' Holcim Award, as well as some recognition from the likes of BLDGBLOG, Wired, and Slashdot.
www.magnuslarsson.com
Christin Malen Andreassen is the editor in chief, art director and designer of Out Of Step Magazine. She has recently come back to Oslo from New York after spending three months in the art department at the V Magazine.
She is also a freelance art director, always looking for more experience and cool things to do.
www.christinmalen.com
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Norwegian Fashion Institute is a non-profit organization established to raise the profile and potential of Norwegian Fashion. Its foremost task is to stimulate those who contribute to creating strong fashion brands and products and services. Gisle Mardal is their first Manager. He holds a BA in Fashion Design with Marketing from Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, London, and a MA Innovation and Entrepreneurship from BI. Oslo
www.norwegianfashioninstitute.com
Johan Verde is a prolific Industrial designer and art director for BeyondRisør. From the standpoint of Risør and Norwegian designers BeyondRisør aims to create a platform to break down boundaries and unleash innovation locally, nationally and internationally.
www.beyondrisor.no
Vulkan Eiendom is an urban development project that will bind the city together. It will create a future-oriented district housing Norway's first environmental class A building for Bellona, educational institutions such as Westerdals and Einar Granum, cultural institutions such as Fabrikken and Dansens Hus and also Norway's first food hall. A blend of commercial organisations interacting with independent cultural scenes, galleries and shops will transform Vulkan into a dynamic arena for business and culture.
www.vulkan-oslo.no
Stein B Kvae is the co-producer of the new Norwegian film Rottenetter from Paradox which is being released in September. The film has been marketed quite unusually with ARG - Alternate Reality Game that offers 250.000 NOK cash as the first prize. This game has become highly popular in Norway. Are Sundnes is a graduate of Westerdals School of Communication and works as an Art Director for Hyper Interaktiv in Oslo. He developed the concept of the Rottenetter game with Paradox and Nordisk film.
www.rottenetter.no
For the last 11 years T-Michael has been doing what he does best, creating stylistic mouth-watering clothing. His signature style lies in his juxtaposing of traditional sartorial heritage with quirky, clever no fuss detailing. The line includes suits, shirts, knits and coats. He will be introducing shoes and bags this autumn.
www.t-michael.com
Paula Kjerstadius has a master’s degree in visual communication and currently works at Dark Architects, where she specializes in visual communication of architecture. Julie Sjøwall Oftedal works as a journalist in Arkitektnyt and has taught communication about arts and architecture at Oslo University College and The Oslo School of Architecture and Design. She is currently doing a masters degree on the combination between visual and verbal rhetoric in branding of architectural projects.
Linn Renée Blegeberg (b.1983) has recently finished her MA at KHiO's faculty of design and was this seasons featured newcomer at Oslo Fashion Week in August 2009. She has spent the entire summer working on her collection to get it ready for the OFW-show. She loves music and dreams about traveling especially to New York.
Lambert Kamps is a Dutch designer and artist. He has made a name for himself in the unusual field of handmade inflatable art/design that supports human bodies. Kamps funds his experiments by taking on interior design projects, mostly exhibitions and special events, and tends to come up with designs that are difficult if not impossible to realize and the technique needed to make them are usually not tested before.
www.lambertkamps.com
Inni Berle has 11 years of TV experience from London as director/producer. Since moving back to Oslo earlier this year, she has been working as a producer for Future Shorts Norway as well as producing short films on a freelance basis. Elisabeth Thomassen brought Future Shorts to Norway in 2007. She holds a degree as a director from the United Kingdom and currently works as Project Manager for a graphic design company Blå Design. Future Shorts has created a rapidly expanding network that allows filmmakers the opportunity to have their work seen on the largest theatrical platform worldwide.
www.futureshorts.com
Kulturbyrået Mesén was started by Vibeke Christensen and Kristine Wessel in 1999 and they have offices in Oslo and Trondheim. The bureau develops and offers services in project development, project management, production, web development and design. Their main focus is to develop art and cultural projects in close dialogue with clients and collaborators. This year also marks their ten-year jubilee.
www.mesen.no
Aldo Monrad is a novel character made by Arne Berggren. Aschehoug publish the fifth book about Aldo, "Konfirmanten", and this October. Aldo is much more than a novel-guy, he's been a commentator in radio shows, been dramatized at Oslo Nye Teater and has since 2007 had his own regular comic strip in Aftenposten. Today you will see a different Aldo.
www.aldo-monrad.com
Richard Bowers has been touring around the world performing to sell out crowds for the last 20 years. While here in Norway he got the idea of the Cat Pack. They have just returned from their first show in London and are looking to stay and develop the concept here in Oslo. The Cat Pack is like no other group of ladies in the world. Sophisticated Sexy Charming and un petit pus Dangerous!
www.richardbowers.biz
