Tag Archives: Norway

Playing For Time

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

During the past two years, I’ve had the opportunity to see the impact of climate change up close in Alaska and in Iceland. It’s beyond depressing to observe the dramatic retreat of ancient glaciers. Greenpeace continues to try and raise … Continue reading →

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Oslo is a Scream

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Norwegian artists Steffen Kverneland and Monica Tollnes recently teamed up to bring a street art twist to Edvard Munch’s iconic work “The Scream”. The mural, in central Oslo’s Tøyen neighborhood, is based on a magazine cover by cartoonist and illustrator … Continue reading →

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Don’t Stare At The Naked People

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Brian D. Butler
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Life in Miniature

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

If you have ever hiked, biked, or driven through Norway’s magnificent fjord country, then you know that the towering mountain routes provide an otherworldly perspective on the boats, buildings, vehicles, and people below. Amsterdam-based videographer/designer/musician Martijn Dooland’s trippy time-lapse/tilt-shift video … Continue reading →

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Another Reason to Envy Norwegians

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

This year a design competition was held by the Norwegian government to update the nation’s passports and identity documents. The winning designs came from Oslo-based Neue Design Studio, which created a modern minimalist look with some very cool secret features. … Continue reading →

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Library Trip

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

This award-winning animated short by Norwegian students Tord Torpe and Magnus Nyquist is a psychedelic celebration of the library at the Bergen Academy of Art and Design.

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Just Norway

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

Norway: a time-lapse adventure is the result of a five month, 15,000 kilometer road trip across Norway from the southern fjords to the Russian border in the Finnmark. This extraordinary video is the work of the gifted young photographer Morten Rustad, … Continue reading →

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Future Library

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

Future Library is a public art project by Scottish artist Katie Paterson, which will slowly unfold over the next 100 years in the city of Oslo, Norway.A thousand trees have been planted in Normarka, a forest just outside Oslo. It … Continue reading →

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Unplug With A Book

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

The Oslo, Norway-based design and brand agency Anti & Grandpeople has created a fun, pithy print ad campaign for the Norlis bookstore company. They designed a series of clever ads combining book covers to be read as phrases urging us … Continue reading →

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Winter in Trondheim

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

I once had the immense pleasure of spending a joyous Midsummer’s Night on a mountain above the northern Norwegian city of Trondheim. I never really considered visiting during the winter, that is until I saw this wonderful film from the … Continue reading →

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