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The Mental Note candelabras derive from a mental note that simply said: What if this material and technique that so often have played the supporting role in many of my projects for once could act as the main character? These aluminium tubes and their plastic joints have due to their lack of attitude served well … Continue reading Mental Note
These are two commissioned pieces for the Nordiska Galleriet Malmö store. They were installed when the long time design store and gallery Olsson & Gerthel was incorparated in the Nordiska Galleriet group 2023.
Free Applications is a 3D-printed chair based on a rough model of a chair in 1:10 scale. Free, easy-to-use programmes were used for its design and modelling, allowing mistakes generated by the misinterpretations of AI technology at different stages of production. The search for a quick and flexible process in turn led toward a new … Continue reading Free Applications
The 2nd edition of the book about the practice of Jenny Nordberg. Published in 2023 by Nilleditions. “Strategies for Moving Freely presents a selection of Swedish designer Jenny Nordberg”s distinctive work. Covering a decade of explorations into new ways of imagining and approaching contemporary design, this revised edition is published on the occasion of her … Continue reading Strategies for Moving Freely 2nd Edition
LINK TO VIDEO Text by Henriette Noermark “Transport is absolutely crucial to the machinery of global production, but, given that it still makes huge use of fossil fuels, it is also one of the most problematic elements. During the pandemic, we saw what happens when transport does not work. We have become totally dependent on … Continue reading Active Cargo
Open Infinity’s shape is directly picked up from a container and then reproduced fifty times over. The curve’s predetermined shape makes the design process more effective as many steps can be excluded. The result is a suggestion — ”it could be like this” The 100% scrap-based steel wire is bent into shape in Värnamo, Småland. … Continue reading Open Infinity
– How do you decide if a smile is true ”One early morning during the covid winter of 2021 I had a rich and vivid dream. I woke up with a clear image of a smiling chair with alluring eyes. I tried to draw it immediately but it was impossible to describe and capture the … Continue reading Positive Enough
Designer of the year – Swedish Design Awards by RUM 2022 So happy. So honored. Thank you to the jury and to byRUM ❤ WATCH VIDEO >>> Motivation: With inspiring playfulness, Jenny Nordberg has taken on everything from lamps made of leftover metal to jewelery made of composite office material. With her creative approach to … Continue reading 22.02.03 DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
A 2 meter long cup made during Covid 2021 for the Between Objects project. Shown at The Classen Library during Copenhagen Art Week and at QB Gallery in Oslo, Norway.
The Accumulations lamp was born during the exhibition with the same name, Accumulations, shown at Olsson & Gerthel in 2020. “The exhibition Accumulations (September 9-26, 2020) at Olsson & Gerthel is based on a library of rejected elements, which through Nordberg’s disruptions are given new function and potential. In the performative presentation, she joints these … Continue reading Accumulations Lamp