Solveig Johannessen

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  • 2013

    Operation Cork Twenty Twelve
    - a joker in the edifice consumption model

    “Operation Cork Twenty Twelve” is project where discarded wine corks are used to investigate the ethical, social and cultural implications of the product-production-consumption paradigm. Originally a natural resource from Portugal, cork material has been displaced around the globe through its product life-cycle in the form of bottle stoppers. I question the model of manifesting value...

  • 2012

    As part of the Design Camp 2012 I joined a team of four international and Danish students that were given the slightly daunting task of working with the municipality of Kolding with some of their major challenges. The intention was to merge nudging and design methods to create a tangible, measureable design solution that would create a positive behavior change. Kolding Municipality wanted to create more flow and city pulse.

    “There is a common perception that the city...

  • 2012

    OSSA is the result of a third year collaborative design project together with Krystin Clarke. The brief was to create an occasional folding chair in solid wood that could be used both indoors and outdoors. We were provided with Western Larch for this project, an indigenous wood species that is well suited the climate and outdoor environment.

    The folding chair OSSA is an occasional dining chair designed for use both indoors and outdoors. It is constructed to evoke surprise and ...

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