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3D Printing will revolutionize the design profession

3D printing is becoming increasingly common in the design industry. - The quality of products is not yet perfect but it could lead to a new industrial revolution, says Steinar Killi.

04.06.2013
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The connection between product and brand

‘Branding and Product Design - An Integrated Perspective’ by the designer Monika Hestad is one of the first books to discuss key questions about the link between product and brand and the role of...

22.04.2013
 

AHO students win talent awards

AHO students took away four top prizes when the Norwegian Design Council awarded the Young Talents of 2013 at Design Day on the 17th of April.

22.04.2013
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AHO Bridge wins DNB Innovation prize

The Ulstein Bridge Concept (UBC) has won a major Norwegian prize for the best innovation idea of 2012.  This is a milestone for AHO's maritime focus, says project manager Kjetil Nordby.

13.03.2013
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Ulstein Bridge Concept won prize

Ulstein Power and Control has won DnB's regional innovation award for a bridge delivered by Ulstein Bridge Concept. This means they have qualified for the national final in March. The project is le...

08.02.2013
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AHO graduates nominated for INDEX: Award

Recent students at the Institute for design have been nominated to the INDEX: Award with the the project ‘Designing for Dignity’.

11.12.2012
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3D printer simplifies the design process

3D printing is starting to play a more important role in the work of designers. – Printing objects has revolutionized the way we produce artifacts, says students.

09.10.2012
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The media pods have moved home

Visitors to AHO will notice the alien looking pods in the lobby. These media pods were designed for Deichmannske library as a student project, and will hereafter be a permanent feature of AHO's...

06.02.2012
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Center for Design Research opened

Thursday 17 November Center for Design research opened at AHO. The center is the first in this field in Norway.

18.11.2011
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Towards an Oslo School of interaction design

The latest number of the international journal Computers and Composition  is a special issue on interaction and communication design. Guest edited by Prof. Andrew Morrison, from the Institute of...

20.10.2011
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Touch on display at MoMA

The exhibition Talk to Me at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York explores communication between people and objects that causes interaction. The research project Touch at AHO is represented...

12.08.2011
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34 candidates awarded their Masters

Friday 10th of June, 34 diploma candidates received their masters degrees at AHO.

10.06.2011
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Prize for intelligent training jacket

During this year AHO Awards, 16 awards were handed out to studio and diploma projects that have excelled. One of the winners was a diploma candidate Synne Geirsdatter Frydenberg who received the...

10.06.2011
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Students' designed pilot reseach plant

AHO design students Anders Ertsås and Manuela Aguirre have designed and built a pilot plant inside two shipping containers in cooperation with the research company Protia.

03.05.2011
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IDE joins new reseach network

The Institute of Design (IDE) at AHO is part of a new research network funded by the VERDIKT programme at the Research Council of Norway.

26.04.2011
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Seen by nearly 600.000!

Close to 600.000 people have now seen the short movie "Immaterials: Light painting WiFi", created by a team of reaseachers from AHO.

22.03.2011
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This is what the Internet looks like

A team of designers and researchers of the Oslo school of architecture and design last week launched a new film in which they visualize wireless networks in Grünerløkka, Oslo. The film "Immaterials...

08.03.2011
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More than 1000 people visited AHOs diploma exhibition at DogA

More than 350 people joined in for the opening of the exhibition AHO WORKS DIPLOMA Thursday  February 3rd. A total of over 1,000 spectators visited the AHO graduation exhibition at DogA 3-6....

07.02.2011
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Explored the edge of light

On January 21st, a group of researchers from AHOs Institute of Design and associated partners invited to the seminar Oslo Lux: Edge of Light.

28.01.2011
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Final crits autumn 2010

In week 49 and 50, there will be open crit sessions in most of the courses at AHO, where the students will present their final projects and receive a public critique. Se list:

09.12.2010
 

Car exhibition opened

On November 24th, the minister of trande and industry, Trond Giske opened the exhibition "Norwegian Car Design" in Gallery AHO.

03.12.2010
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Minister of Trade and Industry to open AHO exhibition

Minister of Trade and Industry in Norway, Trond Giske, visits AHO in relation to the opening of the exhibition "Norwegian car design" on Wednesday, November 24th.

19.11.2010
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Oslo design in Tokyo

13 Oslo-based designers - among them 5 former AHO students - have teamed up and designed 10 brand new objects for the Design Tide exhibition in Tokyo Oct.29th. – Nov.3rd, 2010.

26.10.2010
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All wired up

This autumn, design students from the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) and the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO) have worked together on an innovative project involving e-textile...

27.10.2010
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Eladio Dieste - Advancing Architecture through Material Systems Innovation

Exhibition, Symposium, and Construction Experiments @ AHO - Oslo School of Architecture and Design 04-22. October 2010.

04.10.2010
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On exhibition in Shanghai

Three projects designed by former design students at AHO are selected as part of a joint Nordic design exhibition at the World Expo in Shanghai, 1-15. October.

23.09.2010
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New book on digital design research

Andrew Morrison, professor at the AHO Institute of Design and assistant professor at Intermedia, UiO, has been a major contributor to a new book on digital design recently published by the Universi...

26.08.2010
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- AHO needs you!

Last week, close to 180 new students took  hold of their studies at AHO. – Give us all that you have - AHO needs you! was rector's message to the new arrivals.

23.08.2010
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Success with recycling machine

When the music festival Øyafestivalen was held in Oslo earlier in August, the festival audience could make use of a specially designed recycling installation designed by two industrial design...

23.08.2010
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Emphasizes "Research by Design"

The Scandinavian design research journal FORMakademisk recently published a special issue on Research by Design, guest edited by professors Andrew Morrison and Birger Sevaldson, both from the...

03.08.2010
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Fun at the museum

In spring 2010, the students of the AHO masters course in Tangible Interactions took part in a collaborative project with  the Norwegian Technical Museum.

31.07.2010
 

Design research exhibited in Barcelona

A set of specially designed sunglasses, created as part of a research project at AHO, is currently on diplay as part of the exhibition Fabrication Laboratory at the museum Disseny Hub Barcelona.

25.06.2010
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AHO invited to design competition

AHO is one of five interational design schools invited to participate in the B-CITY/GLOCAL Concept Design Awards in Bilbao this autumn.

25.06.2010
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Diploma students spring 2010

Earlier this month,  AHO said their goodbyes to a new herd of newly qualified architects, urbanists, landscape architects and designers, who now is ready to shape the world beyond the school walls.

25.06.2010
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New book: AHO Works 2010

This week AHO launches the book AHO Works . Student projects review 2010 , which aims to display the diversity and high quality of the student work produces at AHO in the last year.

09.06.2010
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Wireless in Spain

The AHO film "Wireless in the world" is being exhibited in the HABITAR exhibition at LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial in Spain.

07.06.2010
 

AHO WORKS AWARDS S2010

As part of AHO WORKS OUTLOOK Thursday June 10th, a number of awards is handed out to selected student projects in various categories.  

07.06.2010
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AHO WORKS STUDIO + DIPLOMA 8-18. June 2010

The Oslo School of Architecture and Design welcomes all to the exhibition AHO WORKS STUDIO + DIPLOMA.

03.06.2010
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Diploma spring 2010

AHO invites all to a vide variety of events in relation to the diploma examination spring 2010.

03.06.2010
 

New course catalogue and registration for courses 2010/2011

Friday May 21st, AHO publishes the new course catalogue for the academic year 2010/2011. Before May 31st, all students must register for courses for the upcoming autumn and spring semester.

21.05.2010
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Sustainable AHO design in Berlin

The design project BOUY, by AHO design student Adrian Paulsen, has been selected for the exhibition “bright green design” in Berlin June 8 – 13. The exhibition aims to enhance the focus on...

19.05.2010
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Research rewarded with success

As the result of a targeted effort, the research environment at AHOs Institute of Design can point to several successes in 2010, such as peer reviewed journal publications, large research grants an...

07.05.2010
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Shortlisted for MoMA exhibition

The movie "Immaterials: The ghost in the field", produced as part of the research project Touch at AHO, has been shortlisted for an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York in 2011.

22.04.2010
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Received special mention in Milan

Silje Søfting and Eva Marit Tøftum, who recently graduated from AHO, received "special mention" in the Design Report Awards during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan.

27.04.2010
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Exhibition: Sven Ivar Dysthe

10th-24th March, AHOs Gallery exhibits the work of cabinet maker and industrial designer Sven Ivar Dysthe, who recently was knighted for his work as a designer.

12.03.2010
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Envelopes exhibition, New York

Three of the research projects of AHO employees Michael Hensel and Defne Sunguroglu Hensel feature in the Envelopes Exhibition at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery in New York, which opens next week.

25.02.2010
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Talking Architecture & Design spring 2010

This spring, AHO again invites students and staff to the informal lecture series Talking Architecture & Design.

05.02.2010
 

New vice rector at AHO

Jonathan Romm, head of the Institute of Design at AHO, was before Christmas appointed vice rector of AHO for the period 2010-2014.

08.01.2010
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Encourages service innovation

80% of leaders think they deliver a superior customer experience. 8 % of customers agree. What do you do about that?

20.11.2009
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Program to Perform – Exploring Dance and New Media

The Oslo School of Architecture and Design & Dance Information Norway launch Program to Perform – Exploring Dance and New Media.

12.10.2009
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Conquers Urteriket

Vibeke Skar has certainly succeded with her diploma work from AHO this spring. Her design Urteriket (the Herbal Kingdom) is now launched as a new commercial product, and receives widespread...

22.09.2009
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StokkeAustad at 100% Norway

Young design duo StokkeAustad has had great success since taking their diploma in industrial design at AHO in 2006. Among their merits is contributing to the offical Norwegian design exhibition in...

18.09.2009
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Design awards to former AHO students

Several former AHO-students were among the winners when Norwegian design magazine Bo bedre (Better living) gave out their awards earlier this month.

18.09.2009
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"Nearness" raises awareness

On September 15th, AHO researcher Timo Arnall posted the video "Nearness" on his project blog and Vimeo. Two days later, the film has been seen by more than 55.000 people and is widely discussed on...

18.09.2009
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Cirrus conference September 16-18th

Head at the AHO Institute of Design, Jonathan Romm, is present at the annual CIRRUS-conference in Copenhagen 16-18th of September.

15.09.2009
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Interactive light design in Belfast

Associate professor at AHOs Institute of Design, Anthony Rowe, is represented at the ISEA 2009: the Exhibition in Belfast with the installation Stealth. The exhibition lasts until 1. September.

28.08.2009
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"New" institute at AHO

The AHO board has decided to change the name of AHOs Institute of Industrial design to Institute of Design from August 1st, 2009. The change comes as an initiative from the institute itself.

20.08.2009
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Awards at AHO Works

12 student awards and two RIBA nominations were decided at the opening of AHO Works.

17.06.2009
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New book on Universal Design

What is meant by a Universal Design strategy and how can these approaches be developed, understood and practiced within the different design disciplines? This is the subject of "Inclusive Buildings...

27.04.2009
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Popular studies

The Oslo School of Architecture and Design is one of Norway's most popular school, measured in the number of applicants per study seat offered.

21.04.2009
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Play video based on location

The gadget blog Gizmodo reports on new technology. Recently, they focused on another new development within RFID technology: An iphone associating everyday objects with video. The Touch-project is...

17.04.2009
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New PhD students at AHO

A new class of PhD students have started their work at AHO. Below you will find a list of their projects and others.

05.09.2008
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Prizes to AHO transport design

Two industrial design students from AHO, Kristian Sørlie and Viliam Zilinek has been awarded 1st and 3rd prize in an international design competition held by the austrial powertrain firm AVL.

14.01.2008
 

The five talks

Michael Hensel: Morpho-Ecologies A new discourse of heterogenous space and performance-oriented design A new biological approach to design challenges the current mechanistic paradigm for...

07.02.2007
 

Interior design award to Angeliki Dimaki

Industrial design atudent at AHO, Angeliki Dimaki, was recently awarded 1st prize in Greece's most prestigious interior design competition. Dimaki received the award for her contribution "Awall", a...

13.02.2006
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