When someone says “Norway”, some people see colorful cottages, historical heritage and fjords. Other see country full of sleek and clean design, expensive boutiques and modern interiors, so typical for scandinavian countries. The fact is – both are true. Norway is a rich, modern, tech-savvy country based on very firm and solid historical base. As we all know – when you’re moderately rich, you can afford designer stuff which almost always looks great, so you can see design almost everywhere (especially in big cities).
I’ve been in Norway for a brief period of time as a front-end developer for my former employer who sent me to Oslo for release-party of the project I’ve worked on. When there, I did some research alongside with some long evening walks thru the Oslo streets to find design inspiration which could be used later for different projects I’ll be working on during my life. Here’s some inspiration from what logos surround Norwegians.
- Music from Norway – site for Norwegian music promotion
- Norway National Football Team
- Rikshospitalet – university hospital
- Visit Norway – official Norwegian tourism site
- Norge – official logo of the country
- Norway – official coat of arms of the Norwegian government, used throughout all the site starting with the official site
- Freia – the famous Norwegian chocolate brand
- AHO – Oslo school of architecture of design
- Nasjonalbiblioteket – Norway’s national library
- Flytoget – fast airport train
- Visit Oslo – Oslo tourism site
- Norsk Høstfest – Scandinavian culture festival in USA
- Norway Grants – funding institution
NorSK – Norwegian students club in Australia
- Norsk Hydro – one of the biggest Scandinavian industrial brands, that holds (for example) Statoil
- NRK – Norwegian broadcasting company
Well, that’s basically it for the research about what logos surround Norwegians on a daily basis, except the world-wide ones we all know like Coca-Cola (by the way – Norwegian Coke is probably the most expensive Coke in the world, regarding their food prices, but Oslo was the first place where I drank Coke Zero in ;)) or others. If you have any comments or additions to my list, feel free to put those in the comments.
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