Kristine Bjaadal focuses on how, through her design of everyday objects, she can turn everyday routines into valued rituals. Her approach to design has a poetic touch, where the use of materials and design together give associations to sculpture as well as to the area of use for which the objects are intended.
EDUCATION
Oslo Academy of the Arts / MA in design / 2009
Oslo Academy of Arts / BA in furniture design and interior architecture / 2006
The Art School in Rogaland / 2003
Einar Granum Art School / 2001
WWW.KRISTINEBJAADAL.NO
Born 1980
PRODUCTS FOR THE EXHIBITION
AUGUST – August is a container in through-coloured porcelain. It can be used without a lid like a vase or with a lid like a jar. The lids, in solid ash/oak or ash/walnut, are hand-turned in Norway by Knut Andreas Lien. The molds are made by Modellstuen and the porcelain is cast and processed by the designer himself. August is only made in a limited edition, and is somewhere between design product and handicraft.
SMÅSKALA – Produced by Kristine Bjaadal with Modellstuen and Lien Tredreiing (NO) – Photo: Marcus Erikstad
VERDI - The blanket Verdi is, as the name suggests, made especially for the exhibition. The pattern is inspired by woolen plaid from the 50s; the decade in which Norway Designs was established. The blanket is made of 100% Norwegian wool and is produced in a limited edition by Røros Tweed.
