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Scan Magazine | Special Theme | Made in Norway
“I’ve always been creative, always enjoyed arts and crafts,” says Vinje when asked where the interest in jewellery design came from. “I think it came very naturally to me. I became a goldsmith and continued on to study design in London,” she says. Vinje studied jewellery at London Guildhall University, before getting her BA in Jewellery Design at Central St. Martins College of Art & Design. Soon after, she was designing and producing her own jewellery in Oslo. To begin with she mainly worked on request, but as of 2002 Vinje was selling her jewellery through a number of jewellery shops across the country. In 2012 she gave up her 9-to-5 sales job in order to focus on her own designs full-time. Less is more
The plexiglass bracelet design is Vinje’s signature design, sold all over Norway.
The beauty of simplicity Jewellery designer Nina Vinje has designed and produced her own jewellery since 1998. However, it was not until 2012 that she decided to make it her full-time profession. With her jewellery available in a number of shops across Norway and an online store in the making, the future is looking bright for Nina Vinje. By Kjersti Westeng | Photos: Steffen Rikenberg
Inspired by the city’s impulses, colours and energy, Vinje loves living in Oslo. However, the simplicity of her designs suggests she is also inspired by her weekends spent at the cabin by the sea. Proving that less is in fact more, Vinje’s designs are easily recognised as clean and simple, yet beautiful and lively. Using a lot of circular and oval shapes, she sticks to two main materials: silver and plexiglass. The plexiglass bracelets in different colours seem to have become Vinje’s signature item. “I’ve been making it for 10 years now and it is one of my personal favourites. It was the first product that I felt was my own; in a way I feel like these bracelets were the beginning of my collection,” says Vinje. At the moment, Vinje’s jewellery collection can be bought in a number of jewellery shops across Norway, most famously Norway Designs, located in Oslo and Trondheim, as well as the Oslo-based Sugar Shop. As of this autumn, she will also have an online shop up and running. Additionally, Vinje sometimes exhibits her designs at events and fairs throughout the year, including design event Oslo Trend from 11 to 17 August.
For more information, please visit: www.ninavinje.no Using oval and circular shapes, Vinje sticks to two main materials: silver and plexiglass.
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