INTERIOR DESIGN - INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC OR INSTITUTIONAL
Opplyst Project Commissioner The National Library of Norway Creator Nissen Richards Studio Team Exhibition Design: Nissen Richards Studio Project Director: Pippa Nissen Project Architect: Kate Coghlan Graphics: Nissen Richards Studio Head of Graphics: Candy Wall Graphic Designer: Laurène Ciocco Lighting Designer: Studio ZNA AV hardware design: Sysco Main Contractor: Petter Halvorsen Specialist contractor: Factory Settings Showcase Contractor: Meyvaert
London Design Awards 2020
Opplyst is a new permanent exhibition, designed by Nissen Richards Studio, at The National Library of Norway (Norway’s Nasjonalbiblioteket). All branding and graphics within the exhibition are also by the London-based studio, for whom this is a second project for the same client. The first, a temporary exhibition on Norwegian book history, came to a close in January. Opplyst, meaning ‘Enlightened’, refers to the new exhibition’s central concept: the display of thirty highly-significant objects from the country’s history – fragments that helped shape the nation. The objects are now on display together for the first time in the Library’s central Oslo premises, with every surface and aspect bespoke-designed to create this dramatic and intense immersion into Norway’s fascinating history.
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