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Menu Offset Sofa by Norm Architects

18 March 2018 in Furniture Comment

Menu Offset Sofa
Designed by Norm Architects

A contemporary sofa, understated yet statement-making, Offset is the result of research into ‘balance’ by Norm Architects. The studio wanted to create a sofa as simply as possible while embracing a set of paradoxes: making it substantial yet delicate in appearance, architectural yet inviting and homey. In the studio, the designers experimented with offsetting – playing with proportions, narrow armrests versus a thick generous seat, supported by four stubby metal legs. The clean-lined boxy shape is inspired by minimalist art, gently softened for a welcoming expression and maximised for comfort.

About Norm Architects

Norm Architects was founded in 2008 by Kasper Rønn and Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen, later joined by Linda Korndal. Based in the heart of Copenhagen, the award-winning studio works in the fields of industrial design, residential architecture, commercial interiors, photography and art direction. Located on one of the city’s oldest streets, the practice takes pride in respecting its context, building on the traditions of Scandinavian design, of timeless aesthetics and natural materials.

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The Gjøvik House – Norm Architects

27 February 2018 in Architecture Comment

The Gjøvik House by Norm Architects

An hour north of Oslo, located on a majestic hill side facing the Norwegian woods and Mjøsa lake, lies the Gjøvik house; a modern and minimal cluster house created by Norm Architects.

The Gjøvik house, consisting of overlapping cubes of different sizes, makes for an intimate and dynamic family home with materials, levels and inbuilt, tailor-made furniture creating a minimal yet warm and secluded feeling. The house gracefully embraces the hill side terrain, merging with its surroundings in a humble and natural manner. Having thoroughly considered the climate in the process of designing the house, the idea behind the cluster style house was to give the home a cosy and inviting feel, where you can truly hibernate and take shelter from the frigid days of Nordic winter.

Placed on a hill side sloping towards Mjøsa lake in the breath-taking Norwegian woods, the house follows the slope in its composition, and faces the spectacular view. A large part of the facade faces the lake, but with an awareness towards creating small, private pockets and places where you can curl up come rain or shine. This creates a stunning yet intimate sensation. Selected views are framed in windows spread out between the cubes.

Lead architect: Linda Korndal

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Harbour Chair – Norm Architects

26 January 2018 in Furniture Comment

Harbour Chair
By Norm Architects

Designed by Norm Architects, the Harbour Chair is a clean and elegant chair, suitable for a wide range of settings and environments.

Designed specifically for the combined office, showroom, café and co-working space, Menu Space, the harbour chair successfully suits a wide range of purposes – at home, at the office, in restaurants and beyond. With an armrest bending backward, and the backrest being slightly higher than on most chairs, the versatile chair provides comfort and support, while also showcasing a clean and elegant design.

The chair sports organic shapes and an overall slim and clean appearance.

The chair came to life during the design process for the newly opened Menu Space, located in the upcoming area around Copenhagen’s northern harbour, designed to change and adapt at a moment’s notice – for clients, friends or visitors. It combines an office, showroom, café, co-working and event space, sporting generally soft and clean interiors, making the co-working space feel like home. The harbour chair meets the needs of all the space’s purposes.

The harbour chair is produced with a steel or wood base, with textile or leather upholstering, and is available in various colours.

Designer: Kasper Rønn von Lotzbeck

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Menu Space – Norm Architects

2 July 2017 in Architecture Comment

“Menu Space is our newly finished showroom, office, and café, designed specifically for Danish design company MENU.

With the goal of building a community around Menu as a design brand, Menu Space is a new creative initiative aimed at bringing likeminded creative thinkers closer to the brand and encouraging them to share their stories, ideas and processes. Featuring a showroom, office and café, we had the pleasure of helping this new approach to running a succesful design business to fruition by creating a space for great ideas, beautiful design, powerful concepts and inspiration as well as openness, knowledge sharing, co working, and collaborations.

With the goal of creating a welcoming space where everyone can stop by – for a coffee, a meeting, or simply to have a close up look at the designs of Menu – the interior is inspired by the raw and industrial setting of the surrounding area. Located in the upcoming Copenhagen neighbourhood surrounding the harbour in Nordhavn, the space draws heavy inspiration from strong materials such as concrete and steel, which can be seen throughout the space. This use of natural and durable materials provides a beautiful contrast to the objects and designs that fill the plateaus, floors, and corners.

The idea is to keep Menu Space moving and ever changing. To have friends of the house and people we admire stop by on a regular basis. In order to do so, the interior is highly flexible, making it easy to adjust, modify and change the interior layout of the space. This ensures that the showroom, as much as the office and café, stays vibrant, creative and lively that meets the needs of neighbours, visitors, friends, clients, and designers.”

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Menu Space
Hamborg Plads
2150 Nordhavn
Denmark

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Townhouse II in Central Copenhagen by Norm Architects

26 March 2017 in Architecture Comment

Townhouse II
Central Copenhagen

“This conversion was a little bit different from the other one we did. Here our clients wanted a completely contemporary white and sleek space. So everything was torn down internally and completely rebuilt.

The main idea with this project was to create a sense of one big space vertically and enlarge the sense of space as much as possible. So everything was done in white and we opened up between the floors all the way by placing a transparent staircase to one side giving a view 9 metres to the ceiling on the top floor once entering the front door. The floors were done in white resin and the whole space only decorated with a few of the favourite things.”

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Tone Cabinets by Norm Architects for Zilenzio

23 March 2017 in Furniture Comment

New collection of sound-absorbing cabinets for the Swedish brand Zilenzio.

Designed to absorb certain frequencies of sound where it is needed the most, our new collection of acoustic furniture for Zilenzio was designed to improve sound in the spaces that matters to you the most. Going under the mantra ‘Selling Silence’, Zilenzio works to dampen noise not only in a functional and effective way, but also in an aesthetically pleasing manner, which was one of the primary reasons for this joint venture. Entitled Tone Cabinets, these sound dampening design pieces were made to help built a balanced acoustic environment in the workplace or at home, making it easier to focus and concentrate.

Available in three different sizes, this is our second collaboration with Zilenzio. To see more images of our new collection of sound absorbing cabinets, please head over to our pressroom.

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Rest Collection 2016 – Norm Architects

19 February 2017 in Furniture Comment

Rest Collection 2016
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The Village Office Space — Norm Architects

17 February 2017 in Architecture Comment

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Wire Pot in White – Norm Architects

8 February 2017 in Furniture Comment

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Aquaporin – Norm Architects

15 January 2017 in Architecture Comment

Aquaporin

Office facility and laboratory outside of Copenhagen

The Aquaporin office and laboratory is situated in an old factory and the location has been empty for more than 10 years. The building has originally been nominated as the best factory space as it was the first of it’s kind with windows in the roof.

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