Press Release - Nordic Now
Exhibitors and Events Announced for Nordic Now
The programme for Nordic Now has been finalised, with eight exhibitors and four visiting designers from the Nordic region coming to Dún Laoghaire for an exhibition and events from 26 October to 17 November.
Opening on 26 October, Dún Laoghaire design store Nordic Makers hosts Nordic Now, an exhibition showcasing contemporary design and highlighting emerging designers and small studios from the Nordic region. The exhibition runs in Nordic Makers until 17 November and features work from Hunting & Narud (NO), Ask og Eng (NO), Saana ja Olli (FI), Leena Kouhia (FI), Jenny Nordberg (SE), Kajsa Willner (SE), Edvard & Steenfatt (DK) and Tina Marie Bentsen (DK).
Accompanying the exhibition is a seminar in dlr LexIcon on 26 October entitled ‘Nordic Now: Designing Sustainably and Sustaining Design’, which will explore sustainability in contemporary design, as well as touching on how the Nordic countries support and promote design. Lastly, the exhibition will be accompanied by a series of informal events in Nordic Makers, each shining a light on a designer from a different Nordic country. A presentation, conversation and drinks each Thursday night of the exhibition’s run will take a closer look at each designer’s practice.
“After a year and a half of selling Nordic design in Dún Laoghaire, we are now embarking on our most ambitious project. We are opening our doors for an exhibition and programme of events that we hope our customers, old and new, will really enjoy!” says Nordic Makers co-founder, Klaus Sørensen.
“It has been such a pleasure to collaborate with Nordic Makers and our fellow Nordic Embassies here in Ireland to present Nordic Now. We are all so proud of our Nordic design heritage, and can’t wait to share it through the exhibition, seminar and our national events”, adds the Finnish ambassador to Ireland, Jaana Teckenberg.
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Nordic Now runs from 26 October to 17 November in dlr LexIcon and Nordic Makers, Dún Laoghaire. The full programme is:
Nordic Now: Designing Sustainably and Sustaining Design, dlr LexIcon, 26 October, 1-6pm
A seminar looking at sustainable design and design promotion in the Nordic region hosted by the Embassies of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in collaboration with the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland and the National College of Art and Design.
Nordic Now exhibition, Nordic Makers, 26 October-17 November, opening 26 October, 7pm
Nordic Now features work by design studios from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. It is curated by Nordic Makers and Aideen McCole with support from the Embassies of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden and is funded by the Nordic Culture Fund. The exhibition is open Tuesday to Sunday 10am-6pm from 26 October until 17 November.
Nordic Now events, Nordic Makers, 27 October, 3, 10 and 17 November, 7pm
Each Thursday night of the exhibition sees an informal presentation and conversation with a different Nordic designer, supported by their respective embassy:
27 October, 7pm: talk by Hunting & Narud, hosted by the Norwegian Embassy
3 November, 7pm: talk by Saana ja Olli, hosted by the Finnish Embassy
10 November, 7pm: talk by Jenny Nordberg, hosted by the Swedish Embassy
17 November, 7pm: talk by Edvard & Steenfatt, hosted by the Danish Embassy
For more information visit https://www.nordicmakers.com/pages/nordic-now
For free tickets to all events visit https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/nordic-now-tickets-27943569970
For images and all press releases visit: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/va441ibbbgndus3/AAC2WY-G553A3OiHXNSXcdQ8a?dl=0
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About Nordic Makers
Nordic Makers promotes, showcases and retails new Nordic design and furniture at home and abroad and opened their Dublin store on Lower George’s Street a year and a half ago. Their continuously growing collection features work from some 90 independent designers from the Scandinavian countries. They are committed to promoting independent and young designers.
Aideen McCole
aideen.eadaoin@gmail.com
+353 (0)85 7622 485 or Louis Weyhe Funder
lwf@nordicmakers.com
+353 (0)85 7625 257
