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Sverre Uhnger is a lifelong craftsman educated in design at Aalto University and Bergen National Academy of Art and Design. He focuses on creating products that feel natural to the user and which emphasise the inherent qualities of their materials and production techniques. He co-founder Norwegian designers’ organisation Klubben with Sara Polmar and Victoria Günzler in 2011.

Hidden in one of the fjords of western Norway, the village of Stryn has been the home of furniture makers Tonning & Stryn since 1946. From 1960 until his death in 2000, Alf Sture provided many of its designs, producing 120 models over the course of his career with the company. Many of his earlier works from the 1940s and 1950s are still in production at Tonning & Stryn today.

Architect Paul Lunder founded Fjordfiesta in Molde in 2001, with the aim of reconnecting to Scandinavian design heritage. Fjordfiesta’s first project was to reintroduce the timeless Scandia chair range. Designed by Hans Brattrud in the 1950s, the chairs had been available only through vintage dealers since the mid 1970s. They were slightly adjusted by the designer and put back into production between 2001 and 2010.

Trained in industrial design at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design and visual communication at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Kristine Five Melvær is an award-winning designer of tableware, lighting,furniture, textile objects and graphic design.

Founded on 1 January 2015, Osloform is a new studio consisting of five young Norwegian designers: Camilla Akersveen, Åsmund Engesland, Christopher Konings, Henrik Waarum and Mikkel Sebastian Juell. All except Waarum are BA and MA graduates of Oslo National Academy of the Arts; Waarum studied as an electronics developer at the University of Oslo.

Conceived in 2011, Elementa is a Norwegian maker of furniture for the workplace. The company was founded as a reaction against the prevailing conventions and thinking surrounding design in office spaces, and is on a mission to re-evaluate the modern concept of the ‘workday’. Over the last four years, Elementa has delivered desking, meeting tables, storage and acoustic solutions for projects both large and small in Norway.

Since 2002, Oslo design gallery Utopia Retro Modern has strived to promote Norwegian design history through sales and exhibitions. Its aim has been to create interest in 20th-century design in general – and Norway’s role in particular. In 2012, the galery started producing its own designs, as well as relaunching a selection of Norwegian classics. Utopia Workshop was established in 2014 as an independent company, specialising in the manufacture and distribution of furniture and other design obj.

Launching in September 2015, Trefjøla is a Norwegian design brand created by three partners: Holedesign – renowned for its expertise in wood, appreciation of hand crafting and dedication to sustainability; Anti – the multi-award-winning design and branding agency behind A New Type of Imprint, the international magazine celebrating Norwegian creativity; and Noord – which champions and markets contemporary design objects rooted in the ‘New Norwegian’ design identity.

With a century of experience, 15 quarries, 160 employees and offices in China, Brazil, Dubai, Vietnam, India, Taiwan and Italy, Lundhs is Norway’s leading exporter of natural stone. The family-owned company is synonymous with Larvikite, the unique-to-Norway granite variety found around the city of Larvik and used in landmark interiors and exteriors worldwide. At 100% Norway, Larvikite is used as a surface material in Sverre Uhnger & Thomas Jenkins’ table ‘As Long As You Like’.

Founded by industrial designers Jonas Ravlo Stokke and Øystein Austad in 2007, Oslo studio StokkeAustad believes in creating value through design, taking a holistic approach to the design process and creating profitable and lasting solutions to design challenges.

A hands-on and intuitive designer with a simple but playful style, Siv Lier is based in a studio in her hometown of Bergen, where she works on a variety of design projects within the fields of furniture, products and spaces. She holds a BA and MA in design from Bergen Academy of Art.

Silje Nesdal is an Oslo-based designer who grew up among the fjords of western Norway, a region known for its long traditions in the wool, woodwork and furniture industries. She holds an MA in furniture design and interior architecture from Bergen Academy of Art and Design and Alvar Aalto University in Helsinki, and has spent time in Japan working in both fashion design and architecture.

Brought up on Norway’s rugged western coast, Runa Klock makes products that are often inspired by nature, and influenced by a strong interest in materials and crafts. She holds an MA in design from Oslo National Academy of the Arts, and currently operates from her studio in central Oslo. Runa’s work is characterised by an openness to cooperate with people in a variety of disciplines; her practice extends beyond product design to encompass food, spaces and events.

Design duo Birgitta Ralston and Alexandre Bau have been working together since 2001, when they established their studio in Paris. Ralston was born in Portland, Maine and raised in Sweden and London, studying abstract design in Tucson, Arizona, then graphic design in Gothenburg. She ran a design studio in Paris for 10 years, where she met Metz-born Bau, who had studied design in Reims and Rennes.

Magnor’s glassworks was established in 1896 in a forested area in Magnor, near the border between Norway and Sweden, where the extensive woodlands could supply fuel for the glass-melting furnaces. Although its Swedish operations have ceased, Magnor is still in operation, producing tableware, vases and other art objects in glass.

Natural and eco-friendly, the straw wallpapers produced by Biri Tapet bring the serenity and softness of the outdoors into the home. Its story begins at the Semb family farm near the village of Biri, in 1938, when Klare Schee chose to incorporate straw into her tapestries. The first straw wall covering was used in the farm’s dining room. It was here that her friends, the architects Arnstein Arneberg and Magnus Paulsson saw it, admired the warmth it brought to the room’s atmosphere...

Founded in 2005, Northern Lighting is a small, dynamic Oslo-based company specialising in the design and manufacturing of lamps. Northern Lighting creates designer lamps for a range of moods inspired by the unique nature, culture and society of the Nordic region, as well as by the very special and ever-changing character of its natural light.

Slåke was founded in 1938 and has been manufacturing classic furniture for more than 75 years. The company’s vision is to create new classics in the Nordic design tradition, with an emphasis on caring for materials and without compromising on craftsmanship. Scandinavian design, Norwegian production and the use of solid wood are hallmarks of Slåke’s products.

The weaving mill Mandal Veveri has produced textiles with natural fibres since 1918, selecting only the finest wool, mohair, linen and cotton, and sourcing yarn and dyes from suppliers in Norway and Europe. As one of Norway’s leading producers of woollen goods, Mandal Veveri has a century of experience within the textile manufacturing industry. It is the leading producer of textiles for the bunad, Norway’s traditional folk costume.

A graduate of Oslo National Academy of the Arts (where she has also worked as a tutor, examiner and designer in residence), Kristine Bjaadal is an Oslo-based product designer whose work combines the functional with the sculptural, often imbuing even the most commonplace everyday objects with near-poetic beauty.

Founded by Jørgen Platou Willumsen and Stian Korntved Ruud, Kneip is a craft, art and design studio in Oslo with interests in nature, craftsmanship and storytelling. With a BA in product design, an MA in art, and a lifelong passion for problem solving, Willumsen is interested in exploring the space between art and design.

Born in Brazil in 1983, but deeply influenced by the Japanese culture of his parents, textile designer Yamamoto graduated with an MA in Fine Arts from the Bergen Academy of Art and Design in 2013 and has exhibited internationally since then, participating in Design Weeks in London, Helsinki and Milan.

An Oslo studio founded in 1998, K8 specialises in innovative design solutions to social and environmental problems. The studio’s work is extraordinarily wide-ranging, and includes everything from hydrogen fuelling stations and medical equipment to product packaging and the pioneering Stokke Xplory baby buggy. K8’s work has been honoured with a number of prizes over the years, and the company prides itself on its bold and playful approach to tackling complex global problems.

Jon Pettersen is an established Norwegian textile designer with an international network of premium production facilities, enabling him to serve clients including the Norwegian Prime Minister’s Residence and Oslo City Town Hall with exclusive textiles for interiors, clothing or accessories.

Freelance product designer Imke Tschentke studied design at Bauhaus University, Weimar, with stints at Glasgow School of Art and the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. She undertook an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker in Bonn (where she grew up) in 2000, gained experience in workshops in Sweden, Norway and Italy, and interned at Sukker Design in Oslo in 2006.

Returning to 100% Norway for the fifth time, Hallgeir Homstvedt runs an independent design studio in Oslo. He graduated from Australia’s Newcastle University with a BA in Industrial Design and went on to work for celebrated studio Norway Says before opening his own in 2009. Since then he has provided furniture, product and industrial design and consultancy services to a wide range of clients, exhibiting widely in London, Tokyo, Oslo, New York and Milan.

Founded in 1762, Hadeland Glassverk is one of Norway’s longest running industrial enterprises, known for the beauty of its mouth-blown glass and its tradition of pushing the boundaries of production, while still adhering to the same methods it employed 250 years ago. The glassworks are involved in bespoken design in both the public and private sphere, including the eight-tonne chandelier that hangs in the Norwegian opera.

Oslo design studio günzler.polmar was founded in 2011 by Sara Polmar and Victoria Günzler, who met while studying architecture and furniture design. Together with Sverre Uhnger, they also established Klubben, the international Norwegian design initiative, the same year. Mundane objects and traditional craft techniques are Victoria’s main sources of inspiration, whereas Sara emphasises playfulness in her process.

Specialising in furniture, product and spacial design, Lars Olav Dybdal and Wilhelm Grieg Teisner are the two halves of Oslo-based Gridy (the name is a blend of their surnames). They met while studying at the Bergen Academy of Art and Design and continued collaborating after graduation. One of their first achievements as Gridy was being selected for 100% Norway’s 2011 show, where their Spiff lamp won acclaim and was later picked up for production by Northern Lighting.

Founded by Kristian Aarseth and Jo Korneliussen, and now including Einar Juel, Fimbul is an Oslo design studio specialising in products, furniture, and interiors. Aarseth holds an MA in Industrial Design from the Oslo School of Architecture and Design; Korneliussen is an MA graduate of Copenhagen’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design, and Juel, with an MSc in International Business is the studio’s commercial brain.

Having graduated with an MA in product design from HiOA this summer, Andreas Bergsaker is now based in Oslo, making everyday products characterised by traditional craftsmanship and tactile qualities. Bergsaker has previously exhibited at Stockholm Furniture Fair’s Green House (in 2013 and 2014), at Fuorisalone Milan (Meet My Project 2013) and at Salone Satellite during Salone del Mobile (2015).

Based in Oslo, Alexander E. Åsgård is a fresh graduate of Oslo and Akershus University College Of Applied Sciences (HiOA), with an MA in product design. In 2014, he undertook an internship at Anderssen and Voll and exhibited his Auxiliary floor lamp at Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair and Raff Design Week. This year, he has shown his work at Salone Satellite; this is his first time at 100% Norway.

Educated at Bergen National Academy of Art and Design, the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, and the Politecnico di Milano, Ingrid Aspen is a freelance furniture and product designer based in Oslo. After a year as junior designer at Andreas Engesvik’s studio, she was recruited as in-house interior architect for the Oslo headquarters of the Norwegian Tax Administration in 2013.

Born in Lotofen in 1981, and raised in Trondheim, Erik Wester followed his art foundation course at Strykejernet Artschhool in Oslo with a BA in product and furniture design at Kingston University, London in 2008. After two years in Amsterdam, where he worked with Dutch designer Joris Laarman, Wester returned to Norway in 2010 to set up his own studio. In 2012 he spent five months working as an intern with Andreas Engesvik.