Their A-list clients, diverse portfolios and prominence both locally and globally have made them some of the most sought-after, most famous graphic design companies on the planet. In an industry as seriously competitive as graphic design, it can be difficult to establish a name brand.Įven so, there are several graphic design companies and design agencies around the world that have managed to cut through the clutter and garner international prestige. The way they work fosters a strong sense of belonging to the studio among the graphic designers that work there.Design is a skill which many companies can acquire, but only the truly gifted graphic design companies will take it to the next level. In sum, the people at NODE Berlin Oslo run a hotel in their graphic design studio, in which they host customer- and project-identities. But since they work with graphic design - rather than text - the activities of the studio can be best characterized as a form of design authoring, informed by a documentary attention to the needs of their clients. If it were to be expressed in words, their portfolio would comprise field-notes of the unique, an experimental record of tests, and the annals of reflective practice from the efforts of dreaming up a synthesis. This is why the graphic designers at NODE do not use their project to enhance and develop a particular style, but rather as an occasion to increase the studio's competence in context-sensitive visual communication. The studio is high-end with regard to the contextual relevance of their design products, and high-edge with regard to the process offer their clients using visual communication to land and re-vitalize corporate intelligence. In this sense, NODE is a research-driven studio motivated by an appetite to do interesting projects, with interesting people and interesting learning-outcomes for all parties involved. The cultural context requires a degree of finding out about the project - or, design research - that affords the responsive way of working that constitutes the signature of this studio. This focus does not reflect a desire to specialize on cultural projects, but reflects the mere fact that this context affords and requires a degree of freedom. This is why their portfolio, so far, contains many cultural projects both in the private and public sectors, as well as with corporate and individual clients. However, NODE may also be seen as a strategic studio, seeking to relate to people in projects where design can happen. A number of colleagues see NODE as a conceptual design studio. The graphic designers that make up NODE reflect a lot about the way they work.
The distinct feature of the work done at NODE lies in its relational approach to graphic design. Works by NODE have been published in (selection):
Westerdals School of Communication Oslo (NO) Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart (DE) Salzburg University of Applied Sciences (AT) Köln International School of Design: KISD (DE) KHiO, Oslo National Academy of the Arts (NO) KHiB, Bergen National Academy of Arts (NO) Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main (DE) NODE has taught at the following institutions:īurg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle (DE)Įstonian Academy of Arts and Design Tallinn (EE)Įlisava Escola Superior de Disseny Barcelona (ES) United Nations Environment Programm, Paris (FR) Ultima, Oslo Contemporary Music Festival, Oslo (NO) Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), Rotterdam (NL) Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research (NO) The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design (NO) MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology, Cambridge (US)
M HKA, Museum for Contemporary Art, Antwerpen (BE) Hellenic Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (GR) Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin (DE) Besides studio projects, NODE gives lectures and holds workshops at art & design academies.Īstrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo (NO)Ĭanadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), Montréal (CAN)ĬAC, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (LT) The studio works collaboratively across various media for a diverse range of clients from individuals to institutions, focusing on print, identity, exhibition and interactive work. NODE is a Berlin- and Oslo-based design studio founded in 2003 by Anders Hofgaard and Serge Rompza.
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