Photos by Inger Marie Grini / Bo Bedre Norge
ABOUT
Vilde Hagelund is an Oslo based furniture designer with degrees in both multimedia technology and product design, specialising in furniture design. She strongly believes that material, form and function should be equally valued throughout a design process. Combining a crafters hand, an artists eye and a designers’ mind triggers the creativity and the need to create long-lasting, quality products. Her master’s degree thesis Objectum was nominated for Designers’ Saturday Awards – Best Talents 2019, and she received a Design Scholarship from the Federation of Norwegian Industries the same year. In January 2020, Hagelund was presented with the DOGA Newcomer Award, and named one of the world’s most promising young design talents by Wallpaper*. In 2022 Vilde received the Scheibler Foundation Designaward for Designer of the year and was nominated in four catogires in the Bo Bedre Design Award.
Education & EXPERIENCE
2017-2019 Master in Product design, Oslo Metropolitan University
2014-2017 Bachelor in Product design, Oslo Metropolitan University
2011-2014 Bachelor in Multimediatechnology, University in Agder
2022 Designer, NoA Ignite
2021 Working Board member, Designers’ Saturday
2021 Artist In Residency, Nordic Artist’ Centre Dale
2020 Graphic and visual design, Håndverk +, Oslo
2019 Design Scholarship, Federation of Norwegian Industries, Vestre AS
2018 Internship, Andreas Engesvik, Oslo
Exhibtions
Unika Auction, Designers’ Saturday (Sep 2023)
Lagvis, DOGA, Oslo (Mar 2023)
Håndverk+, Galleri Format, Oslo (Sep 2022)
Sorgenfri x Oslo Designfair, Oslo (Sep 2022)
Lagvis, DOGA, Oslo (Mar 2022)
Norway x New York by Sight Unseen, New York (Oct 2021)
Ny Normal by Fold Oslo, Sorgenfri Gallery, Oslo (Sep 2021)
Norwegian Presence Digital export, (Mar 2021)
UNiK mini Galleri Format, Oslo (Nov 2020)
Design Shanghai and Royal Norwegian Consulate, Shanghai (Nov 2020)
VIS, Deichman Bjørvika, Oslo (Nov 2020)
Håndverk+ DOGA, Oslo (Oct 2020)
Norwegian Presence Digital export, Milan (Apr 2020)
Stockholm Furniture Fair Greenhouse, Stockholm (Feb 2020)
Håndverk +, Vågå (Oct 2019)
Responsibility Designers Saturday, Oslo (Aug 2019)
InDesign Milan Design Week, Milan (Apr 2018)
Stockholm Furniture Fair Greenhouse, Stockholm (Feb 2018)