Saturday 6 April 2024 from 1 to 1:45 p.m.
Instagram Live
Gallery exhibition Strategies for Moving Freely by Swedish designer Jenny Nordberg (b. 1978) is on display until May in the Design Museum. This is the first solo exhibition by Nordberg in Finland. She is known for her insightful perspective on mass production, over-consumption and the duty of designers to take action to confront these and other issues. Nordbergâs works often take a humorous, almost peculiar form. Rather than taking a judgmental stance, she has a positive, solution-oriented approach to serious themes.
In the live stream on Designmuseum’s Instagram account on 6 April 2024 Jenny Nordberg was interviewed by Kasper Strömman. The language of the interview is English.
Jenny Nordberg
Born in 1978 in Halland and currently lives in SkĂ„ne, in the southern part of Sweden. An industrial designer by training. Nordbergâs own production takes place in a former factory located in the SkĂ„ne countryside. Nordberg was awarded the prestigious title of Designer of the Year in Sweden twice in 2022, by RUM magazine and ELLE Deco Design Awards.
The exhibitionâs title, Strategies for Moving Freely, refers to a book published in 2020 discussing Nordbergâs work. This title aptly describes her ways of working: Nordberg not only questions the designerâs task, the conditions of the industrial design field, and contemporary life but also actively seeks solutions.
Kasper Strömman
Kasper is a social media hybrid influencer and the Graphic Designer of the Year 2013. In addition to sharing jokes on Instagram, he also hosts “Finland’s most popular podcast” and TV shows with keywords such as “Lifestyle, culture, humorous, light” on Yle Areena.
Accessibility
The event is held online and free of charge. The language of the discussion is English. The event uses the safer space principles of the Architecture Museum and the Design Museum.
Photo: Paavo Lehtonen