Chicago, Fuse Conference: We recieved one of the world´s highest awards in packaging design, in the category “non-alchoholic beverage”, the water bottle 70N, Pure Arctic Water, got third price in competition with more than 800 packaging designs world wide.
– This is great fun, says Bjørn Viggo Ottem. In addition to recieving the prize, we get to meet lots of the great talents in packaging design, which is very inspiring.
– There´s an interest for Norwegian design in general over here, says Jens K Styve. – Both artists and customers are well represented at this conference, so hopefully the price will result in some international assignments.
Read more at http://www.tank.no/70n/en/
Tank is proud to have won the competitive tender “General agreement for Graphic Design” along with four other agencies, as announced by the Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training. We have now entered a three-year contractual agreement with the Directorate, and we look forward to working with them.
On February 17th it was finally ready – the report which explains the measures required to reduce Norwegian greenhouse gas emissions. The government group Klimakur (“ClimateCure” in English) received a lot of praise from various organisations, researchers and politicians alike. Erik Solheim, Minister for the Environment and Development, believes politicians now have a brilliant starting point for their future work in reducing Norwegian greenhouse gas emissions.
The Climate and Pollution Agency has pioneered the work, which has been completed in collaboration with the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Statistics Norway and the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.
Tank was responsible for the visual identity, and will deliver the 300-page long climate report in March.
Klimakur gets a good reception: http://bit.ly/klimakur
This years Tromsø International Film Festival is over and the ticket sales passed 56.000. That means it is now the biggest film festival in Norway, and actually one of the biggest cultural events in the country.
TIFF screens challenging quality films for a local, national and international audience. Tank has had the pleasure of creating the identity for this event the last four years, below are some images of 2010, the 20th TIFF.
We are developing our team and have employed Sunniva Djupedal de Villiers as part of our design team. She has come straight from New York where she has been working for the New York Times and Exposure USA, amongst others. Sunniva has a BFA in Visual Communication from Kunsthøyskolen i Oslo, and an MFA in Design from the School of Visual Arts, New York. “We’re really looking forward to working with Sunniva, who has bags of talent and wide experience within our discipline. Spring 2010 looks like it’s going to be busy so she will be a very important part of the team going forward”, says creative director Ina Brantenberg.
Tank submitted three annual reports to the Farmand Prize, all of which received good feedback. Both Entra Eiendom, Rocksource and IT Fornebu scored highly in the Idea and Design categories. Here are a few extracts:
Entra Eiendom: “The report also boasts a number of excellent graphic devices. The photography has a consistent visual style, and when combined with frames and rounded corners it helps to give the report a great deal of personality. The rhythm and structure is also quite good, and important information has been visualised in an exciting way. The articles which describe selected projects have been thoroughly considered, and the graphs and tables display the same high level of craftmanship as the rest of the report. The jury also appreciated the amount of space devoted to the diagrams which supplement the main content.”
IT Fornebu: “The report is really beautiful and the illustrations are both relevant and playful. It is also well composed and there is a fantastic rhythm and structure. In terms of print production, this report is in a class of its own. There are a great deal of fine details in the illustrations which virtually took the jury’s breath away. The hand-drawn strokes combined with metallic varnish is a first-class example of what can be achieved with print!”
Rocksource: “The report we received from Rocksource can be best described as cool and masculine. The layout and typography has been beautifully arranged in two columns throughout the report. An abundance of white space ensures the text and core messages are accessible. Worth special mention are the black pages which introduce a new topic. These are very well designed in terms of colour, form and composition. In conclusion this is a beautiful report which contains many excellent graphic qualities.”
“Norwegian greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by 15-17 million tonnes by 2020.” The group Klimakur 2020 will be drawing up the plans to achieve this ambitious target for climate change. The full mission statement will be complete in February 2010. The Environmental Protection Department has put the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (SFT) in charge of the final report for Klimakur 2020. The report will surely ooze quality and finesse, since it will of course be designed by Tank!
Tank was given the task to develop new recruitment material for the Customs and Excise Directorate. The government department wants to present themselves as an exciting and progressive employer for newly-qualified academics. To begin with Tank has created exhibition graphics which will be used at recruitment fairs and the like.
Our Work for Halvors Tradisjonsfisk received a silver medal at Pentawards 2009. – We are proud and happy, this proves that what we can make an impact, also abroad, says Bjørn Viggo Ottem at Tank Design in Tromsø.
Pentawards is the biggest worldwide competition exclusively devoted to packaging design. It is open to everybody in all countries who are associated with the creation and marketing of packaging. Packaging design from the world over created or brought out in 2008 will be judged by a likewise international jury that will select the winners in accordance with the creative quality of the work submitted. Apart from prize-giving, Pentawards’ mission is the promotion of packaging design with companies, the press, the economic and political authorities and the public in general, throughout the world.
