Correctional furniture

Collaborating with the Bergen Prison, the students of the UiB Institute of Design created a furniture collection that can be easily created in the prison workshops.

The third year students of the UiB Institute of Design in Bergen have completed a project in collaboration with the Norwegian Correctional Services to provide the inmates of Bergen Prison with objects to either be made in the prison workshops, used by the inmates in the prison facilities or in the transitional or post-release housings.

<b>Top:</b> Frid Smelvær Høgelid, Nami armchair, 2017. <b>Above:</b> Amanda Ivarsøy Kovacs, Corners, 2017
Amanda Ivarsøy Kovacs, Corners, 2017
Kamilla Stokkevåg, Swap, 2017
Lena Mari Skjoldal Kolås, Gerrit, 2017
Frid Smelvær Høgelid, Nami armchair, 2017
Astrid Emmerhoff Lothe, Ur, 2017
Lea Naglestad Sangolt, January, 2017
Vilde Sæternes Johannesen, Dypp, 2017
Madeleine Mikkelsen, Sella, 2017
Tora Schei Rørvik, Imillo, 2017
Tora Schei Rørvik, Imillo, 2017
Elisabeth Frafjord Solberg, Light-up, 2017
Camilla Figueroa, Siksak, 2017
Camilla Figueroa, Siksak, 2017

  Corners is an armchair by Amanda Ivarsøy Kovacs conceived to give comfort in an anxious everyday, while Ur, designed by Astrid Emmerhoff Lothe, is a standing desk with two table tops that allow to create various working situations for one or more people. Nami by Frid Smelvær Høgelid is an upholstered mattress and pillow open up for a versatile function and relaxation; Kamilla Stokkevåg designed Swap, a playful chair that can be used in an upright and attentive position, or in a more comfortable way, changing the position of the cushions. The textiles used in the project were sponsored by Kvadrat.

Lena Mari Skjoldal Kolås, Gerrit, 2017


Correctional furniture
School:
UiB Institute of Design Bergen 
Designers:
Astrid Emmerhoff Lothe, Camilla Figueroa, Amanda Ivarsøy, Kovács, Kamilla Stokkevåg, Lena Mari Skjoldal Kolås, Madeleine Mikkelsen, Vilde, Sæternes Johannesen, Lea Naglestad Sangolt, Frid Smelvær Høgelid, Elisabeth, Frafjord Solberg, Tora Schei Rørvik
Year: 2016–2017