The Award for Design Excellence

I have often been asked about the words on the back of the tag on Oleana products where it says 'Tildelt Merket for God Design - Norwegian Design Award 1993, 1997 & 1999'.  The words basically mean, 'Award for Design Excellence', and now the Norwegian Design Council has created a logo that can be used on products that have been given this award.  You can see more HERE.  An exhibition called 100% Norway organized by the Norwegian Embassy in London highlights products that can boast the logo shown here.

This item has nothing to do with Norway except that I found it in the Norwegian InteriørMagazine, and is exceptional in its design, I think, maybe because I am a magazine hoarder.  If I had seen this I would never have thrown or given away all the wonderful magazines I have collected in the past.  You can see more HERE.

I found another kind of design here in Vancouver on the weekend.  It is a garden project called The Bulkhead Urban Architecture Project and is on the Seawall, just west of the Athletes Village. You can see a film about it HERE.  I have posted many pictures of the garden on my personal facebook page, and here is one of them.  If you are in Vancouver you might enjoy having a look.  

And here in URBANITY we are making plans for the Autumn.  In the meantime, we are happy to see the summer stock going out the door. It is Fall cleaning time (I always prefer to clean house ready for Winter,. than to clean house ready for Summer) and all kinds of items are appearing that bring extra interest to the dwindling summer clothes racks!!