Topic: Oslo

Snøhetta Wins Europe's Most Prestigious Architecture Prize

The European Union just announced the winner of the biannual Mies van der Rohe architecture prize, and it goes to Snøhetta for its work on the Oslo Opera House. They take home an $80,000 prize--a considerable haul, in the ...READ»

A Baltic Cruise - Part Six - Arhus, Denmark and Oslo

One Sunday we returned to Denmark, as our boat anchored in Arhus, an attractive city university. Among the 300,000 inhabitants are 40,000 students. There was a lot of high schools on the pier to welcome you to the port in Aarhus Havn. ...READ»

Field Notes – June 2009

I am in the middle of a jaunt through Europe visiting with many Global 2000 companies to discuss the state of their innovation practices and how they can accelerate their pace of value creation.  In the past three days, I met ...READ»

The Way to Enough

Norsk Hydro's work-life experiments test a radical idea: A company can compete on the basis of balance. The company's central thesis: The race goes not to the swiftest but to the most sustainable.READ»

Wireless Message in a Bottle

Riders of public transport in Chicago or Oslo know RFID technology. Just bump your wallet at the turnstile and off you go with no fumbling to swipe cards. Skiers at some ski resorts know it too. And many drivers know the technology ...READ»

Norway’s Boards: Two Years Later, What Difference Do Women Make?

Is boosting the number of women on boards worth the bother? READ»

Do-Good Design: Incubators Made From Car Parts and More From Upcoming Cooper-Hewitt Triennial

A year ago I told myself that social design would thrive in reverse proportion to the stock market. As soon as the Dow hit 10,000, I suspected, designers would abandon their humanitarian projects and resume work on $6,000 pendants. ...READ»

Shifting Routes In The Airline Industry

At the annual Routes World Development Forum in Kuala Lumpur, 700 airports and 500 airlines begin the mating dance that determines who flies where.READ»

The London Design Museum's 2009 Design Awards

This Friday, the London Design Museum opens an exhibition dedicated to the winners of its 2009 Designs of the Year—one of the most prestigious, most comprehensive in the world, encompassing everything from fashion to cars. If you ...READ»

Innovation is Calling

We called it right on LTEREAD»

Obama To Attend Copenhagen Climate Change Conference

Barack Obama will be attending the Copenhagen climate change conference after much speculation.It is suggested that he will attend the conference on 9th December, before appearing in Oslo the following day to accept his Nobel Peace ...READ»

Most Innovative Companies - Transportation

Sponsored by by Cliff ...READ»

Fantastic Voyage

"Voyager of the Seas" is a big boat -- the largest cruise ship ever. And the story of its creation offers powerful lessons -- in strategic daring, relentless execution, and devotion to design.READ»

Incoming!

Fresh faces from the front lines of design.READ»

V-Vehicle: An Auto Start-Up From T. Boone Pickens and Kleiner Perkins

What do you get when you create a company backed by green venture capitalists Kleiner Perkins and former Texas oil magnate T. Boone Pickens? V-Vehicle Co., a mysterious new auto company that just emerged from stealth mode after four ...READ»

Design/Miami: Hipsters' Fave Art Party

Watch your back, Art Basel Miami. If last night's Vernissage (the fancy art show term for Opening Night Party) was any indication, the venerable art fair's little sister, Design/Miami, shows sign of upstaging her illustrious forbear. ...READ»

David Adjaye Chosen to Design D.C.'s National Museum of African-American History

Tanzanian born architect David Adjaye, working under the lead of Freelon Group, has been chosen to design the upcoming National Museum of African-American History in Washington, D.C. The pick is something of a surprise, since ...READ»

Airport of Tomorrow

In Germany, engineering giant Siemens tests features designed to make air travel less awful.READ»

Bikes for the Masses: An Experiment in Sustainable Transportation

As New York politicos attempt to follow London's lead and pass a bill that would charge a congestion toll for motorists who enter the busiest parts of Manhattan, two urban design organizations let their imaginations drift to a ...READ»

Norway's Leadership Leap, Part I

When it comes to acting the most insightful evidence of the benefits of gender equity at the top of organizations, no one commits like Norway. READ»

Calendar: What's Happening October 2008

What's happening in October, from National Boss Day to trick-or-treating.READ»

• Numerology: National Boss Day
• Eat: World Fisheries Congress
• Meet: The Federal Open Market Committee

The New Spirit of Work

Richard Barrett preaches the gospel of spirituality in the workplace - with a difference. His approach is pragmatic, quantifiable, and all business.READ»

What To Do Now

The world today is facing an unprecedented set of crises. The most recent to burst upon public awareness is that of global warming, and it is indeed a matter of urgency and of critical importance. We have, according to the ...READ»

Where the Heck Is Svalbard?

Welcome to your newly relocated office: fully furnished with some of the widest Internet bandwidth available, one of the lowest tax rates on earth, and spectacular views of one of the largest areas of pristine wilderness in the world. (Note: Acceptance of this offer will mean working in total darkness for four months out of the year.)READ»

All the Right Connections

The partners at Arts Alliance Ltd., a venture-capital firm, believe that success is about making connections -- between companies and their customers, and between portfolio companies.READ»