US magazine Sight Unseen has partnered five New York and five Norwegian design studios to create products for its annual Offsite exhibition, with results including brick furniture, a bent-steel bench and colourful glass vases.
Now in its second edition, Norway x New York aims to showcase the similarities between New York and Norwegian designers, who are relying less on brands and more on in-house production.
"Both countries have far more skilled young talents than they do manufacturers, and like American designers ? who have shifted, in the past 10 years, away from a reliance on brands and more toward self-initiated production and distribution ? Norwegian designers are also beginning to embrace their independence," said Sight Unseen founders Monica Khemserov and Jill Singer. Over six months, the pairs worked long distance to create a pieces of furniture, lighting and accessories. Each one uses a different type of American workshop and can also be manufactured for future sales.
Sight Unseen Offsite takes place 19-22 May 2017 at 100 Avenue of the Americas, New York, as part of this year's NYCxDesign festival.
Read on for descriptions of the five projects:

Vonnegut/Kraft and Neip
New York studio Vonnegut/Kraft and Norwegian studio Kneip took cues from construction materials to make this collection of tables and containers. Made of grainy light and dark bricks, the products all feature rounded edges a reference to the natural weathering of the material.
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