Landing at Oslo airport is an experience in itself – the Norwegian capital boasts a spectacular location between the sea and the forests, the fjords and the mountains. Oslo begins where the famous ski jumping hill Holmenkollbakken sits enthroned on the slopes above the city. Anybody catching the tram from the centre of town finds himself, after a trip lasting only 20 minutes, right in the heart of nature, close to rambling trails and cross-country ski runs.
“I wouldn’t want to live in any other town,” says Norway’s currently most prominent designer ANDREAS ENGESVIK (andreasengesvik.no). At his office in a yellow turn-of-the-century villa in Oslo’s trendy Frogner district, Andreas conceives tables, chairs, vases, and home accessories for illustrious companies such as e15, iittala, FontanaArte, Louis Poulsen, Muuto, and Menu. “Oslo…
