The Tendency Exhibition at Oslo Design Fair

Sandra Riedel and Charlotte Hansson from A-lab are designing the tendency exhibition that is going to be part of Oslo Design Fair in August.

As usual, Ragnhild Brochmann hosted the opening of this year's Tendens exhibition at Oslo Design fair. A-labs architects, Charlotte Hansson and Sandra Riedel, were invited on stage with stylist Kirsten Visdal and Martin S. Eid from Ombygg.

As usual, Ragnhild Brochmann hosted the opening of this year's Tendens exhibition at Oslo Design fair. A-labs architects, Charlotte Hansson and Sandra Riedel, were invited on stage with stylist Kirsten Visdal and Martin S. Eid from Ombygg.

- The move you've made by cutting a home and getting that cross-section is incredibly exciting. I got an optical feeling that the floor was sloping as I walked towards the exhibition and into the house, exclaims the presenter enthusiastically.

- We wanted to create a radical experience. The exhibition presents a house with rooms that we are used to, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom etc. But by cutting the entire home, you create a completely different feeling in each of the rooms, says Charlotte.

The entire frame is created from reused materials from Ombygg and previous exhibition stands at Oslo Design Fair. Raw materials are also incorporated into the exhibition and stand side by side with household items such as lamps, chairs, tables and bathtubs. This helps to create different and artistic installations that provide visitors with new and unexpected sources of inspiration.

- It's pretty amazing that this degree of unfinishedness has actually created places where I wish I could live, says Brochmann.