Kvorning Design and partners, SLA and Substrata, win two commissions from the Nidaros Cathedral’s Restoration Workshop, Norway. Both related to Trondheim’s world famous and almost a thousand years old Nidaros Cathedral and the Archbishop’s Palace.

Kvorning and partners will be developing a feasibility study and general space planning for the surrounding exteriors, courtyards and workshops – and furthermore creating a concept for the many permanent and temporary exhibitions in the Archbishop’s Palace including the Norwegian Royal Regalia. The aim is an updated storyline and new solutions for future use of both interiors and exteriors to ensure a much more active dialogue than today.

Meet Kvorning in London and Istanbul in May! Arne Kvorning and Gitte Olsson attend the M+H Show 2022 – Drop by Olympia London, stand G1, on the 12-13 May! Ivan Asseev, Kvorning Design, is keynote at Heritage Istanbul 2022 in Turkey on  the 13 May speaking about ‘Touching the Untouchables. World Heritage Sites Revitalisation: exhibition design, memorialization, inclusion and identities.’

Kvorning Design team wins commission for Tungtvannskjelleren museum at Vemork in Norway. The site of heavy water experiments during the Second World War.

NIA director Anna Hereid says:

‘In light of present day Europe, it is vital that we place great demands on the telling of Norwegian history. The concept tendered by Kvorning Design, Gagarin and Creative Technology was chosen for its comprehensive and innovative experience concept, which not only provides a range of spectacular, engaging and diverse modes of narration, but also makes the space an attractive arena for conferences or other gatherings.’

Kvorning Design and partners, Gagarin and Creative Technology, won the commission from the Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum, NIA, to develop and realise the conceptual narrative for Tungtvannskjelleren, the heavy water research site where the world-changing Norwegian sabotage action ‘Operation Gunnerside’ occurred.

Kvorning Design CEO Arne Kvorning says:

‘Tungtvannskjelleren has been a dream project for a number of years. I know the history very well and immediately invited myself for a visit once the cellar was accessible’.

Pre-realisation of H.C. Andersen Art Center project at Lerchenborg south of Kalundborg, Denmark, on the storyteller’s birthday, April 2.

The Krøderbanen line, Norway’s longest railway museum and one of Scandinavias largest museum railways, celebrates 150 years in 2022.

Kvorning Design creates concept for Loc 207, at the Krøderen Station on behalf of the Buskerud Museum in Hallingdal, Norway.

Bergen residents are to receive their very own Maritime Museum of the future. The place to meet, hang out and learn about themselves, each other and their own city together with family members spanning across different generations, while being present for and actively participating in a living debate put together by researchers, bloggers and Bergen locals.

The consortium of Kvorning Design (as lead partner), Gagarin and Creative Technology is responsible for the master plan for Bergen Maritime Museum 2.0, created for the Museum West Foundation in Bergen, Norway. The contract includes the development of an overall concept with visualisations, ideas and potential solutions for exhibitions (2500 m2) plus administration and forecourt, a new entrance and a new building in the museum’s inner courtyard. The project was won via competition

In November 1992, ‘Les Glaces Racontent – Frozen Archives’ put the story of Danish ice core research on the international agenda with a large-scale, European travel exhibition, which HRH Prince Joachim officially inaugurated at The House of Denmark; Denmark’s showcase situated on the Champs Elysées, Paris, France. A thrilling and interactive travelling story about the Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP), which was funded by the Danish Ministry of Education, and administered by the Danish Polar Center. We were responsible for exhibition design.

Ice cores from the Greenland ice sheet capture extensive information about past climate conditions. They tell us how the Earth’s temperature has changed over more than 100,000 years. Layers of rain and snow effectively store a thermometer. This reveals the temperature of the cloud from which the precipitation fell. A discovery we can thank geophysicist Willi Dansgaard (1922-2011) and his research team for. In July 1992, they made climate research history by hitting the bedrock at a depth of 3029 metres with the ice core drill, ISTUK.

KØNG is the conceptual title for the master plan and the frame narrative about Køng Factory, 1774-1924. The story of how society’s poorest wove the finest tablecloths for the Danish king’s table. KØNG contains the complete story, from flax flower to Køng Factory. Of how the Køng city developed and flourished.

Kvorning Design is responsible for the master plan and frame story about the New Køng Museum in Denmark with an interactive concept, which is based on the city, the flower, the textile production and the finished royal tablecloth. And not least the people behind it. Staged and brought to life as a total experience. The design has been created for Køng Museum’s Support Association, Denmark.

2022 marks 30 years of Kvorning Design on the international exhibitions stage.

Since 1992, architect and exhibition designer Arne Kvorning MAA MDD and his team have created magical settings and moments in over 50 countries worldwide. Covering every phase, from idea inception to delivery of turnkey installations. Concepts and exhibitions that combine storytelling, scenography, design and architecture. From a one-man band to one of the world’s top 10 most influential exhibition design companies.

Thank you, our wonderful clients, partners, and supporters for being an important part of our design journey so far, and we look forward to more exciting projects in the future.

Happy New Year!

See 30th anniversary animation here: 30 Years of International Exhibitions