Andreas Engesvik

Background

Andreas Engesvik is a Norwegian designer. HAY says he first studied Art History at the University of Bergen and then Design at the National College of Art and Design, graduating with a Master's degree in 2000; Norwegian Wikipedia gives the years as 1995 for the University of Bergen and 2000 for the Bergen art academy. It lists his birth as 29 May 1970.

Career

In 2000 Engesvik and four other industrial designers made an exhibition project in Milan under the name Norway Says, which became a design collective in 2002. In May 2009 the National Museum opened an exhibition of Norway Says' product design. In the autumn of 2009 Engesvik set up on his own, a date HAY also gives for his studio. His own site, in Norwegian, says that from 2026 he works as Grung Engesvik together with Jannicke Grung.

Signature Style

HAY writes that his approach is informed by the idea that objects need to be mastered before they are created. Norwegian Wikipedia describes him as known above all for furniture and interior objects made for manufacturers.

Notable Works

• Arbour sofa collection, with Daniel Rybakken, for HAY (listed as 2020 on his own site)
• Tann toothbrush for HAY
• A series of toothbrushes for Jordan in 2017, which the National Museum acquired

Recognition

HAY names the Red Dot Award, the iF Product Design Award and the Wallpaper Design Award among the international awards he has won.