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Gaitline and Permafrost: A Collaboration for Comfort and Style

Our ongoing collaboration with Norwegian footwear brand Gaitline has resulted in a wide range of models and styles.

The World Cup Pro is the first design in a new generation of Gaitline sneaker built around the IgnitePRO midsole material. The new, ultralight foam offers improved responsiveness and cushioning, allowing us to design sneakers with a new, superior level of comfort.

Best of the Best: Permafrost and Stokke win prestigious, international design award

A team of designers from Permafrost and engineers from Stokke, led by Stokke design manager Anders August Kittilsen, has been honoured with the Red Dot: Best of the Best award for the Stokke® Clikk™ High Chair. The Red Dot design award is the world’s largest and most recognized product design competition, and the Red Dot: Best of the …

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Sodapop: The bluetooth speaker with a Twist!

The concept has been developed using professional sound labs, helping to optimise the performance and design. When connected to a bottle the Sodapop speaker delivers increased sound volume throughout the whole audio spectrum. This results in the feeling of “warmth” in the bass without loss of definition.

Permafrost designs exclusive collection for Japanese retailer MINISO

Permafrost has created a collection of electronic and digital devices for Japanese retail brand MINISO. The range includes headphones and earphones, memory sticks, a desk lamp, a fan and a portable Bluetooth loudspeaker. The various products are all designed to be playful, happy and accessible, matching MINISO’s ethos of affordable quality products for everyday use. …

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Permafrost designs new recliner for Stordal, releases new Tundra rug collection

Permafrost has designed a new recliner for Stordal Møbel, called Stordal Leaf. Stordal Leaf is a small and neat recliner offering excellent ergonomics through a patented, synchronized tilting movement. The carefully crafted chair is soft and embracing, while at the same time sharply defined in its shape. Permafrost has also released a new collection of …

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Red Dot: Best of the Best – Cisco and Permafrost win international design award

The Cisco Spark Board has been honoured with the Red Dot: Best of the Best 2017 award.  The Red Dot design award is the world’s largest and most recognized product design competition, and the Red Dot: Best of the Best is their highest distinction.  Developed to be a powerful and radically new tool for meetings and collaborations, the Cisco Spark Board is …

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Permafrost designs new colors and patterns for the Stokke Steps seating system

Norwegian baby brand Stokke has launched new colors and customization for their Stokke Steps modular seating system. The new range of color options and patterns has been developed together with Permafrost, and comprises a versatile and contemporary palette designed to fit in anywhere. New color options include a sophisticated black chair seat, baby set and …

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Best of the Best: Stokke Steps wins prominent international design award

The Stokke design department and the designers from Permafrost have been honoured with the Red Dot: Best of the Best award for the Stokke Steps seating system. The Red Dot design award is the world’s largest and most recognized product design competition, and the Red Dot: Best of the Best is their highest distinction. The Stokke Steps system is …

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Permafrost designs limited edition wooden toy for group exhibition

Permafrost has designed and manufactured a limited edition of wooden toy cars for the group exhibition 100SERIE, opening today in Grünerløkka, Oslo. 100 numbered pieces are released for sale at the venue. 100SERIE is an invitational project, showing work from 5 different Norwegian design studios. The exhibition offers a look into the process of shaping and manufacturing modern, …

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Best of the Best: Stokke Crusi wins prominent international design award

The Bazooka Goal has been honoured with a red dot design award! This award is one of the world’s largest and most commonly recognised design competitions, so we’d like to think we’re in good company.  The Bazooka Goal is the world’s most compact solid frame folding goal. Carrying, handling and assembling is made easy through …

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Permafrost designs next generation seating system for Stokke

Leading Norwegian baby brand Stokke selected Permafrost for the task of designing its newest children’s seating system. The result is a highly versatile and user-friendly modular system that accommodates children’s seating needs from birth all the way through childhood. The new products will be introduced alongside Stokke’s iconic Tripp Trapp chair, further strengthening Stokkes’s position as a …

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Permafrost’s online store now open

We are happy to announce that our online store is finally open! Named stories by permafrost, the store offers a complete collection of our Offshore, Archipelago and Shipping sets of wooden toys. The toys are available for pre-order, with deliveries starting December 1st. stories by permafrost is a collection of iconic design objects, conceived, developed and produced by Norwegian designers Permafrost. All the …

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Permafrost presents new toys at 100% Norway during the London Design Festival

Permafrost has been selected to take part in the 100% Norway show during the upcoming London Design Festival. We are displaying a collection of wooden toys building on the theme of our “Offshore” wooden toys from last year’s New Nordic Identity exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Alongside the “Offshore” set, we will be launching two new sets …

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Permafrost designs two new strollers for Stokke

Leading Norwegian baby brand Stokke has just released two new, innovative strollers designed in collaboration with Permafrost. The two strollers have been developed simultaneously, and they share an obvious family likeness in construction, in use of materials, and in some carefully crafted, iconic details.  The largest stroller is the Stokke Crusi, featuring a full-sized, padded carrycot that can be replaced …

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