About us
Permafrost is an award winning industrial design studio based in Oslo, Norway. Founded in 2000, we have been serving clients from all over the world for more than two decades.
The studio
Permafrost is a Norwegian design studio founded by four industrial designers, all class-mates and graduates from the Oslo School of Architecture. Andreas Murray, Eivind Halseth, Oskar Johansen and Tore Vinje Brustad founded the company while finishing their design school diplomas, and started Permafrost on 1 January 2000.
We work across product design, furniture, lighting, retail spaces and brand identity. Most projects run from early sketches and volume studies through to production-ready drawings, in close collaboration with the client’s own engineering and marketing teams.
What we are after
Permafrost’s ultimate goal is to create timeless, ever-lasting products the users will love and take care of. As a result, our work is all about designs that are user-friendly, simple and safe, with just enough personality to make them stand out.
Exhibitions
Permafrost has been exhibiting products and concepts at international design shows since 2001, including Designers Block in London, Salone Satellite in Milan, Green House in Stockholm, ICFF in New York, 100% Norway in London, 100% Norway in Stockholm and 100% Design in Tokyo.
The Offshore wooden toy set was created for the New Nordic — Architecture and Identity exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in 2012.
Recognition
Notable awards include the Norwegian Design Council’s Talent of the Year award twice, the Norwegian Award for Design Excellence, and the prestigious Red Dot: Best of the Best award on five separate occasions.
By the numbers
- 26 years in practice, continuously since 2000
- 4 founders, still running the studio