Sverre Uhnger

Revisit

16 January - 8 March 2020

In this exhibition Sverre Uhnger explores how digitally programmed machines (CNC) can be used as creative tool or instrument when creating both functional and decorative objects. The articles and categories are familiar, but they become transformed when the chosen techniques influence their structure and shape.

Sverre Uhnger is specialized in furniture and product design. Over the last few years Uhnger has started to produce one-off’s and small batches of work that wander in between design and craft. Working mainly in wood, he has experimented in the junction between traditional crafts and digital techniques used in manufacturing. His work focuses on, and challenges, the collective and individual perception of handcraft.

Sverre Uhnger (b.1982) has a background as a cabinet maker specialized in restoration and traditional techniques. He has a design education from Bergen National Academy of Art and Design and Aalto University in Helsinki. Since 2001 Uhnger has been based in Oslo focusing on furniture and product design for mass production in addition to arranging exhibitions on Norway and abroad. He is one of the founding partners of Klubben and has participated in exhibitions in Stockholm, Tokyo, Paris, New York and Milano among others. He has designed products for manufacturers in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy and USA and won several design awards.