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Bjarne Melgaard
The 2,000 unique covers of this book, designed by Halvor Bodin, constitute the largest single presentation of Melgaard’s artistic practice. However, since no one will ever see all the books together, this also reflects the experience of working through the material on which the book is based. Melgaard’s body of work is so extensive, multifaceted, and dispersed across numerous exhibitions, publications, and other forms of presentation that achieving a complete overview would be impossible.
From a traditional art historical perspective, a catalogue raisonné is a comprehensive record of an artist’s entire output. If anyone were to attempt such a project for Melgaard in the future, it would likely be the most extensive of its kind in Norwegian art history. So far, however, the artist himself has actively and consciously avoided structuring his artistic production within a hierarchical framework.
A recurring theme in this book is precisely how this approach has been central to Melgaard’s artistic practice—both within individual drawings and paintings and in the way he has produced exhibitions and the relationships between them.
(From Erlend Hammer’s preface)
© Uten Tittel 2025
Author: Erlend Hammer
Publishing editor: Marcus Bøhn
Image editors: Halvor Bodin and Erlend Hammer
Design/repro: Halvor Bodin
Coding of database export: Jonni™
Copyright for works by Bjarne Melgaard
© Bjarne Melgaard/BONO 2025
Uten Tittel
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2025
19 x 24 cm
256 pages
ISBN 978-82-93502-52-4
Livonia Print SIA, 2025, Latvia
Paper: Arctic Print White 150 g/m²
Cover: Polar Rough 300 g/m²
Coloured edges
Typography: Sans Sans/Sans Flux (MuirMcNeil)
Language: Norwegian
2000 numbered books with unique covers. 4000 cover images (front and back). 367 images in the interior.
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19 x 24 cm
256 pages
ISBN 978-82-93502-52-4
Livonia Print SIA, 2025, Latvia
Paper: Arctic Print White 150 g/m²
Cover: Polar Rough 300 g/m²
Coloured edges
Typography: Sans Sans/Sans Flux (MuirMcNeil)
Language: Norwegian
2000 numbered books with unique covers. 4000 cover images (front and back). 367 images in the interior.
More and proper documentation photos to come
Kristian Blystad
Known for his distinctive monumental works in stone, such as Torso (1999) in the former government quarter, Reclining Head II – Dream at Filipstad Brygge (1999), and The Sailing King (1993), a monument in memory of King Olav V at Hankø. He played a significant role in collaboration with Snøhetta on architectural projects such as the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Oslo Opera House roof.
The book covers Blystad’s entire oeuvre, from his early years in Bergen, through exhibitions and acquisitions in the 1990s and 2000s, up to his current creative practice in the quarry at Skjeberg, Østfold.
© Orfeus Publishing
Author: Øivind Storm Bjerke
Publishing editor: Birgitte M. Siem
Design/repro: Halvor Bodin
Photography: Øystein Thorvaldsen, Halvard Haugerud, Halvor Bodin, Øivind Storm Bjerke and more
Orfeus Publishing
Kristian Blystad website
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2024
19 x 24 cm
464 pages
ISBN: 978-82-93959-106
Livonia Print SIA, 2024, Latvia
Paper: Arctic Matt 150 g/m²
Endpapers: Munken Lynx 150 g/m²
Typography: ABC Arizona
Binding: Open spine, edge milling, blind debossed cardboard, foilblocked with white, coloured threads (7 colours)
Language: Norwegian
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19 x 24 cm
464 pages
ISBN: 978-82-93959-106
Livonia Print SIA, 2024, Latvia
Paper: Arctic Matt 150 g/m²
Endpapers: Munken Lynx 150 g/m²
Typography: ABC Arizona
Binding: Open spine, edge milling, blind debossed cardboard, foilblocked with white, coloured threads (7 colours)
Language: Norwegian
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Karl Erik Harr – Å fange en bølge
Karl Erik Harr has been a beloved and popular visual artist throughout his more than 50-year-long career. With his powerful depictions of Northern Norway, as well as his delicate pen drawings for Knut Hamsun’s novels, he has secured an enduring place in art history.
Art historian Tommy Sørbø writes engagingly and insightfully about Harr’s life and artistic journey—about what it means to be both loved and criticised by the Norwegian art community.
© Orfeus Publishing
Author: Tommy Sørbø
Publishing editor: Inger Schjoldager
Design/repro/scanning: Halvor Bodin
Orfeus Publishing
Harrmuseet
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2024
24,5 x 27 cm
352 pages
ISBN: 978-82-93959-11-3
Livonia Print SIA, 2024, Latvia
Paper: Arctic Matt 150 g/m²
Endpapers: Munken Lynx 150 g/m²
Typography: ABC Arizona
Binding: Balacron Ottawa 9072 (FSC™)
Language: Norwegian
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24,5 x 27 cm
352 pages
ISBN: 978-82-93959-11-3
Livonia Print SIA, 2024, Latvia
Paper: Arctic Matt 150 g/m²
Endpapers: Munken Lynx 150 g/m²
Typography: ABC Arizona
Binding: Balacron Ottawa 9072 (FSC™)
Language: Norwegian
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Kultur for kunst – Trondheim kommunes kunstsamling
The anthology Kultur for kunst (Culture for Art) was published on the occasion of the 20-year anniversary of Trondheim municipality’s program for art in public spaces. The book takes a thematic approach with contributions from seven authors, delving deeper into the experiences and effects of presenting various types of art to the public.
© Orfeus Publishing
Subject editor: Marit K. Flåtter
Editorial board: Berit Kirksæther and Ingun Myrstad
Publishing editor: Inger Schjoldager
Texts: Rita Ottervik, Marit K. Flåtter, Hanna Malene Lindberg, Meva Hasan Aydilek, Ingeborg Hjorth, Märit Aronsson-Towler, André Gali, Anna Ulrikke Andersen, Hans Carlsson
Design/repro: Halvor Bodin
Photography: Øystein Thorvaldsen, Grethe Britt Fredriksen, Glen Musk and more
Art in Trondheim
Orfeus Publishing
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2023
24 x 27 cm
208 pages
ISBN: 978-82-93959-09-0
Livonia Print SIA, 2023, Latvia
Paper: Sappi Magno Gloss 150 g/m²
Endpapers: Munken Lynx 150 g/m²
Cover: Balacron Savanna 5122
Typografi: ABC Arizona
24 x 27 cm
208 pages
ISBN: 978-82-93959-09-0
Livonia Print SIA, 2023, Latvia
Paper: Sappi Magno Gloss 150 g/m²
Endpapers: Munken Lynx 150 g/m²
Cover: Balacron Savanna 5122
Typografi: ABC Arizona
Interiør & Møbler
NILs årbok 2023
The Norwegian Organisation of Interior Architects and Furniture Designers (NIL) represents the country’s leading talents within interior architecture and furniture design. The 2023 annual Interiør & Møbler presents the best projects from 2022.
The 2023 edition of Interiør & Møbler is published both as a printed version and a digitial version. The content is the same, both a html-version and downloadable pdf-files identical to the print layout.
Editor: Inger Schjoldager, Orfeus Publishing.
Project manager: Mona Lise Lien
Art direction, graphic design and production/repro: Halvor Bodin.
Advertising: Coordinator of sales: Steffen K. Ludvigsen.
Typography in use: Neue Haas Grotesk.
The 2023 edition is the third Interiør & Møbler published both as a printed version and a digitial version. The content is the same, both a html-version and downloadable pdf-files identical to the print layout. The web-project is developed with Bleed, Avento and Halvor Bodin (also responsible for the content management).
Interiør & Møbler online version
2023
236 pages
Format: 29,7 x 23 cm
ISBN 978-82-91194-33-2
ISSN 0803-7582
Paper: 300 g/m2 FSC [omslag],
115 g/m2 G-Print FSC [materie],
Rainbow Intensive Orange 80 g/m2
Livonia Print SIA, Latvia
Orange colored paper on the index and address chapter.
236 pages
Format: 29,7 x 23 cm
ISBN 978-82-91194-33-2
ISSN 0803-7582
Paper: 300 g/m2 FSC [omslag],
115 g/m2 G-Print FSC [materie],
Rainbow Intensive Orange 80 g/m2
Livonia Print SIA, Latvia
Orange colored paper on the index and address chapter.