Note that "Dagens næringsliv" printed the story Thursday, so they must have had information about it before WMF left the meeting with Snøhetta. This is no longer a breaking story.
On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 12:04 AM John Erling Blad jeblad@gmail.com wrote:
This is out in several newspapers now.
"Snøhetta shall create new visual profile for Wikipedia-owner" [1]
A quick Google Translate dump
The mission is the largest in the field of graphic design ever, writes Dagens Næringsliv.
- For me personally, this is very big, but you see it in a larger
perspective - Norway, Norwegian design and graphic design - then this is one of the largest international customers who have come to Norway and chosen a Norwegian design agency. So it's very big, says strategic advisor Sanda Zahirovic in the design department in Snøhetta to the newspaper.
Eight companies were in the competition for the assignment. Creative director Heather Walls at Wikimedia will not go out with Dagens Næringsliv with what other companies were talking about, but says that Snøhetta was the obvious choice.
Snow hood founder and partner Kjetil Trædal Thorsen cannot say how much the contract is worth, but emphasizes that the work is devoting a good deal of resources during the project period, which is half a year.
[1] https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/mRd1pp/snoehetta-skal-skape-en-ny-visuel...