About us

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Growlab Oslo is a group of designers, architects and urban activists working to bring about positive change here and now. We pursue green, inclusive and diverse places. We specialise in human-centered design and participatory working methods that result in locally anchored work based on insights and real needs.

What we can do for you

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Public engagement

With the help of a wide range of methods, props and happenings, we engage and involve citizens in neighbourhood change and issues around ecology and radical farming.

Research Design

Research & Design

We use quantitative and qualitative methods to uncover needs and aspirations as an important part of our design process. With our skills within visual communication, product design and architecture, we co-imagine and prototype potential for local change.

Workshops

Consulting & Teaching

We love to share our tools and knowledge with others. Thus, we enable you to apply human-centered design and participatory working methods in your own projects.

Our Approach


Our process is tailored to the specific context and community of each project. We base it on our expertise in human-centered design meaning that we put people in the center of every step of the process. Putting people at the center means for us to also put our planet at the center.

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Step-by-step

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Design challenge

Curiosity Red

FIELD WORK

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ANALYSE

Idea Red

GENERATE IDEAS

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PROTOTYPE

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IMPLEMENT & FOLLOW UP

OUR THEMES

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Participation and co-creation

We put people at the center of everything we do. We believe that we can create a better world through inclusive practices of participation, collaboration and sharing. We inspire people to see their potential as pro-active citizens.

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Ecology and radical farming

We value a positive relationship between people and our planet. This means that we take care of the ecosystems that we are part of and thrive for a balanced co-existence. We also educate and advocate for a sense of responsibility and knowledge for our natural habitat.

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Placemaking

We love to work with places – neighborhoods, public space, cities and villages. We make tools and interventions for talking and co-creating with locals in order to create meaningful design that improves the ecosystems of their neighbourhoods.

SOME OF OUR CLIENTS

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