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 <jeb...@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-visuell-profil-for-wikipedia-eier _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
