Based in Norway’s unofficial capital of design, the Bergen Academy (KhiB), is one of the country’s most respected higher-education institutions, admired internationally for producing generation after generation of the nation’s most accomplished designers and artists. The Academy is known for its interdisciplinary approach, design-as-solution methodology and pronounced emphasis on the importance of research and collaboration. It has been closely involved with creative initiatives both in Norway and abroad, notably including the 2014 edition of 100% Norway and Inside Wood in Milan 2016.