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A close-up of a blue textured card featuring a white logo and text. The logo consists of a circle above a zigzag line, followed by the words “Meteorologisk institutt”.

Lovely new passport design among Norwegian studio Neue's top portfolio

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Date
12 November 2014

Listen up gang, I’ve been having a think and have come to the irrefutable conclusion that we should all move to Norway. First up we had Snøhetta’s stunning banknote designs and now we find that Neue studio have created new passport covers for Norway’s citizens which are clean, crisp and colourful. The white, red and turquoise covers lead into some beautifully-designed spreads which take their inspiration from the country’s lakes and mountains and the whole thing has personality without feeling gimmicky.

Neue’s entire portfolio is full of really impressive work, and we were equally enamoured by their identity for the country’s Meteorological Institute, built around a simple circle and crooked line logo and rolled out with ease across print, web and even architectural collateral.

Three Norwegian passports in white, turquoise and red are layered over a plain white background. Each cover features a gold coat of arms and the text “Norge Noreg Norway”.
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Neue: Passport covers

An illustration of a pale green landscape featuring jagged, geometric mountains and a calm body of water. A white sun hangs in a sky of fine concentric lines, with the words “viseringer, viseringar, visas” printed along the bottom edge.
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Neue: Passport spread

An illustration of a dark blue mountain landscape under a night sky with a teal moon. A winding, light blue path leads from the foreground towards a purple, textured shape in the sky. The bottom of the image contains three columns of placeholder text and the word “Geirangerfjorden”.
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Neue: Passport spread under UV light

A brand identity showcase for the “Meteorologisk institutt”, featuring a range of stationery and a tablet. The blue and white assets include business cards, envelopes, folders and brochures with wave patterns and an image of Earth.
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Neue: Meteorologisk Institutt

A stack of blue business cards for the “Norwegian Meteorological Institute”. The top card lists the name “Ingrid Våset” and their role as an adviser in the communication department.
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Neue: Meteorologisk Institutt

A white book cover features a blue image of Earth partially obscured by a white sleeve. The sleeve has a jagged, zig-zag cutout and the word “vær” printed in blue.
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Neue: Meteorologisk Institutt

A close-up of a white piece of stationery with blue text. It lists the “Meteorologisk institutt” alongside contact details for offices in Oslo, Bergen and Tromsø.
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Neue: Meteorologisk Institutt

A blue textured book cover features a white circular logo above a wavy line. Below the logo, the text reads “Meteorologisk institutt”.
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Neue: Meteorologisk Institutt

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Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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