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TONJE HOLAND

WORKS AS GRAPHIC DESIGNER & CO-FOUNDER OF DESIGN STUDIO, DARLING CLEMENTINE

WHEN NORWEGIAN DESIGN DUO INGRID REITHAUG AND TONJE HOLAND SET UP THEIR NEW OSLO HEADQUARTERS IN MAY, THEY STARTED RECEIVING SOME UNEXPECTED VISITORS. THEIR COMPANY, DARLING CLEMENTINE, MIGHT HAVE SPECIALISED IN SCANDINAVIAN FOLK-INSPIRED STATIONERY, BUT THAT DIDN’T STOP GERMAN DEATH METAL FANS FROM POPPING BY TO SAY HELLO TOO.

Before Darling Clementine moved in, the place was actually a famous heavy-metal record store. “The guy who ran it was killed by this Satanist in Norway,” Tonje says matter-of-factly, before laughing darkly with Ingrid. “So we occasionally have heavy-metal men come in from Germany who take pictures of the place. It’s very

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