Graphic design and illustration
at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts

Kick-start: Wikipedia

Wikipedia is the world's largest encyclopedia. It does not have a central editorial desk. Instead, Wikipedia users discuss and edit the texts continuously. But what about the illustrations, what is their role? How does illustration work in a digital and user generated public domain? One hundred Wikipedia articles were chosen and the students spent two days illustrating them.

  • The project was done in collaboration with Wikimedia Norge, who is responsible for the Norwegian language version of Wikipedia. It was led by Andreas Berg, Martin Lundell and Astrid Carlsen from Wikimedia, and completed in the autumn of 2014.

    All photos: Steffen Kørner Ludvigsen.