Norway Turns Boring Passports Into Covetable Design Objects

Making the drudgery of travel just a little more stylish.

Leave it to some chic Scandinavians to recast a dull travel necessity—the passport—into something beautiful and whimsical. The designers at the Oslo-based design studio Neue did just that by taking inspiration from their homeland’s terrain and turning it into a chic travel ledger—the results of which won a national competition and will now be the country’s official passport. Check out the exterior design, offered in three different colors, above, and the interior design (plus the glowing landscape that’s revealed once the booklet goes under UV light), below.

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Via TNW