The fifth issue of HA magazine on Icelandic design and architecture is out now. .

Ypsilon, a brand new concept store opens it’s doors for the first time in downtown Reykjavík, Thursday, 13 July at 17h00. .

The London based fashion designer will display his menswear collection which has been featured in Vogue, ID & Hero Magazine and other publications. .

Thursday, May 25th at 5 p.m is the opening of the exhibition THE CITY BEING in the Nordic House. .

Students from the Iceland Academy of the Arts exhibit their final BA projects at Reykjavik Art Museum Hafnarhús from May 13 until May 10. .

Blue Lagoon recently donated an Icelandic ceramic collection to the Icelandic Museum of Design and Applied Art. Comprised of a diverse array of ceramic art, the collection represents the work of Icelandic artists, as well as international artists who worked in Iceland. .

Design with a sea view. A visual tale of nature and design intersections. Exhibition of contemporary design from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden – and Iceland. .

Exhibition opening in Reykjavík Art Museum – Kjarvalsstaðir, Saturday, 4 March at 16h00. .

In the fourth issue of HA we feel nostalgic, make the invisible tangible and prepare for the fourth industrial revolution. What happened to the clothing brand Don Cano? How does the winning proposal for Kársnes look? Is Iceland ready for automative revolution? .

Register now to participate in DesignMarch, held on March 23-26, 2017. The deadline for registrations is on January 17. .

Ho, ho, ho – it's Christmas time, and we celebrate with our annual Christmas Calendar. .

The Icelandic Design Fund received 68 applications for some 200 million ISK, of which 16 projects received a combined 18 million ISK in grants. In addition, the Fund allocated 15 travel grants. .

Icelandic-danish designers Gudumundur Ludvik and Hee Welling designed Mani collection for Area Declic. Mani will be presented for the first time in Cologne at Orgatec Exhibition on October 25-29. .

Iceland Academy of the Arts shows ‘No Waste’ at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven on October 22-30. .

The Icelandic Design Awards will be handed out for the third time in October 6th, in Safnahúsið, Hverfisgötu 15, at 18:00. Here are the four projects shortlisted for this year's Icelandic Design Award, chosen by our Jury. .

We are happy to announce that Alexander Taylor will speak at DesignTalks 2017. .

Friday, August 26th at 8 p.m. two exhibitions will be opened in Hafnarborg. This year‘s fall exhibition, Experiment - Clay and more, in the museum's main gallery and in Hafnarborg's Sverrir's gallery an exhibition by swedish designer Jenny Nordberg, 3 - 5 Seconds - Rapid, Handmade Production where Nordberg will do a performance. .

Gardar Eyjolfsson partakes in Design Diplomacy in the Embassy of Iceland in Helsinki on September 7, and Katrin Olina speaks at Showroom, Habitare. Her Primitiva collection will also be available at Helsinki’s newly opened design store TRE. .

Iceland Design Centre takes over new headquarters on Aðalstræti 2 in the heart of Kvosin, the oldest part of downtown Reykjavik. .

The Nordic House exhibits Century of the Child: Nordic design for children from 1900 to today. Running until 27.2.2017, the exhibition showcases Nordic design for children from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. .

The Nordic embassies in Berlin host a summer exhibition on Nordic fashion, food and design with a strong ecological and ethical focus. From eclimate change to slow fashion to wild food, the exhibition portrays and discusses the Nordic way of life with its strengths, focuses and challenges. .

Design agency Gagarin will be awarded the Red Dot Award for Communication Design for ‘Powering the Future’, an exhibition designed to mark the 50thanniversary of Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland. .

Iceland Design Centre will be closed for summer holidays from July 4 until August 2. Gleðilegt sumar! .

Tulipop ehf., the Icelandic design company behind the Tulipop world and characters, has raised 250 million ISK (2M USD) in Series A funding led by the Icelandic fund Frumtak Ventures, a new investor in the company, and Þorbergur ehf., a current shareholder. .

Akureyri Art Museum looks at the local architecture in their summer exhibition Arkitektúr og Akureyri. The exhibition runs from May 21 until August 28. .

The third issue of HA magazine on Icelandic design and architecture is out now. .

Dimmblá, Cintamani and Helicopter partake in Berlin Fashion Week at Bikini Berlin. .

Gagarin was awarded the Sylvia Harris Award 2016 and an Merit Award 2016 by The Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD) for three exhibits designed for the Canadian Museum of Human Rights in Canada (CMHR). .

Studio Brynjar & Veronika revealed their 2016 Swarovski Designers of the Future Award commissionsat Design Miami/Basel 2016. In addition, a sofa table by them is exhibited at Galerie Kreo’s stand. .

The proposal Spot On Kársnes by landscape architect Dagný Bjarnadóttir, landscape architect Anders Egebjerg Terp, and architect Gunnlaugur Johnson has won the Nordic Built Cities Challenge. .