Icelandic Design Policy 2014–2018, the first national design policy for Iceland promotes design as a vital driving force for future. Read it in English here.
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Today we can all be storytellers from 140 characters and up. How do we make sure that our stories start in the right place and travel in the right direction? How do we make this work for good? Nathan Woodhead of the global creative agency The Brooklyn Brothers will speak about storytelling and communication in the digital age. The lecture takes place at Reykjavik Art Museum Hafnarhús on Thursday, April 10 at 8PM. .

The Nordic Fashion Biennale (NFB), a platform for Icelandic, Faroese and Greenlandic fashion design opens in Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt, Germany. .

How can design be used as a tool for regional development? How can the design process shape healthier societies? What is social design? The International Seminar—Explore. Reflect. Respond: Designing for small communities—held on March 28 at 9.30-13.30 at Hannesarholt, will explore the aforementioned questions. .

Satt Restaurant at Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Natura turns into Order to Effect, a new kind of restaurant concept where you order food based on its impact on your body and health. Read more and reserve your table here. .

Landscape architect Dagný Bjarnadóttir will speak about the ideology, design and processes in projects in which she has made use of materials that were previously ignored and considered as waste. The lecture takes place at Reykjavik Art Museum Hafnarhús on Thursday, March 13 at 8PM. .

The Nordic Fashion Biennale launches the book The Weather Diaries (Gestalten) which includes beautiful photography by curator-photographer duo Cooper&Gorfer. .

Eight Icelandic fashion labels will showcase their AW collections on Saturday, March 29 at Reykjavik Fashion Festival. Secure your seat now! .

The Museum of Design and Applied Arts exhibits the wardrobe of Vigdis Finnbogadóttir, the first female president in the world. .

Lani Yamamoto receives the Dimmalimm Prize 2013 for best Icelandic children’s book illustrations. Yamamoto was awarded for her book Stína Stórasaeng (Crymogea). .

Mike Friton has been an innovator in the footwear industry for over 30 years. In the Iceland Design Centre Lecture Series, Friton will speak about his career and his approaches to product design and problem solving. The Lecture takes place at Reykjavik Art Museum Hafnarhús on Thursday, February 13 at 8PM. .

Icelandic jewellery and furniture design takes over Harpa, prints by Reykjavik Letterpress, new collection by Hildur Yeoman – we are happy to announce more of the DesignMarch 2014 program. .

The Icelandic home textiles label Scintilla exhibits its home textile & decor collection at the NYNOW home & lifestyle fair on February 2-6 in New York. .

Tickets to DesignMarch opening seminar DesignTalks 2014 Dealing with Reality are now available online. Speakers include Calvin Klein, Robert Wong, Mikael Schiller Kathryn Firth and Marco Steinberg. .

Headed to Stockholm for the Design Week and the Furniture & Light Fair? Here is where to find the Icelandic designers. .

This year’s festival identity combines the Victorian toy thaumatrope and vintage electronics to portray the interactions that lie in the heart of DesignMarch. .

We are happy to announce that fashion designer Calvin Klein will speak at DesignTalks, the opening seminar of DesignMarch, which will centre on the designer and architect as a strategist and a visionary. .

Icelandic design agencies Hugdetta and Vík Prjónsdóttir partake in the Nordic touring exhibition on consumption and production. .

Order to Effect food design experience, Posters inspired by most beautiful words in Icelandic, Icelandic musicians and fashion designers join forces, Designers partaking in Reykjavik Fashion Festival and more - we are happy to announce the first preliminary picks from the DesignMarch 2014 program. .

APPROACH by Norwegian artists Solveig Ovanger, Ingrid Larssen and Cecilie Haaland opens in the Reykjavik City Hall. .

Fashion and textile designer Linda Björg Árnadóttir opens the Iceland Design Centre Lecture Series 2014. The Lecture takes place at Reykjavik Art Museum Hafnarhús on Thursday, January 16 at 20 and will be held in Icelandic. .

The Nordic House exhibits works by architects Kimmo Friman and Esa Laaksonen. .

Design gallery Spark Design Space and textile printing company Textílprentun Íslands join forces to create a textile version of Skvís by Siggi Eggertsson. .

Collection inspired by stone age, Designers From Nowhere, children’s illustration workshop, Shop Show, fifth edition of Reykjavik Fashion Festival and more - We are happy to announce the first preliminary picks from the DesignMarch 2014 program. .

Paradigm brings Norwegian contemporary craft to Iceland Museum of Design and Applied Art. The exhibition runs until March 9, 2014. .

DesignTalks, the opening seminar of DesignMarch will centre on the designer and architect as a strategist and a visionary. We are glad to announce two more speakers, Marco Steinberg, former director of strategic design at Helsinki Design Lab and Acne’s Executive Chairman Mikael Schiller. .

December marks the time for our annual Christmas Calendar in the Iceland Design Centre Blog. .

Siggi Eggertsson designs the 2013 Christmas Ornament for The Benefit Society of Children with Disabilities. .

Beside the Deep Waters is a retrospective of the work of artist Rúna, Sigrún Guðjónsdóttir. .

Brynjar Sigurðarson employs a knitting technique used by Icelandic fishermen to create a furniture collection for Galerie Kreo in Paris, France. .