We are happy to announce the launching of the Nordic Design Competition with attention to sustainable chair design. Finalists and winners will be presented at the Nordic pavilion at COP24 in Poland in December. .

Iceland Design Centre has hired Ástþór Helgason as director of Design March. .

Iceland Design Centre will be closed for summer holidays from July 14 until August 8. Gleðilegt sumar! .

On June 13 The Nordic House will host a seminar on current trends and concepts in interior design, seen from both the perspective of practising designers and design education. The focus will be on sustainable solutions and design for alternative future lifestyles that we might be facing sooner than we expect. .

In this issue you can, among other things, read about the ideology and work of different designers and architects who emphasize the creative reuse of materials, seek inspiration in Iceland's cultural heritage, encourage a critical discussion of the impact of technological developments and challenge our preconceptions of the world. .

The opening of the MA Degree Show in Fine Art and Design from the Iceland Academy of the Arts will take place this Saturday, April 28th at 14:00 in Gerðarsafn Kópavogur. .

The IUA Graduate Fashion Show takes place at the Lækningaminjasafn at Seltjarnarnes. Students present their graduation collections after three years of study at the school. .

Kicking off DesignMarch is the opening event DesignTalks! This day is filled with inspirational talks given by leading international creatives and professionals, illustrating the power and potential of design. DesignTalks strives to provide professionals of all fields with inspiration for collaboration and problem solving. .

DesignMarch is Iceland’s largest, and most important, design festival. This year marks the festival’s 10th birthday of transforming the capital city into one big design venue. The events of the festival are organized by Icelandic designers and architects, with an increasing number of foreign participants. .

The sixth issue of HA is hot off the presses and sure to please Icelandic design and architecture enthusiasts. This time around, the magazine contains nearly 140 pages of interesting content — which, when it comes to the Icelandic design scene, there’s definitely more than enough of. .

Hugarflug, yearly artistic and design research conference of IAA, now takes place for the seventh time with over 50 artists, designer and scholars participating with different means. .

Thank you for this year, we wish you all the best for 2018. Happy holidays! .

The fourth Icelandic Design Award ceremony will take place in Iðnó on November 9. .

PopUp Verzlun is now open for applications for the yearly X-Mas designersmarket. The market will take place in Reykjavik Art Museum, Hafnarhús Saturday the 9th of dec. 2017. .

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. .