Iceland Design Centre will be closed for summer holidays from July 21 until August 5. We wish you a wonderful holiday! .

Design studio Leynivopnið receives the silver award at Graphis, Design Annual 2015 for their logo for Systrasamlagið. .

The City of Reykjavik has launched an initiative to add more art in the public spaces in the city. The first outcome, mural 'Feather by artist Sara Riel was unveiled in the suburb of Breiðholt last weekend. .

Ólöf Rut Stefánsdóttir has been appointed a project manager, Sara Jónsdóttir takes over from Greipur Gíslason in the lead of DesignMarch and Arnar Fells Gunnarsson starts as the editor-in-chief of the new magazine on Icelandic design and architecture. .

Embla Sigurgeirsdóttir, Dagný Gylfadóttir, Hanna Gréta Pálsdóttir, Hrönn Waltersdóttir and Sigrún Jóna Norðdahl, all studying in the University of Cumbria, England will partake in New Designers. .

The packaging design of the Icelandic sea salt Norður Salt by Jónsson & Le’macks was shortlisted for Cannes Lions 2014. .

Spark Design Space exhibits Urban Shape, a set of graphic maps designed by the architect Paolo Gianfrancesco, based on Open Street Map (OPM) data. The exhibition opens on July 3 and will run to September 26. .

The Museum of Design and Applied Arts exhibits works by graphic designer Hjalti Karlsson, last year’s recipient of the Nordic Torsten and Wanja Söderberg prize. .

Architect Katla Maríudóttir receives the Offecct Prize 2014 for her graduation thesis Jarðnæði, Tranquil Terra for KTH School of Architecture in Stockholm, Sweden. .

Play Nordic is a a three-month long festival celebrating Nordic music, design and creativity at the Nordic Embassies’ Felleshus. It opens on July 4 and runs until October 5. .

Iceland Design Centre announces a new board of directors following the annual meeting held on June 3. .

Graphic designer Sascha Lobe is the founder and head of the creative studio L2M3 and works in all areas of visual communication. He will speak about the branding of Bauhaus Archive Berlin at the Nordic house on Friday, June 13 at 12. .

The Design Fund allocated grants to 13 designers and design companies representing a wide array of design projects ranging from fashion to furniture, graphic design, ceramics and architecture. .

Nordic House exhibits Tölt, an art exhibition dedicated to the Icelandic horse, presented through diverse media such as photography, sculpture, video, animation, design and fashion. The exhibition runs until June 29.
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The digital shift already turned audiences into co-creators. How do artists and cultural institutions across the Nordic countries respond? The conference Arts and Audiences is a Nordic meeting point for cultural leaders, artists, artistic directors, curators, producers, learning managers, communication managers, cultural architects and strategists who want to find new ways to extend audience engagement. .

Brynhildur Pálsdóttir will speak at the seminar organized in connection with the exhibition The Future is Handmade in Malmö Design Center on June 9. .

Gagarin is the winner of the Silver Prize at the European Design Awards for the Wild Reindeer Exhibition in Hardangervidda (Norway) in the category of digital design. .

The Iceland Design Centre’s annual general meeting will be held on June 3. .

BERLINORD, a studio and a brand for product design and small scale local production lead by Hrafnkell Birgisson, Sebastian Summa and Jo Hany launches a collection with both new and known products at DMY Berlin this week. .

In Your Hands is a dynamic cross-discipline workshop of artists, designers, computer engineers and engineers where the revolution in the creative process through 3D printing is explored. The exhibition will run until June 14. .

University of Iceland, Iceland Academy of the Arts, Íslenski Bærinn, University of Aberdeen and Háskólafélag Suðurlands join forces for a summer workshop in Architecture. .

DesignMarch took place in the end of March – which means there are still 10 months to the next one. Reserve the dates – next festival will take place on March 12-15. .

IN PRODUCTION is a material collage printed on carpet, taking the 19th century principles of spatial decoration as a jumping-off point to explore relations between technologies of production and production of subjects. The installation will be on display from May 14 until August 24. .

Icelandic children’s design brand Tulipop presents its 2014 collection of tableware, homeware, accessories and stationery featuring the enchanting characters Bubble, Gloomy and Mr. Tree at the Pulse London trade show this weekend. .

First Icelandic MA graduates in design as well as the BA students in product design, fashion, graphic design and architecture are currently exhibiting their final projects at Reykjavik Art Museum and Gerduberg. Stay tuned – we will introduce the young talents in our blog. .

Jóhann Sigmarsson was awarded the A’Design Winner and nominate as a Runner-up for A’Design Award in A’Design Competition 2014, held during the Milan Design Week 2014.
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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. .

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. .