/ EXHIBITIONS

09. May 2012

ÖÖ: Was it a dream

The fourth ÖÖ will be part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 programme, taking place from 9-13th May. Regarded as one of the must-see events in Helsinki this year, the event explores the theme of Authentic Luxury: telling the new Nordic story through the work by visionary Nordic artists and designers as well as companies who challenge the known through design-led innovation more

08. March 2012

Roots | Icelandic contemporary jewelry design

Theme of the exhibition Roots refers to both nature and cultural roots of contemporary Icelandic jewelery design. Hafnarborg 10. March - 15. April 2012. The exhibition is part of the DesignMarch 2012. .

19. January 2012

Icelandic design at Stockholm Furniture Fair

Welcoming you at Stockholm Furniture Fair, A. Gudmundsson, Lighthouse, Netagerdin and Syrusson at stand A01:40, 7 - 11 February 2012. more

19. January 2012

HAF at Stockholm Design Week

HAF by Hafsteinn Júlíusson presents "Ready to ship" at Check In 12 exhibition at Stockholm Design Week, 7 - 11 February 2012. .

17. January 2012

Sruli Recht A/W 2012

Presenting the Autumn Winter 2012 collections of InAisce, Siki Im and Sruli Recht. TAISS ART GALLERY, 14 rue Debelleyme, 75003 Paris. January 20-24. more

01. December 2011

Icelandic Contemporary Design | Helsinki

Open through 1.12.2011 – 8.1.2012 at Design Forum Finland. .

10. October 2011

Exhibition | Miklimeir the magician

Spark Design Space is pleased to announce an exhibition by Katrin Olina of Miklimeir, who has arrived into our world on a carpet like a true magician. more

09. October 2011

Runway Presentation | Sruli Recht

Sruli Recht presents Cast By Shadows, Spring Summer 2012 Trunk Show at Kolabrautin, Harpa Concert Hall Wednesday, 17 00, Oktober 12. Live music performed by Tenderizer [Owen Pallett] .

06. October 2011

Exhibition | 16 steps closer

Designer Katrin Olina and architects KRADS are taking part in the exhibition „16 steps closer”, the centerpiece of the Nordic-Baltic Designer Events in Riga 2011, opening at October 13 at the Riga Arts Space. more

29. September 2011

Exhibition | Deutsche Architecture Museum

Iceland and Architecture? The exhibition will explore critical questions, illustrated with photographs by Gudmundur Ingólfsson. 1 October 2011 – 13 November 2011, Deutsches Architekturmuseum DAM, Frankfurt am Main. .

28. September 2011

2011 Nordic Fashion Biennale

The Nordic Fashion Biennale is an international celebration of Nordic culture, fashion and design. Anchoring the Biennale is the exhibition Looking Back to Find our Future, curator Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir aka Shoplifter. September 30 - November 13, 2011 at the Nordic Heritage Museum Seattle. more

21. September 2011

Exhibition | Museum for Applied Art Frankfurt

The exhibition “Randscharf | On the Cutting Edge | Design in Island | Iceland" features roughly 100 exhibitors from all areas of design. Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, September 22, 2011 - February 19, 2012. .

18. September 2011

COULEUR LOCALE | Budapest Design Week

Does the design culture of different countries have unique characteristics? Can we define unequivocally typical national features in 2011, in an irrelievably globalising world? Couleur Locale - THE COLOURS OF EUROPE IN OBJECTS - September 30 - October 1 2011. more

21. August 2011

Katrín Ólína | Landscape in a box

Landscape in a box, a new exhibition by product designer Katrín Ólína, opens in front of BOX | LYNfabrikkens window gallery in Aarhus (DK) this Friday. .

18. August 2011

Photos | Icelandic Contemporary Design in Tallinn

Icelandic Contemporary Design - Furniture, Product Design and Architecture opened in Tallinn on Thursday in the beautiful gallery of the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design. more

11. August 2011

Exhibition | Icelandic Contemporary Design in Tallinn

Our very own “Icelandic Contemporary Design - furniture, product design and architecture“ will be showcased in Tallinn, Estonia from 17. August - 4. september 2011. .

27. July 2011

Nordic Baltic Designers Event in Riga 2011

In the autumn of 2011 Riga is the meeting place for Nordic and Baltic designers. For a period of two months, starting in October, a series of events from different fields of design will be hosted at the Riga Art Space. more

29. June 2011

Exhibition | Textile in Akureyri

The Icelandic Textile Guild opens an exhibition in three separate locations in Akureyri. .

22. June 2011

Exhibition | ÞRÁÐUR

Thrádur – Two generations of jewellery designers opens at Spark Design Space. more

30. May 2011

Exhibition | A trip to the factory

A TRIP TO THE FACTORY at DMY Berlin 1. - 5. June 2011. The Reykjavík School of Visual Arts – FORMING Department presents: A Collaboration with the Porcelain Factory KAHLA/Thuringen Porzellan GMBH. .

01. May 2011

Nordic Fashion Biennale 2011

The Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle and Nordic House in Reykjavik announce the 2011 Nordic Fashion Biennale to take place this fall at the Nordic Heritage Museum. more

26. January 2011

Icelandic design at Stockholm Furniture Fair and Stockholm Design Week

We warmly welcome you for an exploration and discourse on Icelandic design at numerous occasions at Stockholm Furniture Fair and Stockholm Design Week 7. - 13. February 2011. .

09. September 2010

Exhibition | HIDDEN WORLD at SPARK design space

VÍK PRJÓNSDÓTTIR sits effortlessly at the crossroads where fashion, design, art and furnishings collide. Vík Prjónsdóttir´s exhibition "Hidden World" at SPARK design space, 9th of September through 30th of October 2010. more

01. September 2010

Icelandic Contemporary Design at the Nordic Lighthouse

The exhibition ICELANDIC CONTEMPORARY DESIGN opened at the Nordic Lighthouse in Shanghai in China on the 1st of September 2010. .

10. July 2010

Exhibition | Nature in Design

The exhibition takes visitors on a journey through nature objectified by Icelandic designers and offers insight into the underlying ideas. Nature in Design is open daily from the 19th June through 28th August 2010. Curator Hlín Helga Guðlaugsdóttir. more

09. July 2010

Exhibition | 1:1 - Archtects Build Small Spaces

Icelandic architect, Dagur Eggertsson in collaboration with Sami Rintala were invited to be participants in an exhibition in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
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05. July 2010

Exhibiton | EAU DE PARFUM

SPARK design space opens in Reykjavík on 8 July. SPARK is a platform for various design projects. A special focus will be on projects that involve collaboration between designers and other professions.
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01. July 2010

Exhibition | Matter and Spirit in Architecture

This first retrospective of the works of architect Högna Sigurðardóttir is prompted by the occasion of her eightieth birthday. The first woman to practice architecture in Iceland, Högna Sigurðardóttir has not been shy to try innovations in her work. The Museum House, Vestmannaeyjar, July 2. - August 31. 2010. .

20. May 2010

LungA Art Festival

LungA Art Festival is a yearly event held in a small bohemian town on the east coast of Iceland called Seyðisfjörður. The festival begins on the 12th of July and ends on the 18th. more

25. February 2010

Icelandic Contemporary Design at the Danish Design Center

ICELANDIC CONTEMPORARY DESIGN - FURNITURE, PRODUCT DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE | at the DANISH DESIGN CENTER IN COPENHAGEN, FEBRUARY 26 - APRIL 18 2010. .

10. February 2010

ICELANDTRAIN | Fashion show

A fashion collection for the first Icelandic railway company. The National Gallery of Iceland, Friday 12th of February at 9PM. more

18. November 2009

Högna Sigurðardóttir | Matter and spirit in architecture

This first retrospective of the works of architect Högna Sigurðardóttir. Curated by Guja Dögg Hauksdóttir. 7 NOVEMBER 2009 – 31 JANUARY 2010 Reykjavík Art Museum, Kjarvalsstaðir. .

17. November 2009

STEiNUNN

EXHIBITION | 21 NOVEMBER 2009 – 31 JANUARY 2010 Reykjavík Art Museum Kjarvalsstaðir. more

15. May 2009

ICELANDIC DESIGN 2009 | FURNITURE, PRODUCT DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE

15 May – 09 August 2009, Exhibition at Reykjavík Art Museum, Kjarvalsstaðir. Curator Elísabet V. Ingvarsdóttir. .

15. March 2009

Nordic Fashion Biennale at the Nordic House

Fashion and jewellery design will be highlighted at the Nordic Fashion Biennale on March 19 - April 5, 2009. more

27. October 2008

100% design tokyo

Twelve Icelandic designers participate in this years 100% design tokyo, opening on 30 October 2008.
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01. October 2008

Icelandic design at Helsinki Design Week

The Icelandic design show which was highlighted at Tallin Design Night in September, re-opened on 1 October for Helsinki Design Week. more

24. September 2008

Icelandic design at Tallin Design Night

The annual Arts & Lights in Tallin cultural festival takes place in Estonia 26-28 september 2008, highlighting Icelandic design at this year´s Design Night.
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04. September 2008

8+8 MADE IN HAFNARFJÖRÐUR

Collaboration of 8 international designers/design teams with 8 local manufacturers of Hafnarfjörður town. Exhibition opening on September 6, 2008. more

20. June 2007

Icelandic design in New York

"When I strolled into an exhibition dubbed "Iceland Cometh - Icelandic Design Collective," I expected lots of inoffensively funky light wood furniture - like Ikea, only Björk-ier. The reality could not have been more surprising, or more breathtaking." New York Cool .