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14. November 2018
The Iceland Design Award 2018 goes to… Basalt Architects!
The Iceland Design Awards were given out for the fifth time 2 November. The ceremony took place at Kjarvalsstaðir, with Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir presenting awards in front of a full house.
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04. September 2018
CALL FOR DESIGNS! Nordic Design Competition: Sustainable Chairs
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.
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21. August 2018
Ástþór Helgason the new director of Design March
Iceland Design Centre has hired Ástþór Helgason as director of Design March.
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13. July 2018
Happy Summer - Gleðilegt sumar!
Iceland Design Centre will be closed for summer holidays from July 14 until August 8. Gleðilegt sumar!
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05. June 2018
Designing for the Future
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.
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05. June 2018
HA 07, magazine on Icelandic design and architecture, is out!
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.
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26. April 2018
MA Degree Show in Fine Art and Design
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.
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25. April 2018
The IUA Graduate Fashion Show
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.
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28. February 2018
Power & Potential at DesignTalks 2018
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.
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meira
28. February 2018
Party like it’s your birthday at DesignMarch!
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.
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28. February 2018
Have you met HA?
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.
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07. February 2018
Hugarflug February 8th - 9th 2018
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.
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22. December 2017
Merry Christmas, gleðileg jól!
Thank you for this year, we wish you all the best for 2018. Happy holidays!
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09. November 2017
The Icelandic Design Awards 2017
The fourth Icelandic Design Award ceremony will take place in Iðnó on November 9.
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27. October 2017
Do you have an exciting product / art / music you want to sell?
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.
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14. July 2017
HA Issue No. 5 is out now!
The fifth issue of HA magazine on Icelandic design and architecture is out now.
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13. July 2017
Grand opening of YPSILON - a brand new concept store
Ypsilon, a brand new concept store opens it’s doors for the first time in downtown Reykjavík, Thursday, 13 July at 17h00.
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10. July 2017
Arnar Már Jónsson on Reykjavik Culture Night
The London based fashion designer will display his menswear collection which has been featured in Vogue, ID & Hero Magazine and other publications.
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31. May 2017
Exhibiton | THE CITY BEING
Thursday, May 25th at 5 p.m is the opening of the exhibition THE CITY BEING in the Nordic House.
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08. May 2017
The Iceland Academy of the Arts Graduation Exhibition
Students from the Iceland Academy of the Arts exhibit their final BA projects at Reykjavik Art Museum Hafnarhús from May 13 until May 10.
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08. May 2017
Blue Lagoon Donates an Icelandic Ceramic Collection to the Icelandic Museum of Design and Applied Art
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.
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12. March 2017
Exhibition | Roundabout Baltic PLUS 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.
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04. March 2017
Exhibition | Case Studies, Product Design into the 21st Century
Exhibition opening in Reykjavík Art Museum – Kjarvalsstaðir, Saturday, 4 March at 16h00.
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14. December 2016
HA 04 is out!
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?
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13. December 2016
DesignMarch 2017 registration is now open
Register now to participate in DesignMarch, held on March 23-26, 2017. The deadline for registrations is on January 17.
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13. December 2016
Christmas calendar
Ho, ho, ho – it's Christmas time, and we celebrate with our annual Christmas Calendar.
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13. December 2016
Icelandic Design Fund allocates 19.5 million ISK to designers
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.
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02. November 2016
Gudmundur Ludvik presents Máni in Cologne
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.
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02. November 2016
The Iceland Academy of the Arts exhibits at Dutch Design Week
Iceland Academy of the Arts shows ‘No Waste’ at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven on October 22-30.
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03. October 2016
The Icelandic Design Award 2016 Shortlist
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.
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older news
The Iceland Design Award 2018 goes to… Basalt Architects!
14. November 2018
The Iceland Design Awards were given out for the fifth time 2 November. The ceremony took place at Kjarvalsstaðir, with Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir presenting awards in front of a full house.
meira
.
The Iceland Design Award 2018 goes to… Basalt Architects!
CALL FOR DESIGNS! Nordic Design Competition: Sustainable Chairs
04. September 2018
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.
meira
meira
CALL FOR DESIGNS! Nordic Design Competition: Sustainable Chairs
Ástþór Helgason the new director of Design March
21. August 2018
Iceland Design Centre has hired Ástþór Helgason as director of Design March.
meira
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Ástþór Helgason the new director of Design March
Happy Summer - Gleðilegt sumar!
13. July 2018
Iceland Design Centre will be closed for summer holidays from July 14 until August 8. Gleðilegt sumar!
meira
meira
Happy Summer - Gleðilegt sumar!
Designing for the Future
05. June 2018
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.
meira
.
Designing for the Future
HA 07, magazine on Icelandic design and architecture, is out!
05. June 2018
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.
meira
meira
HA 07, magazine on Icelandic design and architecture, is out!
MA Degree Show in Fine Art and Design
26. April 2018
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.
meira
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MA Degree Show in Fine Art and Design
The IUA Graduate Fashion Show
25. April 2018
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.
meira
meira
The IUA Graduate Fashion Show
Power & Potential at DesignTalks 2018
28. February 2018
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.
meira
.
Power & Potential at DesignTalks 2018
Party like it’s your birthday at DesignMarch!
28. February 2018
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.
meira
meira
Party like it’s your birthday at DesignMarch!
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