Hi all, Enjoying ATypI? Speaking of typography, here is something sweet for this Friday: A product of a course taught by freelance designer Lajos Major, the letter sculptures are by the students of graphic design at the Iceland Academy of the Arts. Each student was assigned a letter, of which… Read more
Hi all, The ATypI conference will come to town in just two weeks. While we wait, here is something juicy for this Friday: Futura Mango Letters by Brazil-born, Reykjavik-based graphic designer Aline Grippi. Grippi created Futura Mango Letters for the course Eat Letter, organized at the Iceland Academy of the… Read more
Sailors, a-hoy! Something fishy for this Friday: Dan Watson, product design engineer, recently graduated from the Royal College of Art and Imperial College, London, with an innovative final product that could become essential in Iceland. Every year, fishermen return over 7 million tonnes of unmarketable fish, dead, to… Read more
Attention all happy campers! Here is something smart for the ones who want to travel really light: Vessel Coat Tent by Justin Gargasz is an all-in-one backpack, jacket and tent. It features a jacket made of Cordura for durability and stability. The entire jacket cocoon can be made into a… Read more
Im a huge fan of scandinavian design, I find it minimalistic but still somehow very warm. Design House Stockholm is one of these design companies that you see quite a lot in stores, at least here is Iceland. You can get these products in Kisan and Aurum. Mostly these pretty are… Read more
This week, we are in the royal wedding spirit. Art student Lukka Sigurdardóttir’s dress-cake-creation has been interpreted as a wedding dress all over the blogosphere – talk about a cream cake dress! Sigurdardóttir wasn’t hearing wedding bells in her head when planning this project, though. To her, the work represented… Read more
Celebrating both the successes and adventures of our Milan correspondent Hafsteinn Juliusson and the weekend ahead, ladies and gentlemen, we bring you HAF 001 by Dj Danni Deluxe, a mix of music that inspired the HAF by Hafsteinn Juliusson staff when working on their first collection. Happy Friday! HAF 001… Read more
It’s lambing season on the farms right now, but have you noticed that sheep are quite fashionable all round? In Iceland, sheep have been en vogue for over 1100 years – meat to eat, bones for toys and utilities and of course wool for fashion. Not to mention they have… Read more
In the DesignMarch festival spirit, this week’s Friday Candy is a particularly divine treat: We have two free tickets to tonight’s Apparat Organ Quartet Concert at Sódóma up for grabs! Send an email to blog at icelanddesign.is before 18.00 today, Friday 25.3, to take part. Title your mail ”Friday Candy… Read more
DesignMarch is upon us, so this week’s candy bag is full of tasty designs from next week’s program – verði ykkur að góðu!* Available at KIOSK, HönnunarMarsipan is colorful liquorice by designers Arna Rút Thórleifsdóttir and Rán Flygenring and produced by candy factory Sambó. Design studio HAF by Hafsteinn Juliusson… Read more
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