Iceland

Sruli Recht’s sci-fi footwear for a post-traumatic future

The climate-conscious collection, Damage, solves for a dystopic future >
Here is a look at some innovative design coming out of Iceland

The Iceland Design Award 2019 nominees include a wearable MIDI controller in the shape of a ring that sits on your index finger. >
This Icelandic designer is making vodka out of food waste

Björn Steinar believes it’s no use being a designer who identifies problems in theory without providing real solutions. >
If the Moon made music, how would it sound?

University of Iceland graduate Halldór Eldjárn uses images and algorithms to create otherworldly tracks at a click of a button. >
Brynjar Sigurðarson on the relationship between objects and stories

The Design Indaba #GlobalGrad alumnus has been awarded with the Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize 2018. >
Three unique factors that are important to building a modern city

Here are three key takeaways from some of our Design Commons speakers. >
Self-taught Icelandic painter on expressing a new alphabet using colours

Katrin Fridriks’ work will be featured as part of Pascal Janssen's gallery offering at the Cape Town Art Fair this month. >
How discarded bananas led these two designers into looking at consumerism and food waste

By tracking how bananas make it to Iceland, where there are no plantations, these designers shine a spotlight on waste and consumerism. >
The latest video from Björk is a virtual reality extravaganza

The artist is leading the charge in terms of merging music and VR. >
Design Indaba 2017 features a royal flush of Scandinavian speakers

Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland are all accounted for at this year’s Design Indaba Conference. >
A new channel for the vicarious traveller

How Far From Home, speakers from our 2016 Conference, have just launched a video blog for those of us that are seeing the world vicariously through their eyes. >
Algae-based water bottle decomposes when empty

Product design student comes up with a 100 per cent natural alternative to the plastic water bottle. >
A personal, portable wind turbine

The Trinity turbine by Janulus is a lightweight, portable wind turbine means you can generate electricity wherever you go. >
“Black Lake” by Björk is as harrowing as it sounds

Björk’s latest video release, set in Icelandic caves, is a mix of tech and tears. >
“Ambition” by Tomek Bagiński

This short film by the Oscar-nominated director celebrates the Rosetta mission and the enduring ambition it took to land a vessel on a comet for the first time. >
Fishing for furniture

Brynjar Sigurðarson uses an Icelandic fishing technique as the inspiration for his "The Silent Village Collection" of furniture. >
Graphic edge

Hjalti Karlsson won the 2013 Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize. Here's a look at a selection of work the jury considered in awarding him this prestigious prize. >
Brynjar Sigurðarson

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Icelandic product designer Brynjar Sigurðarson is a 2011 ECAL graduate, and part of the Pecha Kucha team at Design Indaba Conference 2012. >
Ornamental pastures

Hafsteinn Júlíusson’s Growing Jewellery is a clash of jewellery and gardening, couture and organism. >

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