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The New Kids On The Block
Laugavegur, quite the dandy’s lane, is swarming with trendy menswear addresses that all offer a certain vision of what lavishly dressed men should be. Enter Skyrta (“Shirt”), a newly launched Icelandic made-to-measure shirt company that lets the local peacocks decide what spiffing…
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In A Van Down By The Ocean, Touring to Vík
Nearly 200 kilometres of road lay in front of us. From Reykjavík to Vík í Mýrdal in two days, that was our mission. That’s not at all that much, you might note, but we had to make some stops on the way…
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Not For The Faint-Hearted
While conformity isn’t what typically comes to mind when thinking of contemporary Icelandic designers, Akureyri’s Jónborg Sigurðardóttir took unconventional to another level, once again, with Flóðbylgja (`Tsunami’), her latest art installation that was displayed at Ketilhúsið from March 1 through April 6.…
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Is There A Sound Engineer In The Room?
You know you’re going to see something unique, in many ways, when you get to a venue on time and it’s already crowded with elite hipsters sitting on the ground, eagerly waiting for a soon-to-be performing Sin Fang who is still fiddling…
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Louder, Brighter, Bigger
In the wake of several live venues closing down in the past few years, news of Gamli Gaukurinn not only staying open, but working on improving its stage, lights and sound system was music to our ears (pardon the pun). To finance…
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Icelandic Fashion In Five Words
Bóas Kristjanson, fashion designer @ KARBON: 66°North, Ella, Cintamani, JÖR, REY Fabio Del Percio and Anna Fríða Giudice, product designer/artist duo @ Hver Design: Human, delicious, creative, off-beat, a lot of fun Guðmundur Jörundsson,fashion designer @ JÖR: Non-commercial, futuristic, diverse, young, unexplored Magnea…
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There Are No VIPs In Iceland
“There are no VIPs in Iceland,” Þórey Eva Einarsdóttir says in regard to the Reykjavík Fashion Festival (RFF), which she is directing this year for the third time. Þórey tells me she among others has been working hard to perfect the festival’s…
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Q&A’s!
Sigrún Sómundsen Graphic Designer What effect did the crash have on design in Iceland, or on your work personally? It seems that there was a shift in creative energy–people were struggling to find something to do after losing jobs and savings. As…
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Fancy A Samurai Hairstyle?
Iceland and Japan, two insular nations known for their creative prowess, were reunited for a few days this February as the OTAKU Project members demonstrated their skills in the capital. The colourful invasion was coordinated by hair designer Yoshihiro Mitsumori, makeup artist…
