Björn Steinar Blumenstein
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The Reykjavík Grapevine Design Awards 2020
Times like these call for creative thinking and the ability to adapt—two qualities arguably best found in the design community. From leading the way in innovation of sustainable materials, to radically rethinking household items, the winners of this year’s design awards have…
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New World, New Ways: DesignMarch Adapts To The COVID-19 Era
As Iceland steps into the post-coronavirus sunlight (fingers tightly crossed), Reykjavík’s design community is frantically preparing for DesignMarch, or as director Þórey Einarsdóttir refers to it, “the cultural harbinger of spring”. The rescheduled festival—which was, as you might have surmised, was supposed…
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Artist Talk: Björn Steinar Blumenstein, Product Designer
Since his graduation from the Iceland Academy of the Arts, where he studied product design, Björn Steinar Blumenstein has been working in Sjávarklasinn with a group of designers who call themselves Grænmetisráðuneytið (“the vegetable ministry”). They work hand in hand with vegetable…