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On The Beat: Two Beats Ahead Live! Podcast Series
R. Michael Hendrix’s podcast series is a space for all to understand their fellow creatives better Michael Hendrix sits beside Klemens Hannigan on a bright yellow couch to ask him about craftsmanship. Most associated with HATARI, Klemens is a renowned musician currently…
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What Now? DesignTalks 2023 Addresses Global Issues
In the face of the challenges the world is currently facing — from wars to the repercussions of the pandemic and the climate emergency, the role of design and architecture in societal and global change has never been more important. DesignTalks 2023,…
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Weekend Culture Pick: DesignMarch
The DesignMarch festival wraps up on Sunday, so make sure you take the opportunity this weekend to check out some of the amazing work Iceland’s designers have produced. Highlights include: Sock design workshop for kids – 27th June 12:00-17:00 – Let your…
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DesignMarch Is Finally Here! Opening Day Highlights
That’s right DesignMarch – or should we say DesignJune? – is finally here. After months of coronavirus-induced uncertainty and disappointments, Reykajvik’s design community will finally have the opportunity to exhibit their work across the city this week. DesignMarch events will be held…
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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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Design March Going Forward In June
We at the Grapevine are big fans of Design March which, as the name suggests, normally happens in March. As for many other people, whoever, the novel coronavirus threw a wrench in those plans this year, to the understandable disappointment of many.…
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Knit Today Coronavirus: Ýrúrarí’s Unconventional Take On Face Masks
You’d be a little taken aback if your doctor turned up with green lips, vampire fangs and dental braces or a giant tongue covered in a dozen tiny tongues – although maybe not in these strange times. Few have managed to capture…
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DesignMarch Day #2: The Ultimate Roundup
DesignMarch Day 1 was amazing, but now you’ve got a whole new day ahead of you. To help you out, here is the programme for today along with some information about events/exhibitions the Grapevine is particularly excited about. For more, check out…
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Grapevine’s DesignMarch Picks: The Events You’d Be Stupid To Miss
There’s a lot going on during this year’s DesignMarch, but you shouldn’t be overwhelmed. Here are some not-to-miss events and exhibitions. Have fun. Nectar & Ambrosia March 29th-31st, Nordic House Though the title might reference ‘Jane Eyre’, this exhibit is fully inspired…
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Reducing Animal Waste, Bioplastic Skin: Valdís Steinarsdóttir’s Art Of Sustainability
Following the trends of last year—when she presented a series of clothing and furniture made of horse hides—designer Valdís Steinarsdóttir now tackles the issue of waste generated in the meat and plastic industries. ‘Bioplastic Skin’, her new invention, which will be presented…
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More Than Minimalism & Wood: ‘Now Nordic’ Redefines Design Notions
In recent years, millennial trendsetters have gushed over everything Nordic on social media. Bookstores have found a niche of selling Nordic design and style books. This begs the question: What makes Nordic design so inviting? The origins ‘Now Nordic’ seeks to answer…
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Design For A World At A Crossroad: DesignTalks 2018
Design, to differentiate it from art, is all about function. Aesthetics, or the visual, the beautiful, is but one of many ways a thing can be functional. Sometimes the simplest way to serve a function is absolute plainness, absolute clarity. This is…
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Extreme Design: ‘Brute Nature’ is the theme at DesignTalks 2017
“Brute Nature” and our “it’s complicated” relationship with this planet, the theme of DesignTalks 2017, is perfectly timed for the crazy current moment. A key component of the DesignMarch festival, DesignTalks is a bespoke and intriguing series bringing together an assortment of…
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Talking Design: Hlín Helga’s Guide To The 2016 DesignTalks
Hlín Helga is the curator if the 2016 DesignTalks, a day of inspiring discussions and seminars held at Harpa each year as part of DesignMarch. The theme for 2016 in innovation—looking at innovative products, but also how to cultivate an innovative design…
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‘Austurland: Design From Nowhere’ Wins 1st Annual Design Award!
A comprehensive project titled ‘Austurland: Design From Nowhere’ won Iceland’s first annual design awards, accepting the prize at a ceremony on Thursday. The project was initiated by Pete Collard and Karna Sigurðardóttir, and features designers Þórunn Árnadóttir, Gero Grundmann, Max Lamb and Julia Lohmann. Two…
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Design March: Don’t Miss These!
DesignTalks The signature event of DesignMarch, the day-long seminar, centres this year on the designers’ role as visionaries and strategists. Our world today faces multiple global issues that could use the designers’ innate ability to detect opportunities and to invent and create…
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Visionary Thinking For Alternative Futures
A designer, curator and teacher at Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, Sweden, Hlín Helga Guðlaugsdóttir is active in design education initiatives around the world, and has led workshops in India, China and Iceland on a variety of…
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The Reykjavík Grapevine Design Awards 2014
For our fourth annual Design Awards, we once again rounded up a small panel of design-savvy folks to help us determine what was most cutting-edge in 2013. The following are the results: winners and runners-up in each of the four categories as…