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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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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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The Kickstarter Of DesignMarch: DesignTalks Is Here To Spark A Conversation
We may not realise it, but design is in everything we do. The clothes we wear, the beds we sleep on, the food we opt for at a convenience store—everything we see and touch has been crafted by someone else. DesignTalks kicks…
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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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Making The Vagina Shameless: Michèle Degen Is Smashing Taboos
Would you believe it: the “V-word” is still a taboo subject. That’s right, I’m talking about the part of the human anatomy responsible for pleasure, pain, and even giving life. The part society can’t seem to talk about except in hushed tones.…
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Jonathan Barnbrook On Iceland, Japan, Working With Bowie
Jonathan Barnbrook is a London-based veteran designer, creating numerous iconic typefaces such as Priori and Mason. Over his long career, he’s worked with everyone from the Occupy group to Sydney Biennale to David Bowie. We caught up with him just before his…
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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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All New Everything: Innovation Is The Theme At DesignTalks
If it wasn’t for design, you’d be naked right now, sitting outdoors, on a patch of raw ground. You wouldn’t have an iPhone to call for a ride, and even if you did, the person on the other end wouldn’t have a…
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Wow, Jessica Walsh Answered Some Questions Sourced From Some Of The Fancier Parties To Iceland’s Design Community
Hi Jessica, Ms. Walsh, sorry to be emailing you out of the blue like this. And, while you’re travelling? So rude. Either way, feel free to disregard this missive if you are busy with other things. Here’s the thing: I am editor…