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  • Genki Instrument’s ‘Wave’ Ring Wins Icelandic Design Prize

    Genki Instrument’s ‘Wave’ Ring Wins Icelandic Design Prize

    Genki Instrument’s ‘Wave’ ring officially won the Icelandic Design Prize at the 2019 Iceland Design Awards. Created by Ólafur Bjarki Bogason, Daníel Grétarsson, Jón Helgi Hólmgeirsson, and Haraldur Hugosson, the ring is a wearable MIDI controller that allows artists to control sounds…

  • Marshall House & Blue Lagoon Take Design Honours

    Marshall House & Blue Lagoon Take Design Honours

    Yesterday, to much fanfare, and a great Babies concert, the Icelandic design awards were handed out at the theatre Iðnó. Awards were given in two categories: Icelandic design awards and best design investment. The winner of the former was given to architecture…

  • The Third Annual Icelandic Design Awards

    The Third Annual Icelandic Design Awards

    Let’s talk about fruit stickers. Why should every piece of fruit have to wear its own tiny, gummy, frustratingly delicate identity on its skin? Fruit stickers have always been a part of my life, I can’t imagine a time without them. But…

  • Icelandic Design Awards Winners Announced

    Icelandic Design Awards Winners Announced

    The winners of this year’s Icelandic Design Awards have been announced, and this year puts the spotlight on the 1973 volcanic eruption in Heimaey. The Iceland Design Centre announces that this year’s award goes to Eldheimar, an exhibition in the Westman Islands…