Reykjavik News
Icelandic Design in the Spotlight
Design features strongly in Reykjavík this March, with two exciting festivals dedicated to Icelandic design on the events calendar. Icelandic design has experienced phenomenal growth in the past few years, something which these two new festivals clearly mirror.
DesignMarch 18-20 March
DesignMarch, held for the second time this year, is a four-day feast featuring a wealth of events, interesting lectures and fascinating exhibitions reflecting the diversity in Icelandic design.
Whether it is Icelandic designers exhibiting interesting new designs, work in progress or old favourites, the aim of DesignMarch is to create a refreshing town fair, where Icelandic design meets the media, the public and tourists. All over the city - in abandoned warehouses, shops, galleries, restaurants and even in the streets - Icelandic design is bursting forth.
An extensive and impressive programme for DesignMarch is in the pipeline to be published at the beginning of March.
More information on www.icelanddesign.is.
Reykjavík Fashion Festival 18-21 March
Reykjavík Fashion Festival will take place for the first time, coinciding with DesignMarch. Many of Iceland’s most prominent fashion designers, including E-Label, Nikita, Birna, Thelma-Design and Mundi Design, have established the festival, which will take place in cooperation with individuals from the music scene. A special club & music programme is on the festival menu, including artists Peaches (ca), GusGus, Air France (se), Retro Stefson and more.
More information on www.icelanddesign.is and www.rff.is. Ticket sales for music events on www.midi.is.
Icelandic Contemporary Design in Danish Design Centre 26 February - 18 April
An exhibition on Icelandic contemporary design has opened in the Danish Design Centre in Copenhagen. The exhibition aims to showcase some of the best of Icelandic design today, focusing on furniture, product design and architecture.
During recent years, Iceland has grown as a design nation creating the basis for a solid increase in the quality of design related products and services. Icelandic Contemporary Design tells the interesting story of this development.
More information on the Danish Design Centre website.
Reykjavík City has dedicated the year 2010 to Icelandic Design, making quality design more prominent in Reykjavík’s environment, built structures, culture and economy.
Photo: Raven by Ingibjorg Hanna Bjarnadottir, on show at the Icelandic Contemporary Design exhibition in Copenhagen.
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