News Tagged with “Design”

Red Dot Awards Architects of Hotel by Blue Lagoon

11 Jul 2019 Basalt architects and Design Group Italia recently received a Red Dot Award in the category Best of the Best - a coveted design award – for their design of the hotel The Retreat at Blue Lagoon

This is the Hedgehog, a pre fabricated summer cabin from Döðlur design studio.

Is this Iceland's coolest summer cabin?

6 Feb 2019 The Hedgehog is a summer cabin which people can purchase completely ready to place and use in their own land and it's designed by renowned design studio Döðlur.

Tiny Boho flat for sale in charming west Reykjavik neighbourhood

16 May 2018 The quiet but central residential area of Vesturbær in West Reykjavik offers the perfect location for a Reykjavik stay. We take a look at a beautifully furnished flat of only 47 square metres where every space is carefully thought out.

Óneitanlega gleðja þessar flíkur augun. Verulega flottur afrakstur útskriftarnema bar fyrir augu fólks.

Fashion college students in Iceland graduation shows

27 Apr 2018 Students of the fashion design department of the Iceland Academy of Arts showed their work at their graduation show last week. According to head of the department, Linda Árnadóttir, the theme was to break up norms and bring gender neutral fashion design to a multicultural society.

Grímkell P. Sigurþórsson, Gilbert Guðjónsson með HM-úrið og Sigurður Gilbertsson.

Icelandic watchmakers make a FIFA World Cup watch

10 Apr 2018 In recent months, Icelandic watchmakers JS Watch Company Reykjavik and Gilbert watchmakers have been designing a special FIFA World Cup edition watch called WORLD CUP MMXVIII.

The opening of DesignMarch at the Reykjavik Art Museum in downtown Reykjavik.

DesignMarch kicks off in Reykjavik

16 Mar 2018 DesignMarch is Iceland’s most important annual design festival covering all fields of design including architecture, graphic design, fashion, furniture and product design

A crushed velvet dress in midnight blue.

Disco fever for Iceland's Christmas parties

6 Dec 2017 Designer Hildur Yeoman was inspired for her Christmas range by Jerry Hall and the Studio 54 era.

The living and dining room features a fishbone wooden floor, brass lights and bright notes of colour.

Gorgeous sixties style flat for sale in West Reykjavik

22 May 2017 A flat at Ásvallagata, a street in the quiet residential and rather yuppy area of Reykjavik is beautifully decorated with bright touches of colour and a sixties feel. It's up for grabs for, well, the considerable sum of 77 million ISK.

IKEA X INKLAW, streetwear made from the famous IKEA bag.

Super hip Icelandic label INKLAW makes clothes from the IKEA bag

18 May 2017 That ubiquitous and very useful blue IKEA bag made news recently when Balenciaga made a bag that looked suspiciously like it. Now the new stars of Icelandic streetwear, INKLAW, have made a range of clothing in cooperation with the Swedish home store.

Designer apartment by Reykjavik harbour for sale

16 May 2017 The harbour area is fast becoming the most sought after district of Reykjavik. This apartment on Mýrargata measures 162 square metres and has a fabulous view.

There are many different designs for sale and on display at the City Hall.

Design and Craft Fair in Reykjavik this weekend

5 May 2017 Forget the puffins and the mass produced stuff and go to The Design and Craft Fair at Reykjavik City Hall this weekend instead. At the fair you can buy unique souvenirs from the artists/designers themselves.

Tulpop merchandise is extremely popular with Icelandic children - and adults as well!

Icelandic Tulipop characters to become a cartoon series

3 May 2017 The enchanting characters and their world created by design company Tulipop will soon come to life in a new cooperation with US company WildBrain.

The gorgeous polar bear soap made by designer Gísli Hilmarsson.

Icelandic designer makes polar bear soap for global warming awareness

31 Mar 2017 One of the designers exhibiting his work at DesignMarch this month was Gísli Hilmarsson who wanted to make a statement about global warming.

Ocean swimming in the remote beauty of Iceland's West Fjords.

Icelandic swimwear inspired by the local swimming culture

27 Mar 2017 "Icelanders have had this long relationship with the magic and healing of water. Iceland's bathing culture is unique and is founded on our natural resources," says designer Erna Bergmann. Her new range of swimsuits, Swimslow, is based on a philosophy of sustainability and mindfulness.