‘Design from Nowhere’ wins first Icelandic Design Award
Design from Nowhere won the first Icelandic Design Award, yay!
The project was curated by Pete Collard and Karna Sigurðardóttir. Designers Gero Grundmann, Max Lamb, Thorunn Arnadottir and myself collaborated with craftsmen in Eastern Iceland. The results were exhibited during Design March at Spark Gallery in Reykjavik. Underneath you can see some impressions of our fantastic time in Iceland. Congratulations everyone!

Karna and Thorunn receiving the prize

Designs from Nowhere display at Spark Gallery, Reykjavik

Collecting kelp on the shore

Seaweed lamp

Antler Trains by Gero Grundmann

Antler trains and wooden houses by Gero Grundmann

Pete Collard as wanderer above the sea of fog

Kelp Geometries

Icelandic Seaweed

Polar Bear made from sheep bone by Gero Grundmann

Seaweed vessels

A micro volcano on seaweed

Stone Cubes by Max Lamb

Skipping Ropes and bag by Thorunn Arnadottir

Micro-Ocean