Smiðja, office building for Alþingi by Studio Granda is the winner of Place of the Year at the Icelandic Design Awards 2024 for top-quality architecture that honors Icelandic creativity and craftsmanship.

The Nordic Council's Environment Prize goes to architect Arnhildur Pálmadóttir from Iceland for her interdisciplinary interest and focus on reducing CO2 emissions and increasing circularity in the building industry.

The James Cook sweater, designed by Helga Lilja Magnúsdóttir, fashion designer, in collaboration with Stephan Stephensen, artist, for BAHNS, is nominated as Product of the Year at the Icelandic Design Awards 2024. The award ceremony will take place in Gróska on November 7th.

Iceland Design and Architecture in collaboration with Blue Lagoon and Parsons School of Design, hosts a symposium Thursday September 5th about the role of design thinking in emergency design during times of natural uncertainties. Can we design our relationship with nature?

Designers Hrefna Sigurðardóttir and Birta Rós Brynjólfsdóttir, from Flétta are one of seven designers at the Rising Talents Awards at Maison&Objet in Paris.

Iceland Design and Architecture is calling for proposals for the Icelandic Pavillion to the 19th International Architecture Exhibition at the 2025 Venice Biennale, which takes place from 24 May to 23 November 2025.

Interior architect, former editor of FRAME magazine and founder of Betterness, Robert Thiemann will be at DesignTalks 2024. Robert is passionate about the built environment and how individuals and communities can thrive while decreasing their impact on the planet. Author and sustainability leader Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir will also be on stage in Harpa on the 24th of April. Hrund focuses on bringing together ideas and people across sectors and disciplines to inspire creative mindsets and constructive solutions.

This year's festival reflects the current status of the world in the circus. Let's turn everything upside down with joy, curiosity and courage! Designers, architects and creative thinkers push the boundaries of the possible with exciting exhibitions, events, workshops, guided tours and openings all over town during DesignMarch, April 24th - 28th. Playing with materials, the interactivity of nature and technology, the use of discarded raw materials and new creative solutions for society are among the things that see the light of day.

DesignTalks addresses the challenges the world is facing and highlights the importance of design and architecture in societal and global change. Creative thinking of the present could be the solution to the problems of the future.

Pizzatime with Flétta and Ýrúarí is the winner in the category Product at the Icelandic Design Awards 2023 for demonstrating the vast opportunities for value creation in using leftover materials instead of raw material, and successfully raised awareness of the negative environmental impacts of the textile industry.

RANRA x Salomon by Arnar Már Jónsson and Luke Stevens for Salomon is nominated in the category product of the year at the Icelandic Design Awards 2023.

Edda, center for Icelandic studies by Hornsteinar architects is nominated in the category Place of the year at Icelandic Design Awards 2023.

The international conference and DesignMarch´s signature event DesignTalks took place in Harpa on May 3rd. The conference tackled the question What now? with powerful talks from a diverse group of designers, architects, artists and thought leaders, creatively approaching the now and the next. DesignTalks was streamed live in collaboration with Dezeen. Watch it here.

FÓLK Reykjavik is participating at3daysofdesign in an exclusive collaboration with Polestar at their downtown showroom, Kristen Bernikowsgade 3. FÓLK is for the first timepremiering its full collection in Copenhagenbuilt on its vision to accelerate the green transition through design.

Landsbankinn participates in DesignMarch with versitile events but the bank is one of the festival's sponsors. There will be a panel discussion about investing in design and guided tours around Landbankinn's new head quearters in Reykjastræti.

Sigurður Þorsteinsson, Chief Brand, Design and Innovation Officer of Blue Lagoon and partner in Design Group Italia, will be speaking at DesignTalk 2023 in Harpa on 3rd May.

Thomas Pausz, designer, artist and researcher, will be speaking at DesignTalks 2023 on 3rd May in Harpa.

Odile Decq, architect and urban planner, founder and owner of Studio Odile Decq, will be speaking at DesignTalks 2023 in Harpa on 3rd May.

The exhibition Sýningin Hæ/Hi: Designing Friendship opened in Seattle in the beginning of October where six Icelandic designers and designteams met their US counterparts.  The exhibition was originally planned for DesignMarch 2020 and at last, two years later, the designers joined in Iceland in May where they premiered their works at the DesignMarch festival 2022. Now they met in Seattle.

The Icelandic Design Awards 2022 will take place on November 17th in Gróska.

The Exhibition Hæ/Hi: Designing Friendship opens in Seattle Friday October 7th. The exhibition was originally planned for DesignMarch 2020 and at last, two years later, the designers joined in Iceland in May where they premiered their works at the DesignMarch festival 2022. Now they meet in Seattle.