Hæ/Hi opens in Seattle
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.
A selection of designers and design teams from the friendship cities of Seattle and Reykjavík exhibit works based on, you guessed it: friendship. How do we introduce ourselves upon first encounter? Do we reflect our personality and culture from the very beginning? How do we use our senses to acquaint and connect? What do we share and what are we curious to know?
Now the exhibition will travel to Seattle opening in Maria Bianco Gallery on October 7th.
The idea behind the exhibition sparked in 2018 from a conversation between Darin Montgomery, Seattle based founder of Urbancase and Fin, and Halla Helgadóttir, director of Iceland Design and Architecture, during a series of Taste of Iceland events held in the USA, organised by Iceland Naturally and Business Iceland.
Participating designers and design teams are:
- Agustav (IS)
- Amanda Ringstad (US)
- Fruitsuper (US)
- Gabriel Stromberg (US)
- Grain (US)
- Hanna Dís Whitehead (IS)
- Hugdetta & 1 + 1 + 1 (IS)
- John Hogan (US)
- Jonathan Junker (US)
- Ragna Ragnarsdóttir (IS)
- Ragnheiður Ösp Sigurðardóttir (IS)
- Theodóra Alfreðsdóttir (IS)
- Weekend Studio (US)
- Þórunn Árnadóttir (IS)
