We start DesignMarch this week!
Fashion, jewelry and textile design
Young Talents of Fashion Design - Landsbankinn
Landsbankinn in collaboration with DesignMarch invites you to a curated event presenting the work of six up and coming fashion designers. Merging fashion, architecture, music and business together in an evening, celebrating brave ideas and fashion of the future. Join the event for live installation and presentation on models, the audience is encouraged to connect to their senses, explore the space, experiencing the energy of fashion while enjoying music.
Sleepwalker
On Saturday, April 5th, Sóley Jóhannsdóttir will present her first fashion collection, inspired by her ideas on sleepwalking and how fashion can capture the impressions of this dreamlike state.
Hildur Yeoman at DesignMarch
Hildur Yeoman unveils their new collection, Kokomo, at DesignMarch. To celebrate the launch, a photography exhibition will be held at Yeoman’s flagship store on Laugavegur 7, Thursday, April 3rd, from 17:00–20:00.
99 years (eight hundred sixty-seven thousand, two hundred fifty-eight hours)
This year, we celebrate the 99th anniversary of 66°North, and to mark the occasion, we are hosting a special exhibition titled “99 Years – 867,815,464 Hours.”
Fashion, jewelry and textile design
Families, look at these events!
Children and City Planning
Who decides how our houses are arranged and where? Who makes the choice of drawing our streets with straight rulers or making them meander organically? Are the streets serving pedestrians and cyclists or cars? How are the spaces between our houses, can you stumble upon something fun on street corners? Where and how are the playgrounds? Has someone asked kids what they think?
Ceramics - Family workshop with Hanna Dís Whitehead
Designer Hanna Dís leads an expedition into the world of ceramics. We learn to mold the shapes, objects and beings of our dreams. Hanna Dís Whitehead (1982) graduated Cum Laude from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2011. She focuses on a hands-on approach, working in a very personal way, interweaving story, shape, materials and colour.
Our Buildings - architectural workshops for children
Architectural workshops for children aged 5-15 will be hosted in Gróska (Fenjamýri) on April 5th and 6th. The workshops are based on the children's book Our Buildings, which introduces Icelandic architectural history, from turf houses to concrete buildings, in a simple and accessible way.
Architecture
The Exhibition STÖNGIN INN at Hegningarhúsið
The Cultural Heritage Agency of Iceland and SP(R)INT STUDIO will host the exhibition STÖNGIN INN at Hegningarhúsið during DesignMarch 2025. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore the transformations of Stöng, a viking-era settlement, and its significance as a cultural and archaeological site in a contemporary context, where archaeology and architecture go hand in hand.
Small steps, big impact – reducing the environmental effect of the construction industry
In Denmark, several parties in the construction industry have come together to develop a regenerative transition plan for the Danish building sector: The Reduction Roadmap. The Reduction Roadmap is an Earth-shot project that works to translate the Paris Agreement and the Planetary Boundary for Climate Change into industry-specific reduction targets for new Danish housing projects.
Smiðja invites you to visit!
A guided tour of the building is led by Steve Christer and Margrét Harðardóttir, architects of the building, Saturday, april 5th. Each tour takes around 45 minutes. This is a unique opportunity to get an inside look at this new and exciting structure in the heart of Reykjavík.
Designing homes and beautiful products
Icelandic design - brandnew & ageless
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Epal design store and the seventeenth year in a row of participating in DesignMarch, with a high quality exhibition showcasing a wide range of products from the Icelandic design scene. Many of the designers participating in the show have excelled in their field, both in Iceland and abroad.
Chairs
Sculptures in the form of chairs in all different shapes and forms who all have one thing in common - they have to include a seating space. That does not limit the artists imagination who experiments with unusual forms and sizes of the object; a playful process a lot different than what he's used to when designing traditional items like cups, plates and vases.
Unndór Egill Jónsson
Unndór Egill Jónsson is an artist who creates unique furniture from Icelandic birch, blending natural and geometric forms.
Graphic design and exhibitions
A Symbol for Gender-Neutral Spaces
FÍT, The National Queer Organisation of Iceland and Iceland Design and Architecture launched a design contest for a symbol that can label gender-neutral spaces including bathrooms, changing rooms, and shower rooms to mark that five years ago, the right to gender self-determination became enshrined in Icelandic law. The exhibition will showcase the winning proposal, as well as other submissions.
Queens
With the exhibition, the designer wants to emphasize the nature of the queen through graphics, expressions and experiences. Queens appear to us in many ways and at DesignMarch we will make an attempt to highlight our one true queen within. SURA will also open the pop-up store SuraShop in the space where the exhibition works will be available for purchase.
Salted Pussy
SALTED PUSSY is an exhibition that sheds light on the experiences of women and genderqueer in graphic design in Icelandic through three time periods: past, present, and future. The exhibition combines historical narratives, contemporary reflections, and an optimistic vision for the future of women and genderqueer in the field.
Outdoor Greenland by BIBI CHEMNITZ
Step into the captivating world of Outdoor Greenland, a dynamic art exhibition by BIBI CHEMNITZ, the renowned Greenlandic designer known for redefining streetwear. Since founding her brand in 2006, BIBI CHEMNITZ has carved out an international reputation by blending the raw, rugged beauty of the Arctic with bold, contemporary fashion.