In Iceland things are sometimes hard for newly graduates. Finding work in your field of study, study you’ve spent three or four years on to get an honorable degree, is often difficult. Companies are drawing back and often timid to hire fresh blood, sort of speak. However I consider myself lucky to get a job [...]
So I recently graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts (Listaháskóli Íslands) My final project was a collective card game, called Goðmögn, and you can grab a sneak preview in my portfolio. There were many fine projects at the degree show, where students from the design department (graphic, fashion, product and architecture) and [...]
Today, March 24th, marks the beginning of ‘Hönnunarmars’ – Design March in Reykjavík. A project which started in March 2009, in result of the Icelandic financial crash, and is now one of the annual main design events in Iceland. It runs from thursday to sunday, the last weekend in March and it has grown considerably [...]
It is finally out! Mæna! A magazine about graphic design in Iceland, made by the Iceland Academy of the Arts’ Visual Communication graduation class of 2011. This years issue is about women and graphic design, where professionals from various places in society, designers, ethologists, people in marketing and in media, share their views of the [...]
Hey y’all. The first issue of Hugmynd Online Design Magazine is out and by all means check it out. Just click here (Note that it is in Danish) An online magazine like this gives the form a whole new meaning whereas it becomes interactive and not only can one read articles but video files are [...]