Every year the City of Reykjavík hosts an open voting platform for it’s citizens where anyone can submit ideas for their neighbourhood. One idea that got selected was for “Lóa” - a bench for the city center that was not just a bench, but something you could climb in and promoting play, and would spell out the word LÓA. Lóa is a bird that migrates to Iceland in spring time and is a popular subject for songs and poems about spring arrival in Iceland. The City of Reykjavík came to me with that project and this is the end result: a climbing structure that spells out LÓA, and little Lóa “birds” surrounding it: a seat and a table, where you can sit down and chill with a cup of coffee while watching people do acrobatics in the climbing structure.
Candles and LED lights designed for IKEA's Vinter 2017 collection.
In the autumn of 2017 Icelandic pop group Stuðmenn called me up and asked me if I could quickly design "astraltertukubbur" for their new album.
Astraltertukubbur is a twist on the term "astraltertugubb" that appears in one of their songs in their hit cult film from the 80's ("Með allt á hreinu") It's a bit challenging to explain... but it involves some alien encounters and translates directly to "alien-cake-puke". Now twisted to "alien-cake-cube". After a very interesting chat with them about cosmic wonders, sci-fi kitsch stuff, pyramids, and hallucinations the idea came together.
The cube folds out to reveal 4 pyramids that hold a tiny disc, that has a download code for their new album. The pyramids can be opened to reveal more information about the album, list of songs, along with some surprises such as sweets, herbal tea and perfumed bath flowers, specially selected by the band members to enhance the listener's experience.
Bongo Blida is a collection of decorative objects, designed to add a touch of adventure to existing tableware. The idea was to allow Icelanders to conjure up their own tropical atmosphere at home at a time when travelling abroad had become too expensive due to Iceland´s near economic collapse. Bongo Blida was developed during the summer of 2009 in Sigridur Sigurjonsdottir's studio, in collaboration with Hreinn Bernhardsson.
To celebrate Design March 2015 in Iceland, the Icelandic outdoor wear company 66°NORTH asked me to redesign their classic workman‘s cap. It’s the cap that has been keeping Icelandic fishermen warm for decades. The new caps were inspired by fishermen, the harbour and my PyroPet projects. They were a limited edition and sold out quickly.
QR code in Swarovski crystal beads for "Power of Making" exhibition and book at the V&A in London 2011.
Every year SLF ("The Benefit Society for Children with Disabilities" in Iceland) invites one designer and one poet to work together on a hanging Christmas decoration made in steel, with accompanying poetry. Each decoration is based on one of 13 Icelandic "yule lads". In 2012 Thorunn and Bragi Valdimar Skúlason worked together on the theme of "Stúfur" ("Tiny"). All profit of this project goes to SLF.
