Please note that the talk is in Icelandic.

Rúna Þorkelsdóttir is an artist, bookmaker and founder of the Boekie Woekie bookshop in Amsterdam, who unexpectedly became a patternmaker for Comme des Garçons, one of the world’s most respected fashion houses.

The opening will take place from 12-17 since the space in the staircase, where the exhibition is set up, is limited. At 14, we are expecting a brass band and we will be planting some delicious flowers in the flowerbeds outside and Rúna will say a few words.

OPENING from 12 - 17. LECTURE by Þórunn (in Icelandic) starts at 17.

Þórunn Árnadóttir, product designer, set up a workspace in the Museum during the winter 2018-2019. The aim was to seek inspiration from the work of the late architect and mathematician Einar þorsteinn. The results, scented candles called Elements are inspired by platonic  solids and mysticism.

The symmetrical elegance of the Platonic Solids results from each geometric shape having equal lengths and angles on all sides. The ancient Greek philosopher Plato aligned these unique forms with the elemental building blocks that make up our material world—Earth, Air, Fire and Water.

Each ELEMENTS candle is imbued with scent and color to reflect its poetry and power.

Icelandic Visual Language is the title of Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon’s ongoing research project on the history of applied graphic arts in Iceland.Opening will be held the 24th of March from 17-19.

Shortly after the publication of Guðbrandur’s Bible, the first complete translation of the Bible into Icelandic, in the 16th century, imagery and text became separated. They did not meet again in printed matter until late in the 19th century – following on from freedom of the press. In his research Guðmundur Oddur traces the start of this reunion of imagery and text, and explores the first generation who founded the Association of Icelandic Graphic Designers in the 1950s.