Ethnologist Sigrún Hanna Þorgrímsdóttir will give the talk Home is a slow event at the Design Museum, Sunday, March 19 at 1 p.m. Admission to the lecture and the exhibition The Design Museum as a Home is free.

The subject of the lecture is domestic customs and contemporary material culture. In the essay, the home is examined from an ethnographic perspective, in a holistic context and as an interwoven process of different tangible and intangible elements. Everyday aesthetics, sensory impressions and homely atmosphere will be touched upon, along with the constant struggle with the chaos that takes place within the walls of the home from day to day.

Two designers help kids and families to imagine how designers and inventors think when making furniture for an imaginary home. Free of charge.

Designers Auður Ösp Guðmundsdóttir and Kristín María Sigþórsdóttir help kids and families to imagine how designers and inventors think when making furniture for an imaginary home. Free of charge.

Ada Stańczak is a ceramic designer and material researcher based in Reykjavík. She received her education in cultural studies at the University of Warsaw and in ceramics at The Reykjavík School of Visual Arts. Moving to Iceland sparked her interest in exploring the notion of belonging to a particular land by working with materials like clay, soil, lava and stone – elements taken from her new domain.
During her residency at the Museum of Design and Applied Art she will explore the design potential of geological material as a source of pigment in ceramics. Visitors of the museum will be invited to follow the processes of material research, product development and small-scale manufacturing of ceramic products from start to finish.
Visitors can also purchase work from the designer.
Additionally, various ceramic workshops will be held within the residency.