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08/12/13 - 09/03/14
Paradigm

Paradigm is a travelling exhibition featuring contemporary craft artists from Norway. Paradigm is an exhibition curated by the independent curator and artist Lars Sture and...

07/06/13 - 13/10/13
Chance Encounters

Towards modernity in Icelandic design The Museum of Design and Applied Art’s summer exhibition focuses on a few aspects of the arrival of modernism in Icelandic domestic...

13/03/13 - 26/05/13
Nordic Design Today

Designers Steinunn Sigurðardóttir, Harri Koskinen, Front, Henrik Vibskov and Sigurd Bronger and Sigurður Gústafsson have all been awarded Torsten and Wanja Söderberg’s prize –...

08/02/13 - 26/05/13
A Glimpse of GLIT

On Museum Night the Museum of Design and Applied Art opens an exhibition featuring chosen items from the Glit Pottery from between the years 1958 and 1973. The exhibition...

25/10/12 - 03/03/13
Gísli B. - Five decades in graphic design

Gísli B. is truly one of the most dynamic graphic designers in the history of 20th century Icelandic design. After returning from his studies in Germany in 1961, Gísli founded...

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Opening hours
  • All days: 12:00 → 17:00
    Mondays: Closed

Location
  • Garðatorg 1
    210 Garðabær, Iceland

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Recent News
  • Workshop for the whole family
  • The home is a slow-moving event at the Design Museum of Iceland
  • Drawing Shadows – workshop
  • Imaginary home for families
  • Design workshop - The world at home - Thursday 16. February from 13-15
  • Design workshop - The world at home - Tuesday 14. February from 13 - 15
  • Opening -The Design Museum as a home
  • Opening
Latest Exhibitions
  • At Home in The Design Museum
  • Presence - New sweaters by textile designer Ýrúrarí
  • Ceramic designer in residency
  • The best book design from all over the world
  • Dieter Roth: graphic design
  • M A G E - Master milliners in residency
  • BATHING CULTURE
  • VIRTUAL WATERS
Useful Links
  • Iceland Design Center
  • MoMA - Museum of Modern Art
  • Röhsska [Gothenburg]
  • Design museum [London]
  • Designmuseo [Helsinki]
  • Designmuseum [Copenhagen]
  • Trapholt hönnunarsafn [Kolding]
  • Nationalmuseet for design [Oslo]
Museum of Design and Applied Art
  • Gardatorg 1
    210 Gardabaer
    Iceland

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Contact
  • Phone: (+354) 512 1525

  • Phone: (+354) 512 1526

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