FÍT in collaboration with The Museum of Design and Applied Art introduce The best book design from all over the World. The Stiftung Buchkunst - a German book design association - has awarded the prize every year since 1963. This time books from 30 countries were submitted. Fourteen books received prizes and they can all be viewed at the exhibition.

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 an advertising agency and a year later also founded a special department for advertising illustration at the Icelandic College of Art and Crafts—a faculty which today is the department of graphic design at the Iceland Academy of Arts.