The 10th Annual Taste of Iceland festival is just around the corner, with an event coming to Ballard’s Nordic Heritage Museum (3014 NW 67th St). A discussion titled “Iceland’s New Designers: Creating Design Identity Through Originality and Resourcefulness” will happen at the museum on Thursday, Oct. 12 at 7pm. Admission is free.
From the organizers:
Ingibjorg Greta Gisladottir, the CEO and creative director of Reykjavik Runway, will lead a discussion on the key characteristics of the new wave of Icelandic design. As limited domestic manufacturing possibilities have made production difficult, opportunities for designers to create limited edition, handmade and bespoke items have soared in Iceland. The discussion will focus on how designers can capitalize on resourcefulness to scale while creating their design identity. Iceland’s informal design traditions can free designers to innovate, experiment and create high quality, limited edition products. (Click here to RSVP on Facebook.)
The festival is happening all over the city from Oct. 12 – 15, with events such as an Icelandic culinary takeover of The Carlile Room, the KEXP-hosted Reykjavik Calling concert, an Icelandic film fest at SIFF, a visual arts discussion at the Bellevue Arts Museum, and more. For a full line-up of events, click here.
