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June 3, 2007

ICELANDIC SUSTAINABLE DESIGN EXHIBIT at SOFA

by Abigail Doan

SOFA, Gudrun Lilja Gunnlaugsdottir, Icelandic design, sustainable iceland design, studiobility, Studiobility Birch, Studiobility Inner Beauty, Studiobility Flower Chair, Magma

The Sculptural Object and Function Art Exposition (SOFA) opened at the 7th Regiment Armory in NYC this weekend (June 1 – 3) featuring MAGMA, a curated exhibit on the best in contemporary Icelandic designs. The volcanic, geothermal terrain and the snow-blanketed winters of Iceland seem to provide ideal conditions for the conception and incubation of nature-based, sustainable designs. The Nordic designer Gudrun Lilja Gunnlaugsdottir of Studiobility (who we’ve covered before here) has assembled her favorite picks in conjunction with The Museum of Arts and Design in New York and participating Icelandic design companies and agencies.

The exhibit will highlight the work of Tuesday Project and their MOLI tables (“fracture” in English) created from the native birch trees of Iceland’s sustainable forests. Each handcrafted piece is implanted with a gold, silver, or copper plated plant or miniature branch to remind users of the fragility and limited ‘jewels of nature’ that populate the world we inhabit.

+ SOFA Exhibit in NYC

+ Studiobility

Magma, Birch design, Gudrun Lilja Gunnlaugsdottir

Magma, Birch design, Gudrun Lilja Gunnlaugsdottir, SOfa 2007

3 Responses to “ICELANDIC SUSTAINABLE DESIGN EXHIBIT at SOFA”

Kathleen Newton Says:

June 11th, 2007 at 10:47 pm

Do you make dining room tables as well as what is pictured here?

sara lee Says:

June 27th, 2008 at 8:09 am

i recently bought a chair from you guys and my very heavy husband jumped on it cause he haed seen a snake and guess what i thought it would break but it didn’t.
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Sara Lee
http://www.gardenandhomes.org/

sara lee Says:

June 27th, 2008 at 8:13 am

your items are brilliant,you might have used them for long and expect them to wear out but they are still as good as new.
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Sara Lee
http://www.gardenandhomes.org/

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