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a] The RÚV (Icelandic National Broadcasting Service) logo – still a winner after all these years. b] OPAL, the candy box that brings out the kid in everyone. c] The old
Icelandair logo – a sign of our early “útrás.” d] You either love or hate Maggi Jónsson’s cement church in Blönduós. e] VÍR-coat, the archetypal Icelandic workingman’s
coat from 1944-1994, in Icelandic lambswool covered with wartime khaki. f] Jens Gudjónsson’s chunky 1960s jewelry appeared on every catwalk in Iceland for a decade.
g] Icelandic lamp designers challenged the best of Danish designers with the Brandur lamp by Pétur Lúthersson. h] Dröfn Gudmundsdóttir’s feathered wooden recliner.
i] Thröstur Magnússon’s stamp design. j] APOLLO chair and table, designed by Gunnar Magnússon in 1967, reflected the American space program. k] SINDRI chair, an
Arne Jacobsen-type shell covered with lambswool, found in the room of every Icelandic teenager in the early 1970s. l] Íslandsbanki logo, by Edda V. Sigurdardóttir. m]
Högna Sigurdardóttir, the house at Bakkaflöt 1 in Gardabær, 1965-68, a high point in Icelandic post-war architecture. n] Brennvín, Iceland’s own angelica-based spirit
with its signature green bottle and black label. o] SÓLEY, Iceland’s first and best-selling collapsible chair, designed by Valdimar Hardarson, 1973. p] TANGO chair, by
Sigurdur Gústafsson, 1997. q] Neskirkja, designed by Ágúst Pálsson and Iceland’s first modern church design. r] Ólafur Thórdarson’s 1997 “Delerium Tremens”, a piece
of funky design mirroring the Icelanders’ love affair with bottled intoxicants. s] RAFHA cooker, in virtually every Icelandic household for decades. A no-nonsense design.
Almost not a design at all. t] Steve Christer and Margrét Hardardóttir’s Supreme Court building. u] This ESSO petrol station was Iceland’s first modernist service station,
designed in the 1950s by Manfred Vilhjálmsson. v] Lopapeysa – the Icelandic sweater – making a comeback near you.
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