Ingibjörg Hanna Bjarnadottir
Ingibjorg is a Graphic designer from Iceland Academy of the Arts. She loves to reawake the child inside us all. Her work is playful and functional.
Ingibjörg Hanna is fast becoming one of the best-known young designers in Iceland and beyond. She s just won the Erro Design Competition, awarded at the countrys first design festival, Design March. Ingibjörg Hanna created a caricature of the Icelandic poet and Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness with a blank PVC speech bubble attached - for memos, drawings and doodles.
Her work is deeply influenced by Icelands landscape, native wildlife and strong literary heritage. Her Not Rudolf coat rack consists of a pair of wooden plywood antlers, perfect for hanging coats on.
Ingibjörg Hanna did not train as a product designer: she graduated in graphic design from Icelands Academy of Arts, but veered towards products almost by accident. She believes Icelands design scene is a burgeoning one, finally stepping out from the shadow of the better-known Scandinavian design.