Icelandic design showcase

Photos of the Museum of Design and Applied Art

A visual preview of Iceland's national design collections in Garðabær.

Explore the visual highlights of the Museum of Design and Applied Art through our curated photo gallery. Get a preview of the diverse exhibitions featuring Icelandic furniture, graphic design, fashion, and architecture from 1900 to the present day. These images offer a glimpse into the creative atmosphere and spatial layout of this cultural venue in Garðabær before you visit.

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Icelandic design showcase

Browse photos of the museum's design collections, furniture, and exhibitions before you visit.

Smiling woman with short dark hair and a white headband wearing a black jacket stands before a wall with red flower patterns and a large text panel.

Exhibition display featuring chairs, a table, a blue plaid shirt, a yellow lamp, and a wooden cabinet against a dark wall with object labels.

Exterior view of the Museum of Design and Applied Art building in Iceland, showing a modern facade with corrugated metal cladding, large white text reading 'HÖNNUNARSAFN ÍSLANDS', and a smaller sign saying 'MUSEUM OF DESIGN' above the glass entrance doors.

Close-up of a white, web-like textile structure draped over a dark gray woven form with yellow threads.

A white ceramic sculpture shaped like a folded notebook with a hand-drawn sketch and text reading "Making a Research Practice" on its surface, displayed on a gray background.

A smiling woman with dark hair in a bun wearing a tie-dye top and large yellow earrings stands behind a display table with small bottles and a glass cloche, her reflection visible on the glossy surface below.

Contemporary jewelry pieces displayed on a white background, including a red-orange-green beaded necklace, white rings with colored bands, circular translucent pendants, and a large leaf-patterned pendant.

Flat-lay arrangement of craft materials including a large woven rope tassel, a small blue loop tassel, a woven textile sample with yellow and gray patterns, a carved wooden piece, and a photograph of a person harvesting reeds in a field

Person in black floral-embellished outfit holding red handbag standing in museum exhibition space with patterned wallpaper, furniture displays, and exhibition text panel

A woman with curly hair holds up a geometric wire sculpture made of thin yellow and silver rods against a plain light background

A woman in a lavender outfit surrounded by colorful crumpled fabric pieces in orange, teal, green and blue floating in the air against a white background

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