On March 5th, the Design Fund allocated 20 grants to various projects in the field of design and architecture and 13 travel grants to 10 projects. This time, 23.5 million was allocated, but a total of 150 applications were received for over 255 million kr.
Travel grants
Emil Ásgrímsson, Weird pickle, Stokkhólmur. - Kristín Sigurðardóttir, Íslenska glerið, Ísland. - Kormákur & Skjöldur, tveir styrkir vegna verkefnisins Íslenskt tweed, Austurríki og París. - Marta Sigríður Róbertsdóttir, „Working environments of the future“, Amsterdam. - Þrír styrkir vegna verkefnisins, Knowing the Ropes, Ísland. - Jóna Berglind Stefánsdóttir, „Objective á Southerns Swedish Design Days“ Malmö. - Helga Lára Halldórsdóttir, „Objective á Southerns Swedish Design Days“ Malmö. - Elín-Margot Ármannsdóttir, styrkur vegna verkefnisins Hooch: Fermenting Communities, Aarhus. - Sigrún Úlfarsdóttir, „The Glass Slipper“, Portúgal. - Carissa Baktay, „Solo exhibition of experimental glass design“, Ebeltoft, Danmörk.
The board
Birna Bragadóttir, chairman, appointed by the Minister of Industry and Innovation, Guðrún Inga Ingólfsdóttir, appointed by the Minister of Education, Science and Culture, Hrólfur Cela, architect, Friðrik Steinn Friðriksson, product designer and Snæfríð Þorsteins, graphic designer, appointed by the board of Iceland Design and Architecture