New Environments | Iceland Academy of the Arts

Welcome to New Environments, an exhibition presenting the final projects of students graduating from the MA Design and New Environments program at Iceland University of the Arts.

New Environments refers to social, environmental, and technological challenges that call for situated and context responsive approaches to design. Through field research and close engagement with communities, landscapes, and specific conditions, students have developed independent design practices in which critical thinking, research, and creative exploration generate new perspectives and possibilities.

The projects are diverse in both subject matter and scale. Working with local materials and environments can give rise to new ways of working in which technology and craft meet in unexpected ways; other projects focus on waste and overlooked materials as potential resources. Some propose publications that reawaken our relationship with the environment beyond the constant stamp of technology and the information society, while others shape includes practices that foster practices that foster care and sensitivity within the social sphere.

The exhibition features prototypes, interactive installations, collaborative projects developed with communities and institutions, and narrative design works implemented by reflective texts that situate the projects and invite further reading and conversation.
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Welcome to the exhibition New possibilities (New Environments), the result of the final projects of students in the MA Design and New Environments master's program at the Iceland Academy of the Arts.

The title of the exhibition refers to social, environmental and technical challenges that call for local and context-based approaches in design Through field research and close links to situations in society, environment and nature, students have developed independent design approaches in which critical thinking, research and creative approaches bring forth new perspectives and possibilities.

The projects are diverse in leveling and methods Some work with local materials and environments where technology and crafts meet in new ways, others focus on waste and undervalued materials as potential resources, still others propose rituals that rekindle our relationship with the environment beyond the constant stimuli of the technology and information society, and such as calling for fostering care and sensitivity within the social space through inclusive design.

The exhibition shows prototypes, interactive installations, collaborative projects with society and institutions, together with narrative design works and thoughtful texts that put the works in context and open up further reading and conversation.