About me

Valdís Steinarsdóttir is an Icelandic designer based in Reykjavík, Iceland, and Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Acknowledgements

2025. Nominated for the Gijs Bakker Award

2020. Winner of Formex Nova award.
Nordic Designer of the Year

2020. Shortlisted as Emerging designer of the year. Dezeen Awards

2020. MaDe Finalist. Best Industry Application

2019. Dezeen's top 10 innovative materials of 2019

2018. Winning project in the Prototype category for CAMPUS. Forum Design de Paris

2018. Nominated for the Icelandic Presidential Innovation Award

Selected Press

FRAME
Can ASMR Change the Way Exhibition Spaces are Designed

DEZEEN
Fifty architects and designers you need to know on Earth Day

Valdís Steinarsdóttir makes jelly clothing that can be melted and remade

Valdís Steinarsdóttir turns animal skin and bones into food packaging

Shortlisted for emerging designer of the year at Dezeen Awards 2020

DOMUS
In the future of the alimentary industry, food waste will be transformed into objects

VOUGE Scandinavia
https://www.voguescandinavia.com/articles/things-we-loved-at-designmarch-2022-icelands-weird-and-wonderful-creative-expo

FAST COMPANY
https://www.fastcompany.com/90751096/these-designers-turned-old-puffer-jackets-into-comfy-chairs

MONOCLE
https://monocle.com/magazine/issues/159/slow-and-steady/ 




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