Hlynur Atlason
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Hlynur Atlason
Hlynur Atlason (born April 19, 1974 in Reykjavik, Iceland) is an Icelandic industrial designer based in New York City.
Career
Atlason’s career as a designer first started at nine years old winning a competition for the Icelandic Ministry of Welfare. This ad campaign which was featured on buses all over Reykjavik ran for half a year.[1]
After living for some time in Copenhagen and Paris he moved to New York to pursue a degree in Industrial Design at Parsons the New School for Design completing his degree in 2001. Shortly before graduating from Parsons, IKEA produced his “TUNO” clock for their 2002 PS Collection.
In 2000 after working for two years for Boym Partners and becoming the principal designer for the G2 Studio in 2003 Atlason left to start his own namesake studio.
Since founding his studio, ATLASON in 2003, he has gone on collaborate and work with many different brands. His professional projects are produced by major international manufacturers, they include a bath collection for Canadian brand Umbra, floor mats for their more upscale Umbra Shift, a condiment holder for MOMA, lighting for Artecnica, and packing for Microsoft brands Xbox and Zune.
In addition to running his own studio, Atlason currently teaches as an adjunct lecturer at Parsons the New School for Design.[2]
His works have been published in various books and periodicals, with the most notable being The Design Encyclopedia a book published by the Museum of Modern Art and The International Design Year Book 18 edited by famed designer Karim Rashid. Several publications have also featured various works, among them Metropolis, I.D., Core77, Design Milk, Dwell, Wallpaper, Blueprint, The New York Times,Azure, and CBN weekly among others.
Exhibitions
- 2001 Public life, Private Realm, Parsons School of Design
- 2001 and 2002 In Transit 1 & 2, Terminal Store, New York
- 2002 Make Room, Salone Satellite, Salone del Mobile, Milan.
- 2013 Artecnica, ICFF, New York
- 2014 Umbra Shift, ICFF, New York
Books With Featured Work
- 2003 - International Design Yearbook 18 by Karim Rashid 2003 ISBN 0789207885
- 2004 - Product Design 3 by B. Martin Pederson 2004 ISBN 1931241317
- 2004 - The Design Encyclopedia: Museum of Modern Art by Mel Byars 2004 ISBN 087070012X
- 2004 - New Scandinavian Design by Katherine Nelson, Raul Cabra 2004 ISBN 0811840409
- 2011 - On the Cutting Edge: Design in Iceland by Klaus Klemp, Mathias Wagner 2011 isbn 389955390X
References
- Notes
- ^ "Hlynur Atlason". www.dasboot.org. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "Hlynur Atlason". http://www.newschool.edu/. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
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