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   ⟶ Catch of the day: Limited Covid-19 edition    ⟶ Skógarnytjar
          ⟶ Furniture
          ⟶ Book
          ⟶ Intro exhibition
   ⟶ Plastplan
   ⟶ Catch of the day
   ⟶ Banana story
   ⟶ Babb
   ⟶ Ulyankulu furniture  
   ⟶ Cargo
   ⟶ Ministry of
Icelandic Vegetables

   ⟶ Precious Plastic
          ⟶ Eindhoven
          ⟶ Beijing
   ⟶ The Commodity an Anti-Capitalistic Design
   ⟶ Willow Project




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Upcoming:

Banana Story exhibition in Tønder Art Museum - Denmark.
Frumgerð at DesignMarch - Reykjavik.
Banana Story exhibition in Regionmuseet - Skåne.
Banana Story exhibition in Den gamle by - Århus.
Banana Story exhibition in Maihaugen - Lillehammer.

Exhibitions

2021        Banana Story exhibition at Vandalorum - Sweden.
2021        Babb exhibited in Ásmundarsafn as a part of Hönnun í anda Ásmundar.
2021        Freeform Table exhibited as a part of Hlutverk in Ásmundarsalur.
2020        Banana Story exhibition at The Vögele Kultur Zentrum: Let’s Eat. Joy, Pressure and Responsibility around Food.
2020        Banana Story exhibition at Design Muesum Finland.
2020        Skógarnytjar exhibition Hafnarborg as a part of DesignMarch.
2020        Skógarnytjar exhibition at studio Björn Steinar as a part of DesignMarch.
2020        Plastplan exhibition at the studio as a part of DesignMarch.
2020        Skógarnytjar exhibited in Harbour Front - Toronto at Fututre Retrospective.
2019        Plastplan participating in Plastlaus September in Reykjavík City Hall.
2019        Banana Story exhibition in Vicoria and Albert Museum, at FOOD: Bigger Than The Plate.
2019        Skógarnytjar exhibited at Crossovers as a part of London Design Week.
2019        Materia exhibition at LungA festival.
2019        Skógarnytjar exhibition at Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavík.
2019        Catch of the day exhibition at Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavík.
2019        Banana Story exhibition at Bismút, Reykjavík.
2019        Willow Project exhibition at Shanghai Design Week.
2018        Catch of the day exhibited in Temporary Art Center at Dutch Design Week.
2018        Cargo exhibited as a part of The Magic Box; Shipping, shopping and the global consumer in Maritime Museum of Denmark.
2018        Matter out of place exhibited in Red Gate Residency - Beijing.
2018        Alternative Gardening exhibited in Þverholt 11 as a part of DesignMarch.
2018        Skógarnytjar exhibited in Heiðmörk as a part of DesignMarch.
2018        Catch of the day exhibited in Bismút as a part of DesignMarch.
2017        Willow Project exhibited in TextilMuseum as a part of Earth Matters.
2017        Cargo exhibited in Straumsvík Aluminum Smelter as a part of DesignMarch.
2017        Cargo exhibited in Reiðarfjörður Aluminum Smelter
2016        Willow Project exhibited in Skriðuklaustur.
2016        Willow Project exhibited in Sjóminjasafnið as a part of DesignMarch.
2016        Alternative gardening / nutrition exhibited in Grótta lighthouse as a part of DesignMarch.
2016        Cargo exhibited in Reykjavík Art Museum as a part of the graduation show of the Icelandic Academy of the Arts.
2016        Connective Collective: Local Production Pt.1 exhibited in the Iceland Ocean Cluster on Food & Innovation.
2016        Willow Project exhibited in Klokgebouw as a part of Dutch Design Week.
2015        Just wood exhibited in Kaffistofan as a part of DesignMarch.
2015        Willow Project exhibited at the Icelandic Academy of the Arts.

Publications

2021        Banana Story featured in Wallpaper Magazine, October issue.
2021        Plastplan umfjöllun í Surface Mag.
2021        Plastplan featured in Rúv2 and Fréttablaðið.
2021        Plastplan featured in Sustainability Foundation - Holland.
2020        Plastplan featured in FrameWeb.
2020        Skógarnytjar featured in FAS, Frankfurt.
2020        Plastplan featured in Fréttablaðið.
2020        Skógarnytjar featured in Fréttablaðið.
2020        Catch of the day: Limited Covid 19 edition featured in RÚV.
2020        Catch of the day: Limited Covid 19 edition features in  Reykjavík Grapevine.
2020        Catch of the day, Skógarnytjar and Banana Story featured in Garage Magazine / Vice.
2020        Plastplan featured in Menning at RÚV
2020        Catch of the day featured in issue 18 of Garage by Vice media. 
2020        Skógarnytjar featured in Hús og Híbýl and Morgunblaðið.
2019        Banana Story featured in The Economist and HA magazine.
2019        Plastplan featured on 101 Live Radio.
2019        Cargo featured in Hvað höfum við gert? on Icelandic national station.
2019        Skógarnytjar featured in Interior Design, Damn Magazine.
2019        Catch of the day featured in Nordic style, Damn Magazine and Tímarit Skógræktar á Íslandi.
2019        Banana Story published in Icon Magazine: Speciale 100 talenti.
2019        Björn Steinar featured Hvað höfum við gert? Hvað getum við gert? on Rúv núll.
2019        Catch of the day featured in Hvað höfum við gert? takk on Icelandic national station.
2019        Skógarnytjar book published.
2019        Catch of the day featured on Eitt stykki hönnun, takk on Icelandic national station.
2018        Catch of the day featured in Future Builders Design Awards TV show on Dutch national station NPO.
2018        Willow Project published in Why Materials Matter by Seetal Solanki.
2018        Willow Project published in Radical Matter; Rethinking materials for a sustainable future.
2018        Banana Story featured in Art4D.
2018        Catch of the day published in; Design Indaba, Glamour, Trend Tablet, Metropolis Magazine, Damn Magazine, HA Design         Magazine, Man Magazine and Core 77.
2018        Skógarnytjar published in; Metropolis Magazine, Damn Magazine, Irish Times, HA Design Magazine, Man Magazine and Iceland Review.
2018        Catch of the day featured in Vikan með Gísla Marteini on RÚV.
2018        Skógarnytjar featured in Menning on RÚV.
2018        Cargo published in Dezeen and HA Design Magazine.
2017        Cargo published on Design Indabaand in Verdure Engraved.
2017        The Commodity and Anti-Capitalist Designpublished in Mæna.
2016        Willow Project book published by Partus Press.
2016        Willow Project published on Dezeen, Frame Magazine no.111, HA Magazine no.3.
2016        Björn Steinar artist of the Issue of Reykjavík grapevine.
2016        Connective Collective: Local Production Pt.1published in NORD No.4.
2015        Just wood published in Hanna Magazine and Tímarit skógræktar Reykjavíkur.

Talks

2021        Talk at World Hope Forum.
2019        Talk at Icaland Academy of the Arts as a part of Hugarflug.
2019        Talk at Plastlaus September in Reykjavík municipality.
2019        Talk at "Heimur úr Plasti" at the Icelandic Enviornmental Service.
2019        Lecture at department of Life- and Enviornmental Science at University of Iceland.
2018        Catch of the daytalk at Material 2018 in the Nordic House.
2018        Talk at Ueno Reykjavík about Catch of the day, Skógarnytjarand Cargo.
2018        Skógarnytjar introduction at Aðalfundur Skógareigenda in Hella.
2018        Cargo presented at DesignTalks in Harpa.
2018        “Islands / System” Lecture at Iceland Academy of the Arts.
2017        Cargo a part of the Antenna conference on Dutch Design Week organized by Design Indaba, World Design Eventand Dutch Design Week.
2016        Hugarflug talk; Willow Project and scientific design method.

Workshops

2019        Material World workshop at LungA festival.
2019        Artifact workshop at Iceland Academy of the Arts.
2018        Plastic recycling workshop at Iceland University of the Arts.
2018        Participation in Design Match at Helsinki Design Week.
2018        Open Precious Plastic Reykjavík workshop on Reykjavík Culuture Night.
2018        Soap bubble workshop at Museum of Design and Applied Art Iceland
2018        Workshop on behalf of Precious Plasticin WAB Beijing.

Awards / Nominations


2021        Plastplan nominated to Bláskeljarin, awards from The Enviornment Agency of Iceland.
2020        Skógarnytjar - Juror´s Choice “Best in festival” at DesignTO - Toronto Design Week. 
2020        Skógarnytjar -  Project of the Year at Reykjavík Grapevine Design Awards.
2020        Plastplan nominated to Bláskeljarin, awards from The Enviornment Agency of Iceland.
2019        Catch of the day nominated to the Icelandic Design Awards.
2019        Catch of the day -  Project of the Year at Reykjavík Grapevine Design Awards.
2018        Bananan Story chosen amongs the 100 most influential projects of 2018 by Icon Magazine.
2017        Cargo chosen amongst 20 best graduation project of 2016 by Design Indaba and World Design Foundation.

Other

2019 -      Guest teacher at the Iceland Academy of the Arts - Product design department.
2019 -      Guest teacher at Lýðskólinn á Flateyri.
2019 -      Guest teacher at University of Iceland - Department of Life- and Enviornmental Science.
2019        Co-founder of Plastplan - recycling, design and enviornmental education company.
2018        Representative of Icelandic design in Design Diplomacy on Helsinki Design Week.
2018        Precious PlasticReykjavík opened in Skeifan.
2017        Internship at Precious Plastic / Dave Hakkens.



Björn Steinar is a product designer, currently based in Reykjavík. He is an enthusiastic designer who strives towards bringing around societal change through his design practice.
    Björn is from a generation of product designers; designing into a world over flooded with products and useless temptations. The world is in dire need of solutions to an array of problems, which is why Björn tends towards what he calls an anti-capitalistic design method; honest design practice with a real purpose, where no one is screwed over - neither people nor planets.

    Recent works include Catch of the day – fighting food waste by handcrafting vodka from dumpster dived fruits – followed by an open source distilling machine, Cargo – an explanation of the world condition from the standpoint of the steel shipping container and banana passport and last Skógarnytjar (e. Forest Utility) – mobilizing Icelandic designers and foresters to create a culture around utilization of a new resource in a previously woodless country.

    The three research-driven projects echo Björn’s vision of using design as a medium for conveying ideas. Strong narratives and expressive simple solutions, combined with close collaborations, place his local context as a metaphor for the world in a solution-oriented dialogue. Always proposing a solution, no matter how complex the problem.

Mark