Archive for the 'Iceland' Category

Iceland – Knack weekend magazine

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Iceland by Khuan Cavemen Co for Knack Weekend magazine.

Viking Beer

Monday, July 26th, 2010

The Viking of beers. Sounds like a great beer which is Iceland‘s most popular beer. It is said that the pure Icelandic water and a unique combination of malt, hobs, maize and sugar give the beer a distinct bitter taste. Images via randburg, flickr, astarut.bloggar, flickr, vinrad, flickr

Inspired by Iceland

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Inspired By Iceland – Attempting to boost tourism after the volcanic eruption, Icelanders have come up with a cool dancing video (similar to “Where the hell is Matt“) and a website that accompanies it to promote their country. via Notcot

11 great photos of Iceland’s volcano eruption

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

11 great photos of Iceland’s volcano eruption. via denverpost

Coat of arms of Iceland

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

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Reykjavik Rocks

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

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Reykjavik Rocks designed by Icelandic graphic designer Siggeir Hafsteinsson.

Virtue Blankets from Iceland

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

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This Virtue Blanket is by Icelandic designer Mary (Olof Maria Olafsdottir). It is finely knitted using high quality, undyed Icelandic wool. The idea for the blanket comes from Icelandic virtue cloths of the early 18th century. Three virtue cloths have been found, and they are preserved in the National Museum of Iceland. The pattern is on Mary’s modern Virtue Blankets is derived from the decorations on the historical virtue cloths, but reworked in a contemporary style. Created by Mary’s Found via Apartment Therapy

Reyka Vodka

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

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Reyka Vodka from Iceland. Via editevening.com

The Flag

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

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In the year 1913 a flag committee, appointed by the minister of Iceland, Hannes Hafstein, set fourth suggestions for a new national flag og Iceland, the flag we still use today. In their report there were also suggestion for the flag designs from the public. This book contains those 28 suggestions illustrated and shown together for the first time. Buy the book at birkiland.com Found via www.playmedesign.com

Brennivin Icelandic Schnapps

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

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Potato pulp and flavoured with caraway seeds Schnapps. found via Popsop.com