Hlynur Atlason

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Hlynur Atlason
Born(1974-04-19)April 19, 1974
Reykjavík, Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Education Parsons The New School for Design
Occupation Industrial Designer
Website www.atlason.com

Hlynur Atlason (born April 19, 1974) is an Icelandic industrial designer based in New York City.

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Career

Atlason's career as a designer started at ten years old winning an essay competition for the Icelandic Ministry of Welfare, which resulted in an ad campaign and a slogan “Your teeth, Your choice”. This ad campaign which was featured on buses all over Reykjavík and was used as an example in parliamentary discussions about healthcare in Iceland. [1]

After living for some time in Copenhagen and two years in Paris studying at the Sorbonne and Parsons Paris, he moved to New York City 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. [2]

After working for Boym Partners for a year and later becoming the director of product design for G2 Worldwide, Atlason left to start his own design practice in 2004.[ citation needed ]

Since founding his eponymous design studio, Atlason in 2004, he has led a team of creatives and strategists that collaborate with companies across a variety of industries. His professional projects are produced by major international manufacturers, which include furniture for Design Within Reach and Ercol, a female focused body razor for Billie, a condiment holder for the Museum of Modern Art, lighting for Artecnica [3] and Hennepin Made and packing for Xbox and Stella Artois. [4]

In addition to running his own studio, Atlason was hired as an adjunct lecturer at Parsons the New School for Design in 2014 [5] and the School of Visual Arts in 2017. [6] As of 2023, he served as an MFA Products of Design faculty member. [7]

His work has been published in various books and periodicals, with the most notable being The Design Encyclopedia a book published by the Museum of Modern Art, The International Design Year Book 18 edited by famed designer Karim Rashid, and On the Cutting Edge: Design in Iceland a book on Icelandic design curated by German design and art historian and curator Klaus Klemp. Several publications have also featured his work, among them Metropolis , [8] I.D. , Core77 , [9] Design Milk, Dwell , Wallpaper , Blueprint , The New York Times , [10] Azure , [11] and CBN weekly, [12] Dagens Nyheter, Morgunblaðið, House Beautiful, Interior Design, Gearculture, Nordic Design, and Interni among others.

In 2023, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian National Design Museum announced that Atlason was among its 2023 National Design Award honorees. [7]

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