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The Kraumur music award winners of 2014
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The Kraumur music award winners of 2014

Today, six artists and bands were presented with the annual Kraumur music awards for the year 2014. This year’s winners are Óbó, for their album Innhverfi, P…

11 Dec 20142 min
Designers receive grants from Aurora Design Fund for the 12th time
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Designers receive grants from Aurora Design Fund for the 12th time

Eight design initiatives have been chosen from 50 applications to receive grants from the Aurora Design Fund this autumn. Following is the list of grantees:…

25 Nov 20142 min
Aurora Design Fund disperses grants to designers for the 11th time
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Aurora Design Fund disperses grants to designers for the 11th time

Seven designers and design initiatives received grants from the Aurora Design Fund this spring. Following is the list of grantees: Hæg breytileg átt is a new…

8 May 20142 min
Eleventh allocation of Aurora Design fund
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Eleventh allocation of Aurora Design fund

This time the fund received 70 applications from all fields of design. A special emphasis was on architecture and the project HÆG BREYTILEG ÁTT (English: Win…

26 Nov 20133 min
Aurora Design Fund allocates
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Aurora Design Fund allocates

There was excitement in the air at the Aurora Fund headquarters when the Design Fund allocated ISK 6.5 million. Ostwald Helgason, Spark Design Space and the…

27 Nov 20122 min
ASCHOBI premieres at the fashion week in Paris
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ASCHOBI premieres at the fashion week in Paris

The ASCHOBI design brand was premiered at the fashion week in Paris and received very positive response. Aurora Fund sponsored the business plan for 2009 for…

6 Oct 20121 min
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Aurora Design Fund allocates ISK 10 million

Seven exceptional projects receive grants in the first allocation of two from the Aurora Design Fund in 2012. Among them were the designer duo Ostwald Helgas…

31 May 20121 min
Sharing experience
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Sharing experience

Aurora Design Fund is at a turning point in its operation and together with some of its recipients will share their experience in a series of talks at the Ic…

17 Nov 20111 min
Latter allocation of Aurora's Design fund 2011
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Latter allocation of Aurora's Design fund 2011

ISK 6 million was allocated to exceptional designers and their projects. A total of ISK 17.5 million has been allocated from the fund in 2011. This time cont…

17 Nov 20111 min
Former allocation of Aurora Design fund 2011
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Former allocation of Aurora Design fund 2011

Bóas Kristjánsson, HAF, The origin, history and development of the letter “ð” as well as other exciting projects will receive grants for over ISK 11 million…

23 Mar 20113 min
Presentation of a performance assessment of the daughter funds
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Presentation of a performance assessment of the daughter funds

The Research Centre of Creative Fields at the Business Research of the University of Iceland introduced on 13 March a performance assessment of the operation…

13 Mar 20114 min
The autumn allocation of the Design Fund
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The autumn allocation of the Design Fund

The autumn allocation of the Aurora Design Fund allocates ISK 6 million to four projects. This is the fifth allocation from the fund since it was established…

21 Oct 20101 min