Garðar Eyjólfsson holds a B.A. (Honours) in Product Design from Central Saint Martins, London, and an M.A. (Cum Laude) in Contextual Design from the Design Academy Eindhoven. He has extensive experience in cross-disciplinary projects focusing on human-environment and human-technology relations, communicated through various formats, platforms, and media, including artefacts, scenography, curation, speculative fiction, video, performance, dialogue, and writing.
Deeply involved in academia, Garðar served as the Program Director of the B.A. in Product Design at the Iceland University of the Arts from 2012 to 2017 and as the Program Director of the M.A. Design Explorations & Translations from 2017 to 2021. He lectures and conducts courses and workshops at universities worldwide, balancing academic roles with his studio practice. His diverse work includes developing personal research projects, curating exhibitions, advising the public and private sectors, project management, and workshop facilitation.
Garðar is also an active writer and speaker, contributing to various publications and delivering public talks. His lectures and dialogues are featured at universities, conferences, symposiums, and commercial events.
Garðar is pursuing a PhD in the platform Fishing Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture - University of Porto.
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