Guðrún is a product designer who investigates design through a research-driven approach that integrates ecological values, craftsmanship, and principles of democratic design. She is particularly interested in how material narratives can communicate environmental and social issues.

Guðrún is a product designer whose work is rooted in research-led exploration of materials, ecology and social context. Blending craftsmanship with democratic design principles, she investigates how material narratives can reveal and communicate environmental and societal concerns. Her practice often foregrounds the quiet agency of materials, using them as active storytellers within design.

Guðrún is a product designer whose practice is grounded in research-driven inquiry into materials, ecological thinking and social conditions. Combining craftsmanship with democratic design principles, she explores how material narratives can articulate environmental and societal concerns. Her work foregrounds the subtle agency of materials, treating them as active contributors and storytellers within the design process.

objects with material narratives

where context plays a big role, whether social or ecological. Material research.

A recurring theme in her work is the transformation of waste or overlooked materials into meaningful objects,

contact: gkolbeinsdottir@gmail.com