Nordic Design

May 28, 2008 6:50 AM

Icelandic designer Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (not to be confused with the author of the same name) has won this year’s, Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize one of the most prestigious Nordic design awards (billed as "world's greatest" in the Swedish media), awarded by the Röhsska Museum of Design in Göteborg Sweden, for "exceptional critical acclaim for her work in fashion design." She's run her own clothing label STEiNUNN since 2000.
posted by three blind mice (4 comments total)

Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (not to be confused with the author of the same name)

wow. what are the chances of having that name appear twice?

(actually... nobody else in this world has my name combination but I have never met anyone else who shared this attribute)
posted by krautland at 7:54 AM on May 28, 2008

Probably not so rare: my guess is that neither the first name nor the patronymic are rare.Thankfully they don't both do the same job:
"In Iceland, directories of people's names, such as the telephone directory, are alphabetised by given name, not by surname. To reduce ambiguity, the phone books go further, naming professions."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_language
posted by Omission at 8:12 AM on May 28, 2008

"(actually... nobody else in this world has my name combination but I have never met anyone else who shared this attribute)"

Hi. Pleased to meet you. Now you have.
posted by bz at 1:37 PM on May 28, 2008

hey, that's my name too.
posted by billybobtoo at 3:17 PM on May 28, 2008