#p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #teaparty #union #iww #occupy #ows Right at Home: Icelandic design branches out http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/jun/18/right-at-home-icelandic-design-branches-out/ Being a small, sparsely populated island nudged up against the edge of the Arctic Circle hasn't stopped Iceland from nurturing a rich and varied design industry. While Viking runes, vintage Northern architecture and eons-old natural elements inspire much of the country's design and craft work, "the field is young, and we've taken steps to develop the industry as a whole," says Sari Peltonen, spokeswoman for the Icelandic Design Center. The first national design policy was published this spring, and the Iceland Academy of the Arts gave its first master's degrees in design...