Each year at DesignMarch, Iceland sets out to prove that being a remote island with a tiny population isn't a barrier to having a thriving design scene. Here, Dezeen rounds up the highlights of the 2024 festival.
DesignMarch is Iceland's biggest design festival, with more than 100 exhibitions taking place across Reykjavík over five days.
Despite its name, DesignMarch hasn't taken place in March since before the pandemic. Held in late April, this year's festival coincided with Iceland's official first day of summer ? and locals were out in full force amid the rare clement weather to pack out the programmed events.
Here, we have gathered eigth highlights of the events and projects on show:

Merge by Theodóra Alfreðsdóttir
London-based Icelandic product designer Theodóra Alfreðsdóttir teamed up with artisanal chocolate brand Omnom to create an exhibition exploring the potential of cacao bean husk ? a by-product of the chocolate-making process. Alfreðsdóttir made small sculptures from the husk that acted as plinths for vegan confectionaries of complementing shapes moulded by Omnom's chocolatiers.
In a small side room at the Omnom Chocolate Factory in Reykjavík, visitors were invited to try each of the chocolates ? flavoured with different Icelandic ingredients ? in turn and reflect on the food's origins.

Secondary by Studio Erindrekar and Sigmundur Páll Freysteinsson
�ris Indriðadóttir and Signý Jónsdóttir, who make up Studio Erindrekar, are eider farmers a...