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There a ren’t m any o ppo r tun i ti e s to co n te m p l ate p attern s in food , as pro d ucts usually can n ot be p hysica l l y deco rate d i n such a way. Leaf b rea d i s a p attern ed del ight , clo se ly li n ke d to po pular a rt a nd the tra dition a l fo o d cult ure o f the I ce lan d i c p eo p l e. Hugrún Íva rsdót t i r i s a se lf-e mploye d d e sig ner, w ith a n educat i o n i n ex hi b i t i o n d e sign f ro m Cop en hagen . S he i s f ro m A kurey r i an d cur rent l y l ives there runn i n g t he " Lea f brea d center ". "Mynst rað mun ngæt i " ( De li c i o usly pat te r n ed bi tes ) is her curren t pro j ect whe re she ex plo re s p at tern ma kin g in Icel a n d i c fo o d culture an d trad i tio n. Th e idea ca me a bout whi le she was li v i n g i n No rway a n d wa n ted to uti li ze I ce lan d i c cult ural he r i t age in a n in teresti n g way. S he wan te d to b ui ld u p o n her ex p erien ce , e d ucati o n an d appreci ati o n o f Icel a n dic cul tural he r i t age wi th a pro j ec t b r i ng i ng these tra ditions to light i n a n ew way, fo r t h e next gen eration . It was n ot un ti l she had m ove d bac k to Icel a n d a n d was v i si t i n g an ot he r ho m e th at she n oticed so me b eauti fully c ar ve d leaf b rea d – she then decide d t hat thi s was t he r ight su bj ec t . Subsequen tl y she b egan d eve lo pi n g i d eas a nd p roducts in sp ire d by leaf b read . I n ad d i ti o n s h e ha s n ow a dded the “ kr um c ake”, whi c h i s d eco rated sp ecia l occa si o n b read f ro m S can d i n av i a n ot u nl i ke l eaf brea d in i ts e sse n ce . D esign s by Hugr ún are avai lab le at Ram m agerði n.
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