Katrin Olina

Katrin Olina comes from Iceland and studied industrial design at the E.S.D.I. in Paris before working for the design studios of Philippe Starck in Paris and for Ross Lovegrove in London. She mainly works as a graphic artist and illustrator in the fields of industrial design, fashion, interior design and animation. Her work has been shown in numerous museums and galleries around the globe. Katrin Olina is known for visual graphics that focus mainly on natural elements and fantasies. Their clients include for e.g. Rosenthal, Swedese or SAAS Instruments manufacturers. Her recent project has been Cristal Bar in Hong Kong, where her dream-like drawings cover every interior surface, enabling a new level of interactivity in three-dimensional space. Cristal Bar has won numerous international awards, including the Forum Aid Award in Stockholm, the SEGD Merit Prize in San Diego and the DV Culture Prize Iceland in 2009.