Hlynur Atlason became a designer almost by chance. “I didn't know the profession existed until I was in my 20s,” he says
His native Iceland didn’t establish its first design school until 1998, several years after Atlason left to study political science at the Sorbonne. An open house for Parsons Paris – the European branch of New York’s esteemed university for art and design – proved the catalyst for his change in direction.
The discovery was immediate and all-consuming. “When I started studying,” he recalls, “I was just completely taken over by this stuff.” He transferred to Parsons and moved to NYC, focusing on product and furniture design. After graduation, he set up his own design studio, producing kitchen utensils, beverage bottles, airline serviceware, cosmetics packaging, and furniture. In 2023, he was named one of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s National Design Award honorees.
With an ever-observant eye, Atlason reimagines the familiar, paring down excess while introducing new modes of comfort. “I don’t see furniture as an exercise in form alone, but as a response to the way we actually live right now.”
His native Iceland didn’t establish its first design school until 1998, several years after Atlason left to study political science at the Sorbonne. An open house for Parsons Paris – the European branch of New York’s esteemed university for art and design – proved the catalyst for his change in direction.
The discovery was immediate and all-consuming. “When I started studying,” he recalls, “I was just completely taken over by this stuff.” He transferred to Parsons and moved to NYC, focusing on product and furniture design. After graduation, he set up his own design studio, producing kitchen utensils, beverage bottles, airline serviceware, cosmetics packaging, and furniture. In 2023, he was named one of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s National Design Award honorees.
With an ever-observant eye, Atlason reimagines the familiar, paring down excess while introducing new modes of comfort. “I don’t see furniture as an exercise in form alone, but as a response to the way we actually live right now.”
“I think there’s a fairly sort of pure aesthetic to most things I do. I’m not much for embellishments or thrills and things like that. And I think it just comes out of – not a Nordic style – just a mentality. I don’t know what it is. It just comes naturally in that way. That’s what feels right.”
ONLY AT DWR
Atlason Composed
Atlason Composed
Sofa Collection
“I’m always interested in how our lives are shifting,” the designer says. This collection channels that curiosity into a modular system that adapts to your needs: Sections expand, curves form gathering zones, and deep seats invite pause.
35
Results
35
Results
View
New options
New options
New options
New options
New options
New options
C$ 17,425.00
-
C$ 27,410.00
New Arrival
C$ 25,470.00
-
C$ 40,225.00
New Arrival
C$ 21,000.00
-
C$ 33,815.00
New Arrival
C$ 12,955.00
-
C$ 33,220.00
New Arrival
C$ 12,955.00
-
C$ 20,405.00
New options
C$ 33,070.00
-
C$ 52,440.00
New Arrival
C$ 33,070.00
-
C$ 53,635.00
New Arrival
C$ 17,425.00
-
C$ 27,410.00
New Arrival
C$ 8,935.00
-
C$ 14,000.00
New options
C$ 21,000.00
-
C$ 33,220.00
New Arrival
New options
New options
New options
C$ 4,015.00
-
C$ 6,400.00
New Arrival
C$ 290.00
-
C$ 560.00
New Arrival
C$ 215.00
-
C$ 485.00
New Arrival
C$ 4,465.00
-
C$ 6,995.00
New Arrival
C$ 4,465.00
-
C$ 6,995.00
New Arrival
C$ 4,465.00
-
C$ 6,995.00
New Arrival
C$ 4,015.00
-
C$ 6,400.00
New Arrival