Gagarin

29/05/2026

VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2027!

We are proud to share that Iceland Design and Architecture, Commissioner of the Iceland Pavilion, has announced that SOAK: Rituals of Collective Belonging is Iceland’s contribution to the 20th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.

Curated by Basalt Architects partner Marcos Zotes, the pavilion is a multidisciplinary collaboration between Basalt Architects, Gagarin and Rán Flygenring. The exhibition explores Icelandic bathing culture as a unique social infrastructure and a space for collective belonging.

We look forward to bringing this conversation to Venice in 2027!

26/05/2026

At EVE Fanfest 2026 in Harpa, Reykjavík, Gagarín designed and developed a new interactive EVE History Exhibit for Fenris Creation (Former CCP Games).

The installation reimagined how the story of EVE Online’s player community could be experienced physically in space. Visitors selected capsules marked with different years and placed them into interactive stations. As the stations charged with light and sound, guests could explore milestones, alliances and player-driven history by navigating through time using a tactile interface.

At the centre of the space stood a large spaceship model where the capsules were stored, turning the exhibit itself into part archive, part ritual, and part shared memory for the EVE community.

Originally told through printed storytelling, the experience was transformed into a physical and interactive installation designed to engage thousands of Capsuleers visiting Reykjavík for Fanfest.

Huge thanks to the amazing team at Fenris Creation for the collaboration.

12/05/2026

What if visitors could step into the mythological worlds of the Eddas?

Worlds of Valhalla is an immersive experience inspired by Norse mythology and Iceland’s most important contribution to world literature. Guided by a Völva, visitors travel through the realms of Yggdrasil in a sensory journey shaped by light, sound, space and storytelling.

Not a museum, but a speculative interpretation of worlds beyond the limits of what can truly be known.

The concept was developed by Aron Þór Leifsson, Gagarin and Tobia Zambotti in 2024 and is still in progress.

27/04/2026

We love it when exhibitions continue to evolve and improve!

At the heart of the LAVAcentre exhibition is the interactive table, a central feature since the exhibition opened. It brings together live data and visual storytelling, helping visitors understand what’s happening across Iceland at any given moment. The table has now been updated with a new Northern Lights forecast layer, allowing visitors to explore a real-time 48-hour forecast visualising both cloud cover and aurora activity across the country.

16/04/2026

At Jærmuseet’s Vitengarden in Norway, we’ve created two installations that invite visitors to explore climate and geological change through touch, movement, and intuition.

The Jæren Region: A time-travelling landscape across 150,000 years, where geology, ecology, and human impact unfold through layered, intuitive storytelling.

The Climate Installation: Future scenarios explored through handheld lenses, revealing climate impact across landscapes in a tactile, playful way.

09/03/2026

Nordic Circle, the immersive exhibition inside the Nordic Pavilion at World Expo 2025 Osaka, Japan, received a gold award at The Association of Icelandic Graphic Designers Awards 2026 (FÍT Awards) in the "Interactive & Information Design" category. The annual FÍT Awards celebrate the best Icelandic graphic design.

Designed by Kvorning, Rintala Eggertsson and Gagarin and produced by Exponex, Wintenex AG and Habegger. The Pavilion showcases the Nordic Circle, highlighting circular economy, sustainability, and shared Nordic values. Visitors can explore immersive exhibitions, outdoor spaces, and interactive installations.

Magnús Elvar Jónsson, designer and partner at Gagarin, attended the award ceremony in Groska.

Photos: Owen Fiene / Félag íslenskra teiknara

18/02/2026

For UTmessan 2026, one of Iceland’s leading technology fairs, Gagarín designed and developed an immersive experience for Origo Iceland inspired by the phenomenon of a total solar eclipse.
The experience had a dual purpose: to use the eclipse as a metaphor for digital transformation and to educate visitors ahead of the total eclipse visible in Reykjavík on August 12, 2026.

Through light, shadow, and interactive mechanics, guests aligned the Earth, Moon, and Sun to trigger totality, revealing how precision, timing, and alignment across systems are essential for real innovation.

Created in collaboration with Origo and astronomy communicator Sævar Helgi Bragason, the experience engaged thousands of visitors at Harpa, blending science, play and spatial storytelling.

13/02/2026

We´re proud to share that the Nordic Circle, the immersive exhibition inside the Nordic Pavilion at World EXPO 2025 Osaka, Japan, has been awarded the German Design Award 2026 in the category Excellent Architecture: Fair and Exhibition. Designed by Kvorning ApS, Rintala Eggertsson Architects and Gagarin and produced by Exponex, Wintenex AG and Habegger.

The Pavilion showcases the Nordic Circle, highlighting circular economy, sustainability, and shared Nordic values. Visitors can explore immersive exhibitions, outdoor spaces, and interactive installations.

The Jury‘s Statement: A spatially and atmospherically impressive staging: »The Nordic Circle« fuses Nordic identity with Japanese aesthetics, creating a memorable environment of calm and encounter. The interplay of subtle materials, charismatic design language and interactive elements fascinates, while the elegant blend of community and individuality convinces. The expressive ex*****on sets a trailblazing, gold-worthy benchmark within the field of Fair and Exhibition.

Thank you German Design Council!

北欧パビリオン/ Nordic Pavilion

04/02/2026

Thank you, Art Directors Club of Europe, for sending us this amazing trophy! Bronze award in the interactive design category of for our Mammoth Table installation for Climeworks.

17/11/2025

Bændablaðið fjallar um hvernig sýndarveruleiki og gagnvirk upplifun eru að breyta upplifun ferðamanna. Þetta er nákvæmlega sú vegferð sem við hjá Gagarín höfum verið á, að nota tæknina til að dýpka tengingu gesta við náttúru, sögur og staði.

Þjóðgarðurinn á Þingvöllum / Thingvellir National Park / Garðabær / Húnabyggð / Náttúruverndarstofnun

Hönnunarstofan Gagarín hefur hannað gagnvirkar lausnir til að miðla sögunni til ferðamanna á nokkrum stöðum umhverfis landið. Á Hofsstöðum í Garðabæ hannaði Gagarín sýningu sem fjallar um landnámsminjar sem þar fundust. Miðlunin er í formi upplýsingaskilta en einnig voru set...