Krakkaráð ÞYKJÓ
ÞYKJÓ's Kids Consulting Panel
An umbrella for ÞYKJÓ's collaboration with kids.
Krakkaráð ÞYKJÓ translates as “ÞYKJÓ's kids consulting panel”. Krakkaráð honors the 12th article of Convention on the Rights of the Child, ensuring that grown-ups listen to children’s voices and respect their views.
During the research and development phases of each project, ÞYKJÓ's designers consult with an array of specialists from a broad range of fields, from biologists to pedagogues to craft makers. Krakkaráð is a way to empower kids as our smallest yet most important specialists. This is why we thought it crucial to design a logo for Krakkaráð to further give it agency - as a visual way to represent them equally to our adult collaborators.
Krakkaráð is ever changing - as is the nature of childhood as a transitional phase. Kids pass through - some for one ÞYKJÓ project, others for more than one project. The panel varies in size and age range based on each project, often we work with school groups or kindergartens, other times with individuals or families. We see Krakkaráð akin to a choir, the members might change, but it is a platform for kids to express themselves and have their voices heard.
Article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child:
Rest, play, culture, arts
States Parties recognize the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts.
Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Respect for children's views
States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child.
Article 13 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Sharing thoughts freely
The child shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of the child's choice.
Hljóðhimnar, Harpa
The summer of 2021 marked the beginning of a children's culture design process for a permanent installation for children in Harpa Concert Hall. Over 100 children age 5-7 where invited to take part in workshops to explore the magic of sound with the designers in ÞYKJÓ and UniSci. We explored the science behind soundwaves, how they move the air - and how music moves us. The collaboration and conversation with the children during these sessions were the foundation on which ÞYKJÓ's design work for installation space Hljóðhimnar was subsequently based.
Hljóðhimnar, Harpa
The summer of 2021 marked the beginning of a children's culture design process for a permanent installation for children in Harpa Concert Hall. Over 100 children age 5-7 where invited to take part in workshops to explore the magic of sound with the designers in ÞYKJÓ and UniSci. We explored the science behind soundwaves, how they move the air - and how music moves us. The collaboration and conversation with the children during these sessions were the foundation on which ÞYKJÓ's design work for installation space Hljóðhimnar was subsequently based.
Natural History Museum
The ÞYKJÓ designers have developed the method “let’s look through their eyes – let’s listen through their ears” during their children's culture design process. At the outset of project Eye Wonder, a group of children between the age of 5 and 6 years, was invited to an art workshop with ÞYKJÓ at the Natural History Museum of Kópavogur. There, the designers sat with the children and listened to a lecture by biologists with the ears of children and observed the museum pieces with the their eyes. The children gave feedback on rough design prototypes which were further developed based on their opinions.
Natural History Museum
The ÞYKJÓ designers have developed the method “let’s look through their eyes – let’s listen through their ears” during their children's culture design process. At the outset of project Eye Wonder, a group of children between the age of 5 and 6 years, was invited to an art workshop with ÞYKJÓ at the Natural History Museum of Kópavogur. There, the designers sat with the children and listened to a lecture by biologists with the ears of children and observed the museum pieces with the their eyes. The children gave feedback on rough design prototypes which were further developed based on their opinions.
Krakkaráð ÞYKJÓ
ÞYKJÓ's Kids Consulting Panel
An umbrella for ÞYKJÓ's collaboration with kids.
Krakkaráð ÞYKJÓ translates as “ÞYKJÓ's kids consulting panel”. Krakkaráð honors the 12th article of Convention on the Rights of the Child, ensuring that grown-ups listen to children’s voices and respect their views.
During the research and development phases of each project, ÞYKJÓ's designers consult with an array of specialists from a broad range of fields, from biologists to pedagogues to craft makers. Krakkaráð is a way to empower kids as our smallest yet most important specialists. This is why we thought it crucial to design a logo for Krakkaráð to further give it agency - as a visual way to represent them equally to our adult collaborators.
Krakkaráð is ever changing - as is the nature of childhood as a transitional phase. Kids pass through - some for one ÞYKJÓ project, others for more than one project. The panel varies in size and age range based on each project, often we work with school groups or kindergartens, other times with individuals or families. We see Krakkaráð akin to a choir, the members might change, but it is a platform for kids to express themselves and have their voices heard.
Article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child:
Rest, play, culture, arts
States Parties recognize the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts.
Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Respect for children's views
States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child.
Article 13 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Sharing thoughts freely
The child shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of the child's choice.
Hljóðhimnar, Harpa
The summer of 2021 marked the beginning of a children's culture design process for a permanent installation for children in Harpa Concert Hall. Over 100 children age 5-7 where invited to take part in workshops to explore the magic of sound with the designers in ÞYKJÓ and UniSci. We explored the science behind soundwaves, how they move the air - and how music moves us. The collaboration and conversation with the children during these sessions were the foundation on which ÞYKJÓ's design work for installation space Hljóðhimnar was subsequently based.
Hljóðhimnar, Harpa
The summer of 2021 marked the beginning of a children's culture design process for a permanent installation for children in Harpa Concert Hall. Over 100 children age 5-7 where invited to take part in workshops to explore the magic of sound with the designers in ÞYKJÓ and UniSci. We explored the science behind soundwaves, how they move the air - and how music moves us. The collaboration and conversation with the children during these sessions were the foundation on which ÞYKJÓ's design work for installation space Hljóðhimnar was subsequently based.
Natural History Museum
The ÞYKJÓ designers have developed the method “let’s look through their eyes – let’s listen through their ears” during their children's culture design process. At the outset of project Eye Wonder, a group of children between the age of 5 and 6 years, was invited to an art workshop with ÞYKJÓ at the Natural History Museum of Kópavogur. There, the designers sat with the children and listened to a lecture by biologists with the ears of children and observed the museum pieces with the their eyes. The children gave feedback on rough design prototypes which were further developed based on their opinions.
Natural History Museum
The ÞYKJÓ designers have developed the method “let’s look through their eyes – let’s listen through their ears” during their children's culture design process. At the outset of project Eye Wonder, a group of children between the age of 5 and 6 years, was invited to an art workshop with ÞYKJÓ at the Natural History Museum of Kópavogur. There, the designers sat with the children and listened to a lecture by biologists with the ears of children and observed the museum pieces with the their eyes. The children gave feedback on rough design prototypes which were further developed based on their opinions.