Eldblóm - how dance became product design

Design-March 2024

At DesignMarch her work with fireworks and flowers hold the stage with the project Eldblóm - how dance became product design. The exhibition opened at the Museum of Design and Applied Art on the 23rd of April with an explosive bar and dancing cocktails. The exhibition consists of Sigga Soffias´ sketches, work documents, prototypes, and finished products. Her collaborators range from pyrotechnicians, landscape architects, distillers, fragrance specialists and many more.

Sigga Soffía is a dancer and choreographer best known for her fireworks performances. Choreographing large scale display fireworks shows in Iceland and abroad. She has received much acclaim for her work, most recently the Optimism award 2023, awarded by the President of Iceland and the Artist of the Year 2024 in her hometown.

Eldblóm - Flowers of fire by artist Sigga Soffía is a shapeshifting project. A dance performance that evolved into a fireworks show that transformed into a flower installation that grew into product design: flowerboxes, fragrans and a liquor. A new drink on the market named "Liquid Choreography or „Eldblóma Elixir" a drink that has a high % of contemporary dance. It is the Icelandic Spritz made to be poured into dry champagne.