Form follows Fantasy is a large graphic art commission from Katrín Ólína by industrial designer Michael Young, for his 2,000m² guest of honor exhibition at the Kortrijk Biennale, Belgium in 2002.  The exhibition, which covered a 2,000m² space inside the Biennale venue featured types of cubic structures covered in Ólína's graphic art, that functioned as pavilions for Young's body of work. A back-lit fantasy was carved in Corian®, and a forest of two dimensional trees by Ólína and Young expressed the playful and artificial nature of the exhibition. Young&Beautiful cafe, designed by Young and Ólína, offered a choice of specially curated food. Young also collaborated with artist John Isaacs, Sony Aibo and Coca-Cola.  about

Microscopic nature; crystals and fantastical animals featured in Ólína's graphic art which was CNC-milled and back-lit in Corian®.  

Ólína´s graphic art in different colours was printed and streched onto types of cubic structures that served as pavilions for Young's body of work. 

Young&Beautiful is a brand name created by Michael Young and Katrín Ólína in 1998. It explored the charismatic puffin bird and other Icelandic animals in a variety of projects from t-shirts and food design. It was used specially for the retrospective show of Michael Young at the Kortjik Biennale 2002.  

Rendered views of the exhibition layout. 

Kortrjik Biennale