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Design Finland - Finnish Design is looking for contributors!

2009-11-05T23:23:07+02:00

Design Finland - Finnish Design has been very quiet during the last year. Still we have a steady number of visitors, looking for interesting information and news about design in Finland and Finnish design.

We also have a number of designers and design brands approaching on a weekly basis.Unfortunately we haven't had enough time and resource to use all these great opportunities and share them with our readers.

We have a plan to revise the whole site in the near future. But revising the site is not enough, there needs to be content as well. That's why we need more people who are eager to follow the design scene in Finland and want to write articles, take photos or record videos about the whole thing.

If you have a passion about Finnish and are willing to spend some of your time with the publication, this may be your opportunity. You choose you specific area of interest from design, fashion, industrial design, graphical design or modern art, just as long as it's related to Finland.

We can offer you a channel for your interests and a worldwide audience, priority access to many exclusive news and events and potential to be part of Finland's design scene.

Interested? Want to talk more? Contact Janne via email at designfinland (at) ekana.fi

Design Christmas Markets

2008-12-03T13:33:00+02:00

During the Chrismas shopping season there are several opportunities to buy presents for Christmas. Instead of going for cheap imported millionware, I strongly recommend visiting your local design christmas market.

This coming weekend (from Dec 5th to 7th) Ornamo's legendary Christmas market will collect some serious crowds to find bargains in Finnish Design and handicrafts. The venue will be Design Forum Finland in Helsinki.

Ornamo Christmas market also in:

Rovaniemi, Mainoa-Design, Dec. 13-14
Joensuu, Taito-kortteli, Dec. 6-7/12-14/19-21

The following weekend anyone in or near Turku will have a great opportunity to check out the whole growing Turku design scene, marketed under name Turku Design Nyt!

Nine design companies, including the famous Tonfisk Design and Klo Design, will bring you the sprit of Christmas from Dec 12th to 14th at Tonfisk Design's factory shop, Ketarantie 31.

If you want to check beforehand what to expect, visit some of these great Turku brands

Better View - Elina Aalto for iukbox

2008-12-02T17:04:00+02:00

Better View

is a series of perforated black out roller blinds designed by Elina Aalto for IUKBOX.

Light seeps in through the small cut out holes creating an image of a city by night. The cut-outs represent the

light in the windows of apartment buildings and office complexes in the city.

The series includes views from Paris, Tokyo, Helsinki and Stockholm in a limited edition of 1000 each.

I must say this is one of the coolest things I've seen in a while.

Elina lives and works in Helsinki. Her designs often combine practicality with decidedly

artistic qualities. She gets her inspiration from both fine arts and everyday observations and experiences. In

design, she aspires to strike a balance between an innovative approach and the longevity of the end product.

Finnish Design Yearbook 08-09 is available

2008-04-03T09:34:21+03:00

”A regard for the traditions of design is another recurring theme. Heritage, tradition, regard for the natural world and a clever application of craft – Finland can certainly boast all of these attributes in its design DNA.”
Laura Houseley, design editor

Pointing the way for the field, Finnish Design Yearbook 08–09 is now appearing as the second publication in its series. Design today is facing new challenges. What exactly is design? Who defines it and what are its new areas? Finnish Design Yearbook 08–09 addresses topical issues and presents over 150 new products, current phenomena, designers and companies.

Finnish Design Yearbook 08–09 is an up-to-date overview of Finnish design, with its four themes reflecting the main phenomena of the field. Borderlands investigates interfaces of design, Responsibilities addresses the new ethics of design, Resources charts the role of design in companies, and Playgrounds tells of design as a means of communication and play.

Finnish Design Yearbook 08–09 The theme articles are by design editor Laura Houseley of England, media researcher and author Sam Inkinen, industrial designer Anna Valtonen who is Senior Design Manager at Nokia, Hannu Seristö, professor of international business at the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, CEO Marco Mäkinen of SEK&GREY, and the researcher and non-fiction writer Jari Koskinen.

Finnish Design Yearbook 08–09 is an excellent corporate gift and reference work for design professionals and everyone interested in the subject. The editor-in-chief is design editor Anne Veinola, the graphic design is by dog design and the publisher is Design Forum Finland. The yearbook will be on sale via main domestic and international distribution channels. The previous Finnish Design Yearbook went to over 30 countries, and now the international distribution will expand even further.

Finnish Design Yearbook 08–09. In English, bound, 132 pages, four-colour illustrations,
33 € (incl. VAT) in Design Forum Shop, ISSN 1796-5829

The Milkbar by Marimekko and Artek

2008-04-02T16:33:01+03:00

Marimekko and Artek

proudly present

THE MILKBAR

16–21 April 2008

Welcome to the opening

Wednesday, 16 April, 2–5 pm

SPAZIOCRISPITRE

(internal courtyard)

Viale Francesco Crispi, 3

20121 Milan, Italy

Colmio - Triangular design from Finland

2007-10-10T13:00:32+03:00

Colmio is a design company that brings the world products that are cosy and comfortable. Colmio products have three main attributes: movement, simplicity and use of space.

The name Colmio ressembles a Finnish language word "Kolmio", which stands for triangle. Triangural shapes can be seen in most of Colmio products.

Colmio also has an art gallery/café in Oulu, so if you happen to be there, pay them a visit.

In the pictures you can see some examples of their Grasshopper selection.

Young Designer of the Year 2007 prize to Julia Lundsten and Janne Kyttänen

2007-10-09T19:45:00+03:00

Shoe designer Julia Lundsten (b. 1975) and designer Janne Kyttänen (b. 1974) have been awarded Design Forum Finland's Young Designer of the Year 2007 prize.

The awarded designers have both received their design training abroad – Julia Lundsten in London and Janne Kyttänen in Barcelona and Amsterdam. Lundsten established her shoe-design company FINSK in London, and Kyttänen the Freedom of Creation company in Amsterdam. Based on the designers' strong personal conception of design and intelligent insight into design and methods of manufacturing, these companies display international promise in both content and business skills.

The award jury noted that Julia Lundsten and Janne Kyttänen represent the best of Finland's internationally oriented young designers. Through their bold decisions and uncompromising work they are deepening the diversity of design and expanding its international character. At the same time, they express in their works the traditions of Finnish design – clarity and pure lines without ignoring a playful light touch.

The members of the jury were CEO Mikko Kalhama, Design Forum Finland, and curator Jukka Savolainen, Design Museum Helsinki.

Previous recipients of the prize are designers Harri Koskinen and Ilkka Suppanen (2000), interior architect Karola Sahi and architect Eeva Lithovius (2001), designer and cabinetmaker Tuuli Autio and designer and silversmith Pyry Tamminen (2002), graphic designers Antti Hinkula and Teemu Suviala (2005) and industrial designer Jukka Korpihete and furniture designer Mikko Paakkanen (2006).

Wooden heal shoes from Stratum collection (2007) by Julia Lundsten and Rollercoaster coaster by Janne Kyttänen (2006)

Diamond, Stripes and Revolver - Ivana Helsinki Spring-Summer 2008

2007-10-03T16:09:13+03:00

"Many years ago, one deadcalm beautiful day, at noon. I met the love of my life. He arrived none too soon. He was called Jack Diamond and he looked like Jack White, from White Stripes."

This is the beginning of the story behind this new collection.

Ivana Helsinki showed their Spring-Summer 2008 in Ritz Hotel at Paris Fashion Week yesterday evening.

This spectacular collection with bright colours and unique details was also shown in Helsinki's Suomenlinna sea fortress couple of weeks ago.

Ivana Helsinki SS2008 collection is called Diamond, Stripes and Revolver.

Below you can see some of the dresses, for all 35 pictures follow the link to Flickr.

To read and feel the rest of the story, and to understand where the revolver comes from - visit IvanaHelsinki website, www.ivanahelsinki.com