In the picture that goes with this column I am wearing a Samuji dress. Samuji is a few years old Finnish fashion brand designed by Samu-Jussi Koski who previously worked as a Creative Director at Marimekko.
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It may not appear as huge surprise that both men were continuously experimenting with form and composition.
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Developer team. Service design project. Last year, I found these words in the invitation to the Kaisa library design team exciting. The development project of the new student library is namely done together with us, students.
My task has been to report how I like to be in the library, and together with other students ideate a dream library. It has been fun to get to know other students and realise that our ideas about the new library follow the same lines.
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We are living in an era of bad masters. We can already master fire, and that skill has elevated us as a species to the top of evolution. Money has also brought success and influence to people. But at the same time, the financial world that controls practically everything has made money an intrinsic value for us.
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In the brand market of the media, design is a currency ranked higher and higher, but what does the management of media houses, and the photojournalists themselves think about design?
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What does a forest feel and smell like? What does it look like? Many youths today can no longer answer these questions.
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Right. So your mind has started to wander a bit. The veal and espresso for lunch again did not cheer you up, what is it with veal, it never cheers you up, but makes you feel unmotivated and restless.
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The functionality of the society can be greatly impacted through design, but the available options have not yet been used sufficiently.
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World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 is much more than just a hip design festival. It is about creating a better city, and that makes it so exciting.
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My favourite cities are Helsinki, Reykjavik and Tokyo. These cities have the best street styles: the most personal dressers, the most colourful clothes, the craziest combinations. I never get tired of watching the cavalcade.
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