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The ‘Design from Finland’ label was taken into use in September. It designates design, research, product development and innovations of Finnish...
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The exhibition entitled Finnish Design Unwrapped showcases the most interesting Finnish design of the moment through selected design objects and photos by...
24/01/2012
We are making design visible. In January DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival will be screening a series of documentaries examining the...
24/10/2011
The 2011 IDA Congress being held in Taipei in October strives to promote the utilisation of design in different areas of society. The congress brings...
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A requirement for openness has slipped into organisations and leadership culture. Old thinking where hidden information provided power has to give way to the...
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The buildings designed by architect Alvar Aalto are an important part of Helsinki’s urban landscape and valuable architectural heritage. The city is home...
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The Yellow City exhibition recounts and illustrates stories about Helsinki. The first exhibition provides opportunities to play as well as to read.
06/09/2012
We will discuss urban planning. How can multiculturalism be taken into account in the planning of urban environments or accessibility considered in an old...
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The Curious Life of Trash, a documentary film based on open data and its visualisation, looks at what rubbish says about us. Just what sort of rubbish...
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Open Helsinki is challenging all under 19s to think about how to describe their own living environments visually in a fun and informative way.
28/09/2011
Beijing Design Week is an international design event that promotes the development of the creative industry in Beijing.  The aim is to use design to...
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Bookies is a series of exhibitions and seminar discussions which contemplate the change and opportunities of printed publications that occupy the...
03/02/2012
How are architecture and cinema linked? The Academy of Finland, the National Audiovisual Archive KAVA and the Student Union of the University of Helsinki (...
03/02/2012
How are architecture and cinema linked? The Academy of Finland, the National Audiovisual Archive KAVA and the Student Union of the University of Helsinki (...
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Cape Town will be World Design Capital in 2014. The appointment was announced on Wednesday 26 October 2011 at the International Design Alliance Congress,...
27/01/2012
The WDC Helsinki 2012 magazine Design 2012, to be issued at the end of January, will examine the varied role of contemporary design.
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What is the designer’s responsibility in 2012? What does the word design mean? Why is design thinking important to everyone in all parts of the world?...
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Donald Duck Design is a special edition of Donald Duck created in honour of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 year. In it, everyday life at...
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World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 is getting ready for next year through promotional events in New York 21-28 October 2011.
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Next May, the International Expert Meeting will submit proposals for concrete solutions to global problems, such as population ageing and sustainable...
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Design makes our everyday lives run smoother, and yet we often take it for granted – so much so that it has almost become invisible to us. Finnish...
15/02/2012
The exhibition reveals the visual imagery of films shot in Helsinki between the 1930s and the 1960s.
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The Vaasa Prize for Design Journalism 2012 competition aims to promote the effectiveness and quality of design writing. The competition is launched at the...
10/05/2012
Designing is the most enchanting of all human cognitive creations. This conference has a holistic approach to the concept of design learning, which can be...
Imagine a ten-minute city. Imagine a metropolis designed to fit your use of time. All important services can be reached within ten minutes.
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We wanted to give Finnish designers an opportunity to tell their story: to explain what design means to them and how diverse the world of design is.
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A design leadership conference organised on 25–26 April at Wanha Satama in Helsinki will bring together top experts in the design industry to discuss...
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The World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 programme listing is digital, always up-to-the-minute and easy to carry around. The mobile app WDC 2012 was released...
18/04/2012
What is design in the 2010s? This is the fundamental question Donald Duck will also ponder – naturally, through several mishaps – in the 68-page...
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The City of Helsinki has launched a new electronic event registration system which provides an easier way to submit permit applications and to organise fun...
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Design ROI, a joint project of Finnish design agencies, is developing a model for measuring the benefits of design to businesses. The Finnish Design Business...
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WDC Helsinki 2012 has began the campaign to decorate the city for the important year - banderols, flags, posters and display windows have recently popped up...
03/10/2011
The Fin Noir exhibition will present modern Finnish fashion trends in conjunction with the Paris Fashion Week in September 2011. The exhibition will...
16/09/2011
London in the autumn is known for its rain, but also for the Britain's major Design Festival. This year the festival will also include a design and...
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...
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The new Gloria Design magazine enjoys a spot of lunch in Helsinki's hidden backrooms, examines the intricacies of design and captures the everyday lives...
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Helsinki City Planning Department’s gallery and information centre Laituri puts on display Spacial Design diploma projects from the University of Art...
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Original design work produced in the fields of design and advertising will again be showcased during the Best of the Year competition.
30/06/2011
The City of Helsinki lacks an all-embracing and uniform signage system. The Guide Pilot project will launch the design of a new and innovative signage system...
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Here are some of our events taking place this week.
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Here are some of our events taking place this week.
17/10/2011
Hel Looks - Street Styles from Helsinki will present Helsinki fashion trends in the Belgian fashion capital of Antwerp. The exhibition and event package...
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Hello! We are Elina, Krista and Saara and in 2002 we came up with the idea of Imu design, a platform for young finnish designers to showcase their work.
15/04/2012
We explore how local cultures and creative use of urban space can make a difference.
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The right of public access is strongly applicable to urban spaces. The Helsinki Beyond Dreams book acts as a guide to the rebirth of the city culture.
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DO TOUCH! Helsinki Design Week 09 brings design within reach of everyone. The theme is manifested in the events that encourage collaboration between...
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Finland’s largest design event, Helsinki Design Week is dedicated to bringing people closer to design. Under the theme *DO TOUCH!*, this year’s programme...
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 Helsinki Festival is an multi-arts festival held annually in late August – early September. It takes in music, theatre, dance, the visual arts, cinema and...
01/01/2012
We will make information concerning the Helsinki region available to everyone effortlessly and quickly. This information can be used for example in decision...
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MTV3 channel and World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 recently organized a workshop where residents could design and create break bumpers for the TV station....
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The Hel Looks – street fashion from Helsinki – exhibition is on display at the Designcenter De Winkelhaak in Antwerp, Belgium from 14 October to...
26/10/2011
This year Hirameki Design X Finland introduces stories of Love Communication told by Finnish designers, together with Isetan, one of the most remarkable...
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The Museum of Finnish Architecture and Design Museum are expanding their activities to the courtyard between the two museums from June to September 2011....
The direction is clear: we are facing a situation where digital and virtual dimensions are integrated into the physical, built environment and “real...
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The new Finnish design magazine Trash focuses on sustainable design and is aimed at anyone who believes in the power of design to change the world.
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The 'Using technology to locate people and objects' guide presents over 20 GPS tracker devices on sale in Finland.
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The signage system of the City is Helsinki is under renewal. The experiences and ideas of residents are collected in workshops.
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Next spring will see the publication of a new magazine, Gloria Design, which will widely broach design issues not only in its content but also in its own...
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The Aalto University World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 series of programmes has launched a website at living.aalto.fi.  The website introduces all WDC...
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Notebook is a service that allows people to share their observations about design – about what works, and what still needs improving.
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Notebook is a service that allows people to share their observations about design – about what works, and what still needs improving.
10/11/2011
The project is dedicated to the role of design and innovation in the sustainable development of societies. The activities in the project are divided into...
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At a press conference today, we published our programme, which consists of some 250 projects. This is the most extensive design programme ever realised in...
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...
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Kauko’s name day, Saturday 3 March, is the last chance to visit the WDC Helsinki 2012 Café Kauko in the Forum shopping centre. In less than two...
02/01/2012
How to ensure that a barrier-free information society becomes reality? A monitoring group for accessible communications services promotes and ensures that...
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Today, WDC Helsinki 2012 will open a remote controlled café at the Forum shopping centre. The café is used to illustrate the significance of...
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The residents of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen and Lahti expect the World Design Capital year to mainly concentrate on housing conditions, the living...
26/11/2010
Stadi.TV is an open media channel produced for and by the residents of Helsinki and its urban communities.
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We wanted to collect the multiple sounds of the city on a single CD. Although the urban environment of Helsinki includes buildings that divide opinions,...
01/01/2012
The Ministry of Employment and the Economy and Ministry of Transport and Communications are promoting utilisation of open, digital, public data reserves in...
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One of the main goals of the World Design Capital is to provide residents with tools for developing their living environment themselves.
15/09/2011
The old industrial milieu of the Hietalahti harbour area, Telakkaranta, is being brought back to life through cooperation between the City of Helsinki and...
03/11/2011
Prize-winning Finnish work in graphic design and advertising will be on display in October-November in St. Petersburg. The Best of the Year 2010 exhibition...
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Design 200 is a 200-part TV series, each episode lasting for approximately two minutes and focusing on a particular Finnish design object. The aim is to...
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The "More about functionalism, Reino!" – design in Helsinki films is a joint WDC Helsinki 2012 project between Helsinki City Museum and the...
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The new visual identity of the International Design Alliance (IDA) reflects international presence and cooperation.
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Due to open this autumn, the Kaisa Library will be full of information, research and international experiences.
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The University of Helsinki new social and interactive wall invites everyone to discuss and comment.
01/01/2012
We present information in a new format. During WDC Helsinki 2012, the Ministry of Employment and the Economy will test a new method of presenting key...
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Cities collect and produce enormous amounts of information which is, however, often not accessible to the ordinary citizen. Our campaign Ta-da Data! which...
04/01/2012
We are bringing design to smartphones and to take with you. When you want to know what is going on in WDC Helsinki 2012 and where the different forms of...
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World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 is already actively operating, especially outside Finland. Numerous events are an important part of the WDC Helsinki 2012...
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The role of Helsinki as the World Design Capital of 2012 has attracted much interest and media awareness around the world. Over the last six months, WDC...
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What does World Design Capital look like? Would you like to show it? World Design Capital (WDC) Helsinki 2012 believes that World Design Capital looks just...
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The Bookies seminar debates the outlook of independent printed art publication, and declares the love of books.
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...
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Held for the third time, the Apps4Finland idea competition inspired citizens more actively than ever to develop new ways to utilise the open data reserves of...
16/01/2012
The series of exhibitions entitled ‘Yellow City – illustrated stories from Helsinki’ is based on the book with the same title combining...
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Thanks to Teema's back-to-back airings of up to three design-related quality programmes, those interested in design can now top off their weekends by...