Media and Communication

News - Product Design Finnish Design is Granted its Own Label The ‘Design from Finland’ label was taken into use in September. It designates design, research, product development and innovations of Finnish...	News - Helsinki Product Design Finnish Design Unwrapped opens a series of 12 exhibitions at Design Gallery The exhibition entitled Finnish Design Unwrapped showcases the most interesting Finnish design of the moment through selected design objects and photos by...	Programme - Helsinki Year of events 11th Docpoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival 24/01/2012 We are making design visible. In January DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival will be screening a series of documentaries examining the...	International events - Event 2011 IDA Congress: Design at the Edges 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...	Blogs - 925 A more open and fun world A requirement for openness has slipped into organisations and leadership culture. Old thinking where hidden information provided power has to give way to the...
News - Helsinki Architecture A new book and exhibition introduce Alvar Aalto´s sites in Helsinki The buildings designed by architect Alvar Aalto are an important part of Helsinki’s urban landscape and valuable architectural heritage. The city is home...	News - Helsinki Event An illustrated city The Yellow City exhibition recounts and illustrates stories about Helsinki. The first exhibition provides opportunities to play as well as to read.	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Armi OPEN Workshop - URBS1 (Urban BrainStream) 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...	News - Helsinki Environment Attacking rubbish through data 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...	News - Web Competition Awards for Best Visualisation Open Helsinki is challenging all under 19s to think about how to describe their own living environments visually in a fun and informative way.
International events - Product Design Beijing Design Week 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...	News - Helsinki Event Bookies investigates the changing roles of printed publications Bookies is a series of exhibitions and seminar discussions which contemplate the change and opportunities of printed publications that occupy the...	Programme - Helsinki Year of events Cinema and Architecture 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 (...	Programme - Helsinki Year of events Cinema and Architecture 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 (...	News - International Competition City of Cape Town is World Design Capital 2014 Cape Town will be World Design Capital in 2014. The appointment was announced on Wednesday 26 October 2011 at the International Design Alliance Congress,...
Programme - Helsinki Communications Design 2012 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.	News - Helsinki Media and Communication Design 2012 Magazine Tells Stories of Helsinki WDC 2012 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?...	News - Media and Communication Design at Duckburg 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...	News - International Design Capital prominent this week in New York World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 is getting ready for next year through promotional events in New York 21-28 October 2011.	News - Helsinki Event Design conference deals with common welfare Next May, the International Expert Meeting will submit proposals for concrete solutions to global problems, such as population ageing and sustainable...
News - Media and Communication Design embedded deep within 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...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Design in Helsinki Films 15/02/2012 The exhibition reveals the visual imagery of films shot in Helsinki between the 1930s and the 1960s.	News - Other City Competition Design journalism under review The Vaasa Prize for Design Journalism 2012 competition aims to promote the effectiveness and quality of design writing. The competition is launched at the...	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Design Learning Conference 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...	Columns - Roope Mokka Design thinking as the state of mind of a metropolis Imagine a ten-minute city. Imagine a metropolis designed to fit your use of time. All important services can be reached within ten minutes.
News - Helsinki Media and Communication Partnership Designers' video portraits 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.	News - Helsinki Economy and Industry Designing a good life 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...	News - Helsinki Media and Communication Visitor Digital programme book is very today 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...	Programme - Other City Communications Donald Duck Design 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...	News - Helsinki Services Electronic registration system makes life easier for event organisers 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...
News - Web Economy and Industry Enabling the business world to recognise the importance of design 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...	News - Helsinki Media and Communication Environment Even the rubbish bins will draw attention to WDC Helsinki 2012 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...	International events - Fashion Fin Noir 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...	International events - Product Design Finnish Design Unwrapped 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...	Columns - Lasse Rantanen Fire, money, and design 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...
News - Media and Communication Gloria Design showcases diverse design with style 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...	News - Helsinki Event Graduate Students Envision Future Helsinki Helsinki City Planning Department’s gallery and information centre Laituri puts on display Spacial Design diploma projects from the University of Art...	News - Helsinki Media and Communication Grafia announced its shortlist for the Best of the Year Original design work produced in the fields of design and advertising will again be showcased during the Best of the Year competition.	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Guide pilot 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...	News - Helsinki Event Happening in WDC Helsinki 2012 during week 15 Here are some of our events taking place this week.
News - Helsinki Event Happening in WDC Helsinki 2012 during week 16 Here are some of our events taking place this week.	International events - Hel Looks - Street Styles from Helsinki 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...	Blogs - Imu Hello! 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.	Programme - Helsinki Communications Helsinki Beyond Dreams 15/04/2012 We explore how local cultures and creative use of urban space can make a difference.	News - Helsinki Urban culture Helsinki Beyond Dreams tells of a thriving city 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.
News - Helsinki Product Design Helsinki Design Week in September DO TOUCH! Helsinki Design Week 09 brings design within reach of everyone. The theme is manifested in the events that encourage collaboration between...	News - Helsinki Product Design Helsinki Design Week Kicks Off 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...	News - Helsinki Event Helsinki Festival 2009 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...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Helsinki Region Infoshare 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...	News - Other City Media and Communication Helsinki residents get creative on television MTV3 channel and World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 recently organized a workshop where residents could design and create break bumpers for the TV station....
News - International Event Helsinki street fashion on display in Belgium The Hel Looks – street fashion from Helsinki – exhibition is on display at the Designcenter De Winkelhaak in Antwerp, Belgium from 14 October to...	International events - HIRAMEKI Design × Finland 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...	News - Helsinki Architecture Urban culture Museums in Kaartinkaupunki are going open air! The Museum of Finnish Architecture and Design Museum are expanding their activities to the courtyard between the two museums from June to September 2011....	Columns - Sam Inkinen Navigare necesse est The direction is clear: we are facing a situation where digital and virtual dimensions are integrated into the physical, built environment and “real...	News - Product Design New Design Magazine Seeks to Inspire Designers 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.
News - Web Technology New guide to help with choosing a GPS tracker The 'Using technology to locate people and objects' guide presents over 20 GPS tracker devices on sale in Finland.	News - Helsinki Urban planning New signs are ideated in workshops The signage system of the City is Helsinki is under renewal. The experiences and ideas of residents are collected in workshops.	News - Media and Communication New solutions for new design magazine 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...	News - Web Media and Communication Partnership New website for Aalto University programmes The Aalto University World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 series of programmes has launched a website at living.aalto.fi. The website introduces all WDC...	News - Web Media and Communication Observe and discuss the design around you Notebook is a service that allows people to share their observations about design – about what works, and what still needs improving.
News - Web Media and Communication Observe and discuss the design around you Notebook is a service that allows people to share their observations about design – about what works, and what still needs improving.	International events - Event Product Design Open city – cities for residents, social innovations for the urban environment 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...	News - Helsinki Media and Communication Our programme has now been published! 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...	Columns - Hannu Vanhanen Photojournalism is also media design 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...	News - Event Popular World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 Café Kauko open in Forum until Saturday 3 March 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...
Programme - Web Rethinking design Promoting Accessibility in Communications Services 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...	News - Helsinki Media and Communication Residents can remote control the environment of WDC Helsinki 2012 café Today, WDC Helsinki 2012 will open a remote controlled café at the Forum shopping centre. The café is used to illustrate the significance of...	News - Helsinki Media and Communication Residents of Design Capital expect improvement in housing conditions, living environment and services The residents of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen and Lahti expect the World Design Capital year to mainly concentrate on housing conditions, the living...	Programme - Helsinki Communications Stadi.TV - Helsinki region local channel 26/11/2010 Stadi.TV is an open media channel produced for and by the residents of Helsinki and its urban communities.	News - Helsinki Urban culture Media and Communication Streets Ahead – The design capital’s sound world on CD 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,...
Programme - Web Rethinking design Supporting the use of open data 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...	News - Helsinki Urban planning Media and Communication Take a look around and improve your environment One of the main goals of the World Design Capital is to provide residents with tools for developing their living environment themselves.	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Telakkaranta movie 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...	International events - Graphic design The Best of the Year 2010 in St. Petersburg 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...	News - Helsinki Media and Communication The Design 200 series will offer interesting perspectives on design 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...
News - Helsinki Event The Design in Helsinki film history series begins The "More about functionalism, Reino!" – design in Helsinki films is a joint WDC Helsinki 2012 project between Helsinki City Museum and the...	News - International Graphic design The new logo of IDA Congress merges continents The new visual identity of the International Design Alliance (IDA) reflects international presence and cooperation.	News - Helsinki Event The University of Helsinki's new main library introduced at the Think Corner Due to open this autumn, the Kaisa Library will be full of information, research and international experiences.	News - Web Education Arts and Sciences Think Wall collects thoughts The University of Helsinki new social and interactive wall invites everyone to discuss and comment.	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Visualization of innovation data 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...
News - Helsinki Media and Communication Visualized information for residents Cities collect and produce enormous amounts of information which is, however, often not accessible to the ordinary citizen. Our campaign Ta-da Data! which...	Programme - Web Communications WDC 2012 Mobile App 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...	News - Travel Media and Communication WDC Helsinki 2012 can be seen and heard around the world World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 is already actively operating, especially outside Finland. Numerous events are an important part of the WDC Helsinki 2012...	News - Media and Communication WDC Helsinki 2012 received considerable attention throughout the international media 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...	News - Helsinki We are looking for people and locations for World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 photo shoots 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...
News - Helsinki Art Event Where are you heading, print? The Bookies seminar debates the outlook of independent printed art publication, and declares the love of books.	Columns - Tyyne Pennanen Why become successful? 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...	News - Media and Communication Technology Winners of the Open Data competition Apps4Finland announced 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...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Yellow City - illustrated stories from Helsinki 16/01/2012 The series of exhibitions entitled ‘Yellow City – illustrated stories from Helsinki’ is based on the book with the same title combining...	News - Other City Product Design Yle Teema treats viewers to a design marathon aired on Sunday evenings 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...