Interior and furniture design

Blogs - Off to Milan! A well-designed journey from Travemünde to Milan A well-constructed road network and well-maintained roads mean it is possible to get quite far in Europe during a weekend.	Columns - Andreas Schmidl Alvar Aalto and Hans Arp – Two men and their manifest of the naive form It may not appear as huge surprise that both men were continuously experimenting with form and composition.	Blogs - Off to Milan! An electric vibe By Tuesday, downtown Milan is brimming with energy and crowds, with design shops and showrooms drawing people in from the swarming streets.	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Blue1 In-Flight Concept 01/01/2011 We will also highlight business services. Blue1 will redesign the interior (seats, carpets, lighting, etc.) and service concept (in-flight assistance, meal...	International events - Arts and Crafts Bringing arts and crafts together 04/05/2012 Finnish designers will be highly visible at this year's Eunique arts & crafts event.
Blogs - Off to Milan! Bye-bye Helsinki! We’ve got 27 hours to find out more about design traditions on freight ships while sailing with Finnlines.	Programme - Espoo Rethinking design Creative learning premises for Art and Handicraft 25/08/2011 We will develop creative learning premises that utilise everyday design.	Blogs - Off to Milan! Cucina Povera the Finnish way Wednesday, our big day, started with rain. At 9pm, the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 media and stakeholder event dubbed “Cucina Povera” was...	Columns - Peter MacKeith Dear Helsinki World Design Capital Visitor, Imagine a seashore city, a harbor city, a city of lapping water, a city of cawing seagulls, a city frozen in winter ice, bathed in summer currents, a city of...	News - Helsinki Urban culture Event Design District Helsinki Late Night Shopping events starting on 9 February During the Late Night Shopping events the basement shops in the Design District Helsinki will be open at least until 9 pm. In addition to special offers, the...
News - Lahti Product Design Design from Lahti in Design Station The Design Station in Lahti will start the WDC Helsinki 2012 in the City of Lahti with Tapio Anttila’s (Interior Architect, member of Finnish...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Design in a Diverse Society 09/01/2012 The International Cultural Centre Caisa is a unit of the City of Helsinki Cultural Office. Its task is to promote good ethnic relations in Helsinki, support...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Design led Innovations for active ageing 01/01/2012 We are seeking solutions to support the active life and independent housing of the aged in Helsinki and other European cities.	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Design mini-seminar 10/01/2012 We generate design discussion. Design Forum Finland will organise a series of mini seminars which will discuss the relationship between service design and a...	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Design Round Table 2012 - Meeting for Design Experts 08/06/2012 We are gathering design experts, movers and shakers from Finland, the Nordic countries and Estonia for a day’s discussions around the same table. The...
Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Designworld 27/01/2012 The international thematic review of contemporary design, DesignWorld, illuminates the meanings of design on societal, ecological and individual levels.	News - Vantaa Event Echoes of Habitare gets a head-start on World Design Capital 2012 in Vantaa On Friday, the first exhibition at Vantaa’s World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 exhibition centre, Habitaren kaikuja, (echoes of Habitare) gets underway.	Programme - Lahti Exhibitions Ekolandia 03/02/2012 Lahti Art Museum’s Ekolandia exhibition presents Finnish design and visual art by means of spatial entities.	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design ELE – New learning environments in teacher education 01/09/2011 Learning environments of the future are integrated, with a variety of spaces and services, contact teaching and digital tools, as well as internet- and...	Programme - Helsinki Year of events Everyday Discoveries - International Design House Exhibition 06/09/2012 Mini world design exhibition at Suvilahti
Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Finnish Design Market 01/06/2012 We are livening up market trade and creating new conditions for finding Finnish products. Finnish Design Market is a special area to be opened at the...	International events - Environment Finnish sustainable design on show in Rome 21/04/2012 The 'Fast Forward Design, Young Designers for a Sustainable Future' exhibition will be displaying new sustainable design by young Finns and Italians.	News - Helsinki Urban culture Event Flow gathers design and music enthusiasts Flow Festival, which is being held for the 8th time this weekend in the historic Suvilahti power plant area, brings the most attractive names in music to...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Functional Home – innovative and safe solutions for housing 01/02/2012 We will introduce solutions, technology, aids and products for an accessible and safe living environment. Functional Home is an information centre and...	News - Espoo Architecture Futuro landed in Espoo The world's first ever mass-produced, futuristic house invites people to learn about the wild visions of future housing in the 1960s.
Programme - Helsinki Communications Genius loci. School of Economics: its architecture, design and art 16/01/2012 Aalto University School of Economics main building in Töölö, Helsinki, is an architectural marvel from the post-war reconstruction period.	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 Product Design Habitare Created Opportunities for Young Designers Imu Design and the Finnish Fair Corporation organized a Protoshop exhibition at the Habitare design fair.	News - Helsinki Environment Habitare Promotes Ecological Values The EcoDesign special exhibition at Finland’s largest design fair Habitare introduces the views of leading designers on ecological furniture.
News - Helsinki Interior and furniture design Habitare: Five Days of Top Design With a Theme Finland’s largest design fair Habitare puts on show Finnish and international design, furniture and interior decoration. The fair explores today’s values...	Programme - Espoo Exhibitions Hanasaari Designyear 19/01/2012 The design year of the Hanasaari Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre consists of exhibitions and public seminars, which are open to everyone. The Hanasaari...	News - Helsinki Interior and furniture design Harri Koskinen designed two rooms for the Klaus K hotel Design hotel Klaus K invited designer Harri Koskinen to design two new rooms. One of the rooms is like a personal movie theatre, and the other is close to...	Programme - Helsinki Year of events Helsinki Design Week 2011 09/09/2011 The design capital is having a pre-party at Helsinki Design Week! To find out about the events, visit the event websites. To join the fun, attend the event!	Programme - Helsinki Year of events Helsinki Design Week 2012 06/09/2012 Helsinki Design Week 2012 brings together the international design community and local artists.
Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions HI Design 2012 08/06/2012 Displaying the multi-faceted nature of design. A number of Finnish companies within the technological industry make extensive use of design in product...	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...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Home 12/10/2012 The Home exhibition explores ideals related to home during different eras, and examples from Finland and abroad highlight how the homely milieu has been...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Implementing a service and space concept in Oulunkylä Library 01/12/2010 We make better libraries, and Oulunkylä Library is a library for all. Careful planning has result-ed in more customer friendly and efficient use of...	News - Helsinki Event Product Design INDEX: Award Exhibition – an open-air exhibition highlighting significant design Danish design organisation INDEX: is taking to the street on Keskuskatu, Helsinki, with design that has the capacity to improve people's lives all across...
Programme - Rethinking design Inspiring school 27/01/2012 We present new solutions for the future school environment. Future schools will be very different from the schools we attended. New learning environments...	News - Lahti Interior and furniture design Event Lahti Students’ Furniture on Display at the Design Station The latest exhibition at the Design Station in Lahti, venue for the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012, is called Metamorphosis. On display for the next two...	Programme - Helsinki Year of events Lapin Kulta Events 01/01/2012 We are combining design, food, drink and nature into a new, even surprising, experience. The unique Lapin Kulta Events are part of Lapin Kulta's Design...	News - Other City Food Learn about the design of food at the Fiskars Granary The "Taste & Form" exhibition will display objects and spaces related to food culture.	International events - Interior and furniture design Product Design London Design Festival 17/09/2011 The London Design Festival is one of the world’s premier design events each year. Taking place over nine days in September, this year’s festival...
Programme - International Rethinking design M/S Viking Grace 28/09/2011 We are designing new means of transport. The new passenger ship of our main partner Viking Line is currently being built in Turku at the STX Finland OY...	Programme - Helsinki Year of events Marimekko Village 31/01/2012 Marimekko Village which is illustrated at different venues around Helsinki will focus on the emotional quality of life. In 1962, Ms Armi Ratia defined her...	News - International Interior and furniture design Martela announces winner of Inspiring Office competition The Inspiring Office competition, part of Martela’s Design Awards 2011, sought a novel, creative and inspiring work space. The competition was open...	Programme - International Year of events Martela Inspiring Spaces Design Award 31/08/2010 The Inspiring Spaces competition, part of Martela’s Design Awards 2011, sought ideas for a novel, creative and inspiring workspace. The competition was...	News - Helsinki Competition Martela launches competition for inspiring office Finnish furniture and interior solutions company Martela seeks concepts for a new type of creative and inspiring office in a new Inspiring Spaces competition...
Columns - Mikko Heikkinen More design. Oh no! The French architect couple Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal were asked to make improvements to a small piazza in the working class quarters of Bordeaux...	News - International Interior and furniture design Product Design New Finnish design showcased in New York Starting on Thursday, May 12, new designs by a select group of young Finnish designers will be on display in New York’s trendy Meatpacking District in...	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 - Helsinki Event On the first of April, the Cable Factory will be filled with vintage treasures as well as treasure seekers Dresses and toys, corsets and home textiles, garters and divans – on the first of April, the Cable Factory will be converted into a real treasure trove...	Programme - Helsinki Year of events Open House Event – at Martela House 12/09/2012 Martela House will open its doors to all. The event will provide an opportunity to discover new products as well as meet designers and employees.
News - Helsinki Event Product Design Open Studios: Window to Helsinki’s Design Culture Open Studios is one of the core programmes of Helsinki Design Week. Designers open their studios to the public for a glimpse of the creative processes...	News - Helsinki Event Organisers Wrapped Up Design Week Upbeat Helsinki Design Week’s Director Kari Korkman reflects on the week, which offered new insight into design under the theme Do Touch!	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...	Blogs - Off to Milan! Returning from one design city to another: Milan – Helsinki After our own World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 media and stakeholder event on Wednesday evening, it's time to return home via Travemunde on a freighter...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Saint-Étienne Design Creative City For all 30/01/2012 Welcome to Saint-Étienne, the official Unesco City of Design! Institut français de Finlande and Saint-Étienne’s Cité du...
Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions SEATS OF LEARNING - 200 years of design for the University’s everyday life 27/09/2012 This exhibition showcases chairs and decorative pieces from the University of Helsinki from the span of nearly 200 years.	Programme - Helsinki Encounters spACE 16/09/2012 Promoting the utilisation of design and the growth of design ideas. spACE is especially designed for Aalto University students and start up companies.	International events - Interior and furniture design Stockholm Furniture Fair 07/02/2012 With a total of 650 designers, design agencies and other exhibitors, Stockholm Furniture Fair is the largest exhibition of Nordic design. The event is...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Studio - the first office hotel and meeting place faced fully for designers in Finland 01/09/2011 Studio is a place where up-and-coming Finnish designers can work, and successful applicants will enjoy a creative and professional open office space along...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design The Conference Hotel of Tomorrow 01/10/2010 We will find out how meetings will change in the near future. An innovative meeting room Griini has been built as a test facility for the Conference Hotel of...
International events - Art Event The Essence of Finnish Design and Culture 07/04/2012 The Essence of Finnish Design and Culture exhibition will tour five selected Japanese museums during WDC Helsinki 2012, presenting a broad spectrum of...	News - Helsinki Health and Wellbeing The Functional Home exhibition introducing an accessible and safe living environment The Functional Home exhibition which was opened on Wednesday 1 February introduces solutions, technology, aids and products for an accessible and safe living...	Programme - Lahti Year of events The Roots - Karelian tradition in modern design 15/06/2012 How does Karelian culture transfer its national visual language to future generations? We will introduce Karelian culture’s influences on modern design...	News - Lahti Event The Spring Sawing in Lahti brings together people from the city and carpenters At this wood-themed event in Lahti, skilled wood industry professionals meet people's building needs and wood from their plots.	News - Helsinki Interior and furniture design This autumn’s Habitare fair sets the sector alight Habitare, Finland’s largest furniture, interior decoration and design fair, will take over the exhibition halls of the Helsinki Fair Centre from 9 to 13...
News - Helsinki Event Turku-based design shown in Helsinki this weekend Forum Shopping Centre in central Helsinki will hold its first Turku Design Fair from Friday 18 to Sunday 20 November 2011. It will be an extensive...	News - Helsinki Event Unpolished – Young Design from Poland, Contemporary Polish Design at Design Museum Design Gallery 12 The latest exhibition of Design Gallery 12 established in the basement of the Design Museum introduces works by the most gifted young Polish designers.	News - Helsinki Travel Visitor Walking tours for design enthusiasts in Helsinki The best way to see city sights in the summer is on foot. Helsinki has catered to design enthusiasts for several years now by arranging the Helsinki Design...	Blogs - Imu Welcome to Protoshop 2011! We are happy to invite you to our 3rd PROTOSHOP exhibition at the Habitare design fair starting next Wednesday, 14.9.2011.	News - Helsinki Urban culture Event Welcome to the Pavilion! Completed on the plot between the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design Museum, the Pavilion will be welcoming everyone throughout the summer from...
News - Espoo Event Winter Trash: Décor from Recycled Materials The new exhibition at Nature House Villa Elfvik in Espoo shows furniture and interior design elements created from trash materials.	News - Helsinki Event Work space and networking for young designers Finnish design is a world-renowned concept, which is above all based on the products and objets d'art of past Finnish designers. But what happens when a...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 House 01/09/2010 The World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 Office is located on Aleksanterinkatu 16-18 by Senate Square. The historical Remander house was built in 1808 and is...	News - Helsinki Urban culture World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 Pavilion offers open programme for everyone for 105 summer days The World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 Pavilion opening in the centre of Helsinki for the summer months will be a meeting place open to everyone.	News - International Event World Design Capital presents Finnish design at the Milan Design Week The World Design Capital is heavily involved in the Milan Design Week, and at the same time, promotes the visibility of the field of Finnish design. The...
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...	News - Helsinki Interior and furniture design Young Designers Exhibit at Design Forum The latest ideas and concepts of young Finnish designers are on view in the Somedemos and Living Details exhibitions at Design Forum Finland in Helsinki...