Product Design

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...	News - International Competition Innovative design to aid aging population sought through European Design Award 2011 competition The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has launched a design competition, EESC Design Eleven – 2011 European Design Award For A Sustainable...	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...	International events - Architecture Product Design 4th International Alvar Aalto Meeting on Modern Architecture 27/08/2011 This international modern architecture event will bring experts in the field to Jyväskylä in August. The theme of the 4th Alvar Aalto Meeting is...
Programme - Helsinki Encounters A day of architecture and design 03/02/2012 We will bring together architecture and design professionals and those of the general public with an interest in the industry. In this top-level architecture...	News - Competition Product Design A new look for the Maternity Pack The winner of the Maternity Pack new look competition organised by Kela is Johanna Öst Häggblom's design Sukupuu (Family Tree).	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.	News - Espoo Event Aalto University gala showcasing future products This year's Product Design Gala will focus on user-driven and sustainable design.	News - Web Product Design Active bidding for design treasures and child welfare support at Valio design auction In January 2012, Valio organised a unique design auction, inspired by milk cartoons. The entire profit of the event, over EUR 6,500, was donated without...
News - Helsinki Event Product Design All about Ball Chair The Ball Chair, designed by Eero Aarnio in 1963, is one of the best known and best loved classics of Finnish design.	News - Helsinki Event Aluminium Furniture Showcased at Design Hotel Students of Interior Architecture and Furniture Design at Aalto University have examined ways in which lightweight, durable aluminium can be used in...	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.	News - Espoo Event Art handicraft is everyday design The Table is Set 2012 exhibition at the Hanasaari Cultural Centre displays Swedish utility ceramics.
Programme - Espoo Exhibitions Barked! - Contemporary Birch 02/06/2012 We will explore birch bark in art and present the traditional uses of this material as well as its possibilities in contemporary design.	Programme - International Rethinking design Base of the Pyramid (BoP) 01/09/2010 We promote the onset of sustainable and user-oriented innovations suitable for emerging markets. BoP, “Base of the Pyramid”, as a concept...	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...	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.	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Builders of the Future – Finnish Design 1945–1967 01/06/2012 We will delve into the history of Finland and examine how Finland emerged from the economic difficulties following World War II to become one of the most...
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 - Helsinki Exhibitions Camouflage 15/06/2012 The interaction between contemporary art and design and the blurring of the lines between these fields is an integral part of the Camouflage exhibition.	Programme - International Rethinking design Club of Helsinki 01/09/2011 We are developing a more sustainable world. Club of Helsinki offers possibilities to expand the lifespan of products in accordance with the principles of...	News - Helsinki Event Come and brainstorm a design for future wellness Together in cooperation, IxDA Helsinki and Fjord will be organising a unique 'Designing for Wellness seminar', on 19 April. The seminar will...	News - Helsinki Event Come and perform at Lasipalatsi Design Markets Performers are now being sought for Lasipalatsi Design Markets, which will fill Lasipalatsi square in August - apply now to be part of it!
News - Kauniainen Event Come to the pulka riding hill on Shrove Tuesday! The Snow Parks 2012 pulka riding (sledding) hill offers pulka riders fascination of speed and incredibly fun bends and hillocks.	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...	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...	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Design Backstage – People and Projects behind Products 08/02/2012 We will chart the backgrounds to product manufacturing processes and the role of the manufacturers themselves. This six-part discussion series will delve...	News - Partnership Design Capital gets its own product range We have collected a range of successful classic and future products for the Design Capital. The designers of the products vary from promising talents to...
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 - 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 - Helsinki Event Design dreams and night-time fun ÖÖ – was it a dream? is a programme of events that introduces the best of Nordic and Estonian design – and recreates the atmosphere of...	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...	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 Gallery 12 04/01/2012 The Design Gallery 12 series of exhibitions and events at the Design Museum Gallery highlights the current themes and phenomena of Finnish and international...	News - Helsinki Product Design Design Gallery 12 celebrates Pentagon Design's 15th anniversary An exhibition entitled “Pentagon Design 15 – On the drawing board" is opening today at the Design Museum.	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 Exhibitions Design Museum 06/09/2011 The central meeting place of the design capital is a wooden pavilion designed by Aalto University students, and is being built in the courtyard area between...
News - Vantaa Product Design Design of the past unfolding in Vantaa Vantaa City Museum's exhibition TIMEless juxtaposes the world of Stone Age artefacts with contemporary design.	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...	News - Event Design under discussion at Artek’s evenings for invited guests In the Dialogue series of discussions, influential figures in the design world discuss such matters as the work of designers, the history of design and...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Designed Technology – Windows on Technology and Design 01/02/2012 The exhibition entity Designed Technology – Windows on Technology and Design supplements the general view of design and highlights how design has...	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...
Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design DESIGNING EATING 26/01/2012 We value arts and crafts and celebrate them with a comprehensive artwork design. DESIGNING EATING is a joint venture between ceramic artist Karin Widnäs...	Programme - Helsinki Year of events Designing for New Realities -seminar 06/03/2012 A world that is becoming ever more unpredictable touches us all. Things happening on the other side of the globe affect our everyday life. At the same...	International events - Event Product Design DesignMarch 2012 22/03/2012 DesignMarch is Iceland’s most important annual design event.	News - Helsinki Event Designpartners Gets Underway One of the core programmes of Helsinki Design Week 2009, Designpartners captures the essence of the week: the main focus is on design processes.	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 - International Urban planning DMY Festival deadline extended The dealine for applications fo the DMY Festival in Berlin has been extended. The theme country for the festival is...	International events - Product Design DMY International Design Festival 01/06/2011 New Finnish design and design thinking are highly visible at this festival held in Berlin in June. Attending the festival as a special guest, Finland is...	International events - Product Design Dutch Design Week 22/10/2011 The annual Dutch Design Week is being held in October in Eindhoven, one of the most important design cities in Europe. More than 1,500 designers are bringing...	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.	Blogs - Imu Elina and Krista take Dublin Last weekend Krista and I travelled to Dublin on official World Design Capital business.
Programme - Helsinki Year of events Everyday Discoveries - International Design House Exhibition 06/09/2012 Mini world design exhibition at Suvilahti	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Fennia Prize - Good Design Grows Global 08/06/2012 The Fennia Prize seminar, award ceremony and exhibition opening will take place on 7.6.2012. The Fennia Prize 2012 seminar and award ceremony will be held at...	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...	News - Helsinki Urban culture Finnish Design Market offers design discoveries to residents and tourists alike Finnish Design Market, which will open on the first day of June, will showcase a diverse range of Finnish design from illustrative art to jewellery.	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...
Programme - Lahti Exhibitions Finnish Ski – From Ski Smith to Industrial Designer 20/09/2012 The Ski Museum exhibition illustrates the long, strong and unique tradition of Finnish ski-making from home craft to industrial manufacture.	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.	Programme - Other City Year of events Fiskars Design Village 2012 05/02/2012 Fiskars Design Village 2012 (FDV 2012) is the name given to a series of events organised throughout 2012, some in Fiskars Village and some in Helsinki.	News - Other City Event Fiskars Design Village 2012 Will Launch WDC Helsinki 2012 with Visions and Visits The entire year long Fiskars Design Village 2012 project launches WDC Helsinki 2012 with two great exhibitions. Visio and 5x3 Design Visions will introduce...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Fortum energy bench 01/10/2011 Our events include an illuminated and heated park bench. Visitors can sit for a while and send their event greetings online via a filming crew.
News - Art Freedom, the world of dreams and design to meet in Hämeenlinna The Dreaming of Light exhibition will showcase Jukka Korpihete’s diverse production.	Programme - Helsinki Year of events From Idea to Product - The Birth of Classic Arabia Ceramics 31/03/2012 The Idea to Product event lets us take a peek at the product development process and the production of some of the most loved brands in Finland.	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 - Espoo Exhibitions Global Nordic Design 2012 11/07/2012 Where is Nordic design heading to? International success spanning half a decade challenges and changes traditions.	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 Environment Green Zone taking over Think Corner The Think Corner’s new science theme offers a peek into the fascinating world of plants.	News - Helsinki Product Design Guided tours of the INDEX: Award Exhibition You can now take an expert-guided tour of the outdoor exhibition on Helsinki's Keskuskatu.	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 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 - Helsinki Exhibitions Hands that draw the future 16/06/2012 When the Finnish Association of Designers Ornamo was established 100 years ago the founder members had a mission: to give shape to the new century through...
News - Helsinki Event Happening in WDC Helsinki 2012 during week 12 Here are some of our events taking place this week.	News - Helsinki Event Happening in WDC Helsinki 2012 during week 17 Here are some of our events taking place this week.	News - Helsinki Event Happening in WDC Helsinki 2012 during week 19 Here are some of our events taking place this week.	News - Helsinki Event Happening in WDC Helsinki 2012 during week 20 Here are some of our events taking place this week.	News - Helsinki Event Happening in WDC Helsinki 2012 during week 21 Here are some of our events taking place this week.
Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Helsinki Aeroport – Perfect Design Destination 01/01/2012 We will develop the service design of the Helsinki-Vantaa airport, product and service offering, and service concepting of airports.	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.	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...
Programme - Helsinki Year of events HEL_FWRD/ Fashion Village 04/08/2012 We are showcasing Finnish fashion in a new, modern, fresh and inviting surrounding. HEL_FWRD/ Fashion Village gathers together the top Finnish fashion...	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...	News - Arts and Crafts How about some skilfully made handicraft products? The Kraftfullt touring exhibition to arrive at Design Forum Finland will display surprising and topical craftsmanship.	Columns - Laura Sarvilinna In search of Korean design. In the beginning of December I joined the Finnish delegation that was heading towards Seoul.
Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions INDEX: Award Exhibition 10/05/2012 Today, a widening field of designers and manufacturers is turning inspiration, skills and industrial capabilities to issues of improving life – both in...	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 - International Exhibitions INDEX: Design to Improve Life 28/03/2011 The City of Helsinki has launched a partnership with the Danish organisation INDEX: to improve quality of life through design. INDEX: is a non-profit...	News - Helsinki Event Introducing modern Turkish design This spring, the International Cultural Centre Caisa will be showcasing the works of contemporary Turkish designers.	News - Helsinki Event Product Design Köln im Studio is celebrating a Red December Design gallery Köln im Studio's “Manifesto exhibition and exhibition manifesto” Red December which will be staged in December redefines...
Programme - Helsinki Year of events KONE People Flow Day 01/10/2012 Our travel requires planning. The 3rd KONE People Flow Day event is to be organised in October 2012, with design as its theme.	Programme - Lahti Encounters KUUTIO collective 15/12/2011 We promote creativity and aim for a brighter economy through diversification.	Programme - Lahti Exhibitions Lahti: BIENNALE 2011 01/07/2011 Sibelius Hall in Lahti will be filled with design stories in July 2011. Lahti: Experience Design is an international design show comprising several...	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...	Programme - Helsinki Year of events Lasipalatsi Design Markets & Fashion Film Festival 01/08/2012 The Lasipalatsi Design Markets & Fashion Film Festival is to be organised in August at the Lasipalatsi Square and the Bio Rex cinema.
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.	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Living Canvas 01/03/2012 We seek to develop new kinds of decoration solutions that are sustainable and ecological.	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...	News - Helsinki Product Design Luksus 09 What is luxury today? Design Forum Finland’s summer exhibition studies modern varieties and phenomena of luxury. “Luxury” has traditionally referred to...	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 - Helsinki Exhibitions Metamorphosis and Inspiring Encounter 13/09/2011 Two exhibitions present works by design students from the Lahti University of Applied Sciences Institute of Design and Konstfack, the University College of...	International events - Product Design Minnesota celebrates the timeless quality of Finnish design 03/02/2012 Inspired by WDC Helsinki 2012, the Good Design Is Forever event also opened this significant period for design in the most Finnish state of the U.S.A.	News - Helsinki Event Product Design MoA’12 – designing the future Opening today, in Jätkäsaari's Rantamakasiini L3 building, Masters of Aalto (MoA’12) is an exhibition showcasing the theses, diploma...	News - Lahti Urban planning Economy and Industry Muotohuoltamo Centre is a new meeting place in Lahti Helsinki is World Design Capital 2012 together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen and Lahti. The central meeting place of the WDC Helsinki 2012...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions MY BOX 07/09/2012 My Box is an exhibition by designer Mikko Paakkanen that presents new forms and groundbreaking expression at Galleria Forum Box.
News - Helsinki Graphic design Napa Gallery's Font Walk reveals stories behind fonts Out today, Napa Gallery's Font Map invites you to explore the world of urban graphic design.	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 - 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 - Helsinki Urban planning New guide maps for underground stations Finding one’s way around the Helsinki underground stations has just become easier. New station guide maps will help everyone find their way through the...	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...	Programme - Espoo Rethinking design Nokia Siemens Networks active antenna design project & competition 07/02/2012 Antennas as part of the urban environment – what will antennas of the future look like? In addition to the relationship between design and technology,...	International events - Product Design Partnership Nordic Design Award Exhibition 08/11/2011 The Finnish Embassy in Brazil is co-operating with the embassies of other Nordic countries to organise an exhibition of award-winning Nordic design. The...	News - Helsinki Product Design Northern Line Northern Line, a review of eight designers born in Finland but working abroad. Common to all are the cultural differences they have encountered during the...
Programme - Lahti Exhibitions NowHere Finland 2012 design exhibition 28/01/2012 The national NowHere Finland 2012 design exhibition is being organised by the Regional Arts Councils, Arts Council of Finland and the Craft Museum of Finland.	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.	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Of Toys And Men 24/02/2012 A grand exhibition that diversely builds the relationship between play and art presents the history of toys, design and aesthetics from ancient Mesopotamia...	Programme - Lahti Year of events OLO.MUOTO 14/11/2012 The special international design industry event OLO.MUOTO will be organised for the third time from 14 to 16 November 2012. The event will focus on young...
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 - Technology Product Design Open Helsinki @ DMY Maker Lab The Open Helsinki section of DMY Maker Lab features some prominent examples of the open and participatory design scene in Helsinki: YKON world simulation...	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!	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions People Made: Design Exhibition by Nokia 08/06/2012 ‘People Made’, an exhibition on Nokia design, looks across more than 20 years of Nokia product making and explores how Nokia Design has been...
News - Helsinki Art Playing with glass One of the legends of Finnish glass, Oiva Toikka is still driven by a genuine passion for exploring new techniques. Toikka's new glassworks can be seen...	News - Helsinki Event Playtime for all age The newly opened Of Toys and Men exhibition at the Helsinki Art Museum will transport you on a time journey into childhood, at the same time taking a look at...	Programme - Espoo Encounters Product Design Gala 27/04/2012 Final results of the interdisciplinary Product Development Project course are featured to the public. The Product Design Gala is the annual event celebrating...	Programme - Lahti Transforming the city Public water tabs 01/05/2011 We design more functional cities. The World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 brainstorming event organised in spring 2010 asked people what they want in their...	Programme - Lahti Exhibitions PYHÄNIEMI 2012 29/06/2012 We will explore the fields of design and visual arts as well as what lies between the two. An exhibition will be set up in the grounds of Pyhäniemi...
Programme - Lahti Rethinking design Ready Steady GO! Finland 01/01/2012 We’re colliding design with exercise. Ready Steady Go! Finland creates an activity model that aims at improving competitiveness and promoting co-...	Programme - Espoo Exhibitions Responsible design – Series of Exhibitions and Events 01/02/2012 How can design improve the world? Finnish design professionals have created innovative operating models to support the activities of local organisations in...	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 - Year of events Rocking Chair Get-Together 30/06/2012 We introduce people to rocking chairs’ many forms. This series of events organised by Miia Liesegang consists of a design competition, an event open to...	Programme - Other City Year of events Rovaniemi Design Week 2012 17/02/2012 Rovaniemi Design Week is the northernmost design event in the world. The 2012 theme is Arctic Design – Light & Darkness.
News - Other City Event Visitor Rovaniemi Design Week – the World’s Northernmost Design Week Action packed days at the Arctic Circle. The theme of this year’s Rovaniemi Design Week, now being organised for the fourth time, is Arctic Design...	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 Year of events Secrets of Helsinki 01/06/2011 What’s produced in Helsinki? In 2007 COMPANY, in other words designers Aamu Song and Johan Olin, decided to find out what is still produced in...	Programme - Espoo Rethinking design Shape Your World 01/01/2012 We are improving the opportunities for children and young people to participate in designing their surroundings. In the Shape Your World workshop 6 to 13-...
News - Espoo Event Socially responsible design This exhibition at the Helinä Rautavaara Museum highlights the communal effects of design, responsible design and ethics in business.	News - Helsinki Event Sounds of Copacabana The “Design Backstage” discussion series will delve into the story behind the Copacabana Guitar, designed by Eero Aarnio.	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.	News - Vantaa Arts and Crafts Spring in Vantaa - full of interesting experiences The Designwindow will be full of art when an exhibition of diploma work from Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and works from the Vantaa Art...	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...
News - Helsinki Event Story of a helmet Wearable Design exhibition at Design Forum Finland delves into the world of sports design.	News - Helsinki Urban culture Services Studio serves small design entrepreneurs Entrepreneurship presents independent design actors with plenty of challenges: Where to find partners for projects?	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...	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 - Espoo Event The Design Espoo! exhibition area offers discussions and activities for the whole family Exhibition Centre WeeGee is one of the main platforms of Espoo WDC Helsinki 2012. The five different museums from Espoo Museum of Modern Art EMMA to the...
Blogs - 925 The era of confrontation is over! I am not writing about the Presidential election now, or about any other elections, not even about politics.	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...	News - Lahti Economy and Industry Product Design The Lahti Muotohuoltamo Centre TRACK exhibition introduces local design The Lahti region is one of the most significant design centres in Finland. The TRACK to Industrial Design exhibition series will introduce the...	News - Helsinki Event The latest in Köln im Studio's exhibition series ‘Liminal’ illustrating the maze of a design process ‘Punctuation mark’ is an exhibition that showcases the ceramic and crystal works of two acclaimed Finnish designers, Sami Ruotsalainen and Mari...
News - Helsinki Product Design Visitor The major spring exhibition to introduce design pioneers Spring in the Design Museum will reveal the various sub-sections and meanings of contemporary design on several different levels.	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.	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.	Programme - Espoo Exhibitions The WeeGee Exhibition Centre 2012 02/01/2012 Exhibition Centre WeeGee is located in Tapiola, Espoo. Our programme includes several projects by Exhibition Centre WeeGee and its museums: Design Espoo!,...
News - Lahti Event The World Design Capital gala to be organised on Thursday evening in Lahti Our most important international event for the start of the year, the World Design Capital gala, will be organised on Thursday evening 2 February at Sibelius...	News - Helsinki Technology Product Design The year 2012 at the Museum of Technology focuses on technology design The role of design in industry and technology will be highlighted in the Technology Museum’s WDC Helsinki 2012 exhibition series.	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 Urban planning Those who seek design shall find it in Arabianranta The Arabianranta neighbourhood in Helsinki is focusing on improving tourist information boards in the area. The new information boards will make it easier...	Programme - Vantaa Exhibitions TIMEless - Design from the Stone Age to Today 08/05/2012 TIMEless - Design from the Stone Age to Today is a review of the design of objects crucial for living, from the Stone Age to today.
News - Event Top Design Within Reach of Everyone at Design Market Helsinki Design Week’s event for shopping and fun, the Design Market outlet sale, made top design ranging from international brands to unique boutique...	News - Helsinki Fashion Top fashion and new abilities come together The Helsinki Fashion Summit gathers together fashion gurus and enthusiasts. The final touch to the seminar will be a fashion show of upcoming Nordic brands.	Programme - Lahti Exhibitions TRACK to Industrial Design 01/02/2012 We showcase local design skills. Industrial companies in Lahti are implementing internationally awarded and competitive industrial design. The TRACK to...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Transformation: Towards a sustainable future 06/06/2012 The home you choose may be the most important ecological decision you ever make. The built environment has been calculated as accounting for up to 60%...	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 Sport Urban outdoor fitness facility to open by the Töölönlahti Bay Get in Form, a project, part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 programme, brings exercise equipment along a jogging path in Helsinki.	News - Helsinki Urban planning Urban planning for a better life An exhibition at Laituri highlights the role of urban environments in people's quality of life.	Programme - Lahti Transforming the city Urban Wheel – cyclists as city planners 01/01/2012 We bring citizens, authorities, designers, university researchers, companies and students together to discuss city planning.	Programme - Vantaa Exhibitions Walker for Children 01/11/2012 We will improve collaboration between enterprises and universities of applied sciences by creating networks and models of operation that enable the latter to...
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.	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 - 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...
Columns - Pekka Timonen World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 looking for permanent changes The functionality of the society can be greatly impacted through design, but the available options have not yet been used sufficiently.	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...	News - Helsinki Product Design Young Finnish design takes over the stands This year, you can support the Finnish ice hockey Lions with design products.