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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 - International Competition Architect! Join us in choosing the building of the year The architectural publication ArchDaily extends an invitation to choose the best building of 2011 to professionals in the industry.	Programme - Web Rethinking design Arkki 01/01/2012 We will make our services more user-friendly. The Arkki project seeks to redesign Kela’s overall benefits data systems (40 in all) as well as all...	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.	Programme - Web Rethinking design Beibamboo – baby’s best bamboo basics also for hire! 01/01/2012 We are responsible for our children’s future and environment too.	News - Helsinki Education Arts and Sciences Partnership Better living through design Aalto University combines its skills in the fields of art, economy and technology to create better living environments.	Programme - Web Rethinking design C My City – childrens architectural map 01/11/2011 How do children and young people perceive our built environment? The virtual architectural map allows children and youngsters to tell us about it. C My...	Programme - Helsinki Communications Clever Customers Get Top Design 01/01/2012 The project Clever Customers Get Top Design is run in conjunction with Grafia’s (Association of Professional Graphic Designers in Finland) most...
Programme - Web Rethinking design Data visualization competition 02/02/2012 Schoolchildren are encouraged to use different databases and to visualize the data they find. The national data visualization competition is targeted at...	Programme - Helsinki Communications Design 200 09/01/2012 Design 200 is a 200-part TV series with each approximately two-minute episode focusing on a particular Finnish design object.	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?...	Programme - Web Rethinking design Design IP 01/03/2012 Promoting understanding on the significance of immaterial rights and the role of design as intellectual property.
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 - Espoo Transforming the city Electric cabin campaign 01/09/2012 We’re pimping the power distribution cabinets. The Power Distribution Cabinet Campaign empowers young people in Tapiola, Keilaniemi and Otaniemi to see...	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...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Façade colour scheme service of the Building Control Department – Helsinki colour scheme in electronic format 15/08/2011 We make the use of our services much easier. The façade colour scheme service is a new type of online service offering information on the faç...
Programme - Web Rethinking design From neighborhoods to village communities 01/01/2012 We will help people to share resources, get to know each other and act in a more environmentally-friendly manner.	Programme - International Communications Future City 03/02/2011 The Future City depicts our living environment as it could possibly be in the future. Stamps made from the winners of the Future City stamp design...	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.	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 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!
News - Helsinki Competition Helsinki info design quiz challenges people to guess the height of pylons How high in fact are the pylons which act as the WDC Helsinki 2012 landmarks? The first competition in the design quiz delves into the world of triangular...	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 - Helsinki Competition Visitor Helsinki South Harbour – Open International Ideas Competition exhibition to end at Laituri There is still time to visit the Information and Exhibition Hall Laituri to view and comment on the Helsinki South Harbour exhibition put together by using...	Programme - Helsinki Communications Hidden Treasures 19/01/2012 Hidden Treasures will offer new perspectives on Finnish design and travel.	News - Helsinki Technology Partnership IBM joins World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 The Redesigning 925 project will redesign the working week and the City of Helsinki visualises better use of open data.
Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Intelligent Design – The Service design project in Helsinki University Library 01/10/2011 The objective of the service design project at Helsinki University Library is to create a coherent, user-oriented and flexible service concept along with a...	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...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design My e-Design 01/01/2012 We want to promote electronic services for Helsinki residents. My e-Design is a development project whose emphasis is on e-services and e-job seeking....	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design NatureGate 01/10/2011 We are making nature more visible and comprehensible, and this way increasing the appreciation of nature. Through the NatureGate online service, users can...	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 - Web Architecture New Helsinki Architecture in Virka Virtual Gallery The photo exhibition by Jussi Tiainen consists of 75 photos of buildings in Helsinki that represent new architecture. The photos cover a span of about ten...	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...	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.
News - Web Services Technology Online Map Assists People in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area In early June, a Helsinki Service Map that has been online for two years was expanded to encompass the municipal services of the cities of Espoo, Vantaa and...	News - Helsinki Urban culture Food Pop Up Your Own Dream Restaurant On a sunny Saturday last May the streets of Helsinki were filled with wandering, curious and smiling people. Their eyes were turned upward towards windows,...	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 Competition Food Propose a candidate with a food theme for the City of Helsinki’s Environmental Award This year the Helsinki Environmental Award will go to a recipient whose environmental achievement is related to food. The City of Helsinki is looking for a...	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...
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 - Helsinki Rethinking design Single Contact Point for Business Services 18/08/2009 We are developing public services in order to make them more customer-friendly. Single Contact Point for Business Services will combine and develop ‘...	Programme - Espoo Rethinking design Soft tower 01/01/2012 Is it possible to develop better, more exciting, ecological and humane high-rise typologies? Is there a potential for a friendly, soft skyscraper?	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...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design The Curious Life of Trash – user-driven documentary 26/04/2012 We will examine the different stages of goods turned into trash once their useful life is spent and they have been discarded.	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 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 Urban culture Event The WDC Helsinki 2012 Open Doors Weekend is a design carnival with over 180 events World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 producers will open their doors during the WDC Helsinki 2012 Open Doors Weekend from 3 to 5 February 2012. The three-day...
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 - Web Rethinking design Verso - Responsibility as a competitive edge 01/09/2011 Along with 90% of Finnish people, we are interested in corporate responsibility.	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...	News - Helsinki Public administration Wanted: a designer for Finnish wellbeing The City of Helsinki and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra are looking for a strategic designer to fill a position to be established in the city’s...	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...
Programme - Espoo Rethinking design Wellbeing and happiness in everyday life 04/02/2012 Design for wellbeing searches and finds solutions. How can it be ensured that all Espoo residents have a pleasant everyday living environment, well-...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design WONDERWATER 01/01/2012 We need to design the future of water. Wonderwater is an initiative designed to communicate global and local water issues, and raise awareness of the...	News - Web Architecture Wood Architecture Guide for Smartphones The new architecture guide from Puuinfo features Finnish masterpieces of wood architecture from different periods.	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 - Web Graphic design Competition World Design Capital’s stamp designs chosen The winners of the Future City stamp design competition have been chosen. Eight contributions were picked from the total of 1,422, to be made into stamps...
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...