“I Know Why No is going for aesthetic, beautiful decadence. I love making and designing knitwear, because the elasticity of knit garments makes them just experimental enough,” says fashion designer Aino Vainio.
Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos Kaarle Hurtig
“I see myself as a material-based designer,” says Pisto’s designer Annika Rantala. “Even when I get an idea, I don’t get enthusiastic until I see the perfect material.”
Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos Elina Simonen
How can artists and designers affect the style of a city? “With spontaneity and magic”, say designer and artist Nene Tsuboi and fashion designer Daniel Palillo.
Text Anni Puolakka & Jenna Sutela
Photos Paavo Lehtonen
A city with happy bicyclists and pedestrians often equals a happy city. According to Marek Salermo, former racing cyclist and current City of Helsinki bicycle traffic planner, riding a bike could be a year-round occurrence in Helsinki.
Text Anni Puolakka & Jenna Sutela
Photos Paavo Lehtonen
Helsinki-based communications and marketing agency M4ID plans and executes campaigns for international development organizations. Their tool: social media.
Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos Vuokko Salo
Fashion designer Antti Asplund finds inspiration within himself. His next step is Paris.
Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos Kai Kuusisto
The Newly Drawn exhibition in Helsinki Design Week and the book of the same name take a closer look at the new wave of Finnish architectural firms founded by 1970s-born designers. They are the ones planning the surroundings of our future.
Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos Kai Kuusisto
”The cake is often the star of the party,” says designer Lauri Johansson. During Helsinki Design Week, these stars get makeovers from a group of designers.
Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos Mikko Sinervo
Vintage design recycling is not just one of the hottest trends today, it’s also a lifestyle. A tour of the vintage design stores in Helsinki brings back memories of childhood.
Text Petteri Kainulainen
Photos Kai Kuusisto
The Helsinki Design Week event Design Market brings affordable design to everyone’s reach. It’s every man and woman for themselves at this warehouse sale as design buffs are likely to go bonkers with all the treats.
Text Heini Lehtinen
What do the fashion designer Daniel Palillo and the architecture company NOW Office have in common? Palillo and NOW Office founder Tuomas Toivonen tell us about each other.
Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos Kai Kuusisto
Mostly Cloudy 
20X0 – A Journey into the Future
8. October 2011
Heureka – The Finnish Science Centre
Yellow City – Illustrated Stories from Helsinki
16. January 2012
All around the city
20. January 2012
Kiasma – Museum of Contemporary Art
Outi Heiskanen – Primordial Sea
11. February 2012
Didrichsen Museum
15. February 2012
City Museum Helsinki
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