Towards WDC 2012: A piece of a new world
Hub Helsinki organized a World Design Capital 2012 brainstorming day in Helsinki at the end of May. During Helsinki Design Week, it is exploring urban gardens and communal construction. What Hub Helsinki?
Towards WDC 2012: Idea of a city
What do Helsinkians want for their city? “A trash bag vending machine for dog poo. ” “Free soda, and more soda machines.” “Designer bird houses in parks, so you could hear birds singing in the winter.”
Towards WDC 2012: No talk, just design
Helsinki’s strategy for its year as World Design Capital could include a battle against zero-content terminology, says Helsinki-based designer-architect Bryan Boyer.
Towards WDC 2012: Volunteer Design Anarchy
The theme for the Design Capital project makes you think about the use of public space, elitism in the creative field and doing things together like in the good old days.
Towards WDC 2012: More than an Aalto vase
Design is everything that combines usability, form and idea.
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