More and more 20-to-30-year-olds spend Christmas Eve at a bar. Inviting friends over to spend the holidays is a new phenomenon in Finland. In spite of all this, traditions seem to be far more important now than for previous generations.
Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos Miika Saksi
Column by Antti Nylén
Christmas is truly gone, and it won’t return.
Photos Sanna Lehto
A small paper shop in Kruununhaka is offering Christmas shoppers papery dreams from all over the world.
Text Laura Friman
Photos Kaarle Hurtig
”Is food to you a fuel or an enjoyment of life? Do you eat so you can walk, or so that you can sit down in good company and let the hours melt away? Food is supposed to do us good”, says Nima Ehsani, the owner of Café Caneli.
Text Juhana Hurula
Photos Juuso Noronkoski
Saxophonist Timo Lassy is one of the do-it-alls of today’s Finnish jazz. He has seen the rise of the genre from music academies to club dancefloors.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Photos Osma Harvilahti
At We Got Beef’s Christmas bazaar, designers sell their own products, customers can try haggling and santa hats may end up on the catwalk.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Design agency COMPANY is known for playful and humoristic products and projects such as their toadstool stool and apparel-come-furniture.
Text Heini Lehtinen
The visual look of Helsinki’s World Design Capital year in 2012 will be designed by design consultancy Kokoro & Moi. The message is actionable: the theme of ”Open Helsinki” encourages you to play catch both figuratively and in practice.
Text Simo Vassinen
Photos Juuso Noronkoski
Finnish designers could lead the way to more design-oriented Christmas. What would new Finnish Christmas approach look like?
Text Anni Puolakka & Jenna Sutela
Illustration Santtu Mustonen
Delay Trees melts together shoegazing walls, melancholy dream pop, cool art rock and 90s indie sounds.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Islaja’s fifth album is still no sing-along album; the dreamy music requires concentration, but when you dive into it, you easily lose track of your surroundings.
Text Teemu Fiilin
With his second album, Raappana shows off his pleasant sound, combining modern singjay and traditional reggae vocals.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Architect Tuomas Toivonen has understood that designing houses and making house music aren’t all that different.
Text Teemu Fiilin
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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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