Musuta + Golden Lion

Design agency Musuta Ltd. has won a Golden Lion at Cannes Film Festival for its motion design Urban Abstract for Finnish TV channel Nelonen. We Are Helsinki congratulates!

Helsinki Design District Odd Week

May 17–22, 2010
Late Night (S)hopping on May 20, 2010
Odd Day Design Market on May 22, 2010, Diana Park
Design District Helsinki

Charmed by Chinese ceramics

Combining Finnish design and Chinese traditions, Elinno is slowly but surely making their way into the dining rooms of the world.

Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos Juuso Noronkoski

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.

Text Simo Vassinen
Photos Kaarle Hurtig

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.

Text Simo Vassinen
Photos Sasa Tkalcan

By OK Do: Dressing up Helsinki

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

H₂O in style

Water from Lapland is tingling the taste buds of waterholics both in Helsinki and around the world. Veen water, sold in a trendy designer glass bottle, got its name from the Mother of the Water in the Finnish national epic Kalevala.

Text Petteri Kainulainen

Dermic luxury

Helsinki-based MSCHIC cosmetics are sold everywhere from Paris to The United Arab Emirates and online from Hanko to Utsjoki. The packaging for Kide MSCHIC is a keeper for design-oriented people.

Thanks, guys!

By Samu-Jussi Koski

The US reporter looked at me in amazement as I blurted out my reply to his jovial question. I was so exhausted that when the reporter asked me what it was like working in the fashion business in Finland, I didn’t have the energy to muster up a politically correct reply. So I just spit out “Bullshit. Utter bullshit.”

Towards WDC 2012: More than an Aalto vase

Design is everything that combines usability, form and idea.

Text Simo Vassinen

Inari in Helsinki

In the heart of punavuori lies Sushibar, a restaurant combining Japanese cold foods and the very best of Finnish design. The restaurant brings a welcome addition to the food selection of Helsinki Design District.

Text Pauliina Lindsberg
Photos Kari Sarkkinen

Rug goes ethical

Tikau’s products may appear in interior design magazines, but the company’s mission is to employ people in India.

Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos Kaarle Hurtig

Drawing the new line

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

Design-A-Cake

”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

Helsinki Vintage

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

A must for design aficionados

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

Designers of deep thoughts

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