In the city, people make a fuss about propellants, rain forests, pesticides and carbon emissions, depending on what the hot topic of the decade is. The people by the lake may or may not listen. The debate topics in the studios change, but the calm and firm hands keep putting the dried milk cartons in the fireplace as always.
Text Antti Vassinen and Simo Vassinen
Photos Kaarle Hurtig
Public peeing is part of a bigger stream that adds up to over 13 million euros annually. Every euro spent on maintenance could be transformed into other activities. How could we turn Helsinki from a pissoar into a cozy hobby space?
Text Antti Vassinen and Simo Vassinen
Photos Kaarle Hurtig
Shine 2009 makes dance pop with emotion and logic.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Photos Kaarle Hurtig
A small paper shop in Kruununhaka is offering Christmas shoppers papery dreams from all over the world.
Text Laura Friman
Photos Kaarle Hurtig
Design agency TSTO combines illustrative artistic expession with the practical mindset of graphic design.
Text Maiju Malk
Photos Kaarle Hurtig
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
“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
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
Clear 
20X0 – A Journey into the Future
8. October 2011
Heureka – The Finnish Science Centre
Seven Connections – Finnish Architecture Abroad
11. January 2012
Museum of Finnish Architecture
Yellow City – Illustrated Stories from Helsinki
16. January 2012
All around the city
20. January 2012
Kiasma – Museum of Contemporary Art
DesignWorld – Designing the New World
27. January 2012
Design Museum
Bi-monthly magazine about Helsinki. In Finnish and in English.
