It’s been almost two years since the Industrial Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) selected Helsinki as the World Design Capital for 2012. Time has passed quickly and now the design year is only a few months away.
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WDC Helsinki 2012 will give a foretaste of its program in mid-September. The entire program will be launched at the end of October.
The borders of the design capital are not meant to be barriers. The globally significant ideology belongs to everyone and the Internet is a suitable medium for a target group this big.
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www.wdchelsinki2012.fi
Helsinki is known for its architecture and unique urban milieu, but many of the interesting places are not open to the public. OpenHouseHelsinki will change that for four days.
Text Ida Kukkapuro
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OpenHouseHelsinki / Open doors/tours
15–18 September 2011
Around Helsinki
Clothing designer Marjut Uotila’s mens’ collection Dusty is an insightful and experimentational avantgarde-esque collection that has gathered a lot of attention at fashion fairs from Paris to Florence.
Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos Juha Arvid Helminen
2OR+BYYAT quietly launched a new flagship store in August 2010. One of Finland’s most interesting fashion designers doesn’t want to make a fuss about himself.
Text Sara Karlsson
Photos Hertta Kiiski
Consisting of designers and fine carpenters, the Woodism group produces wooden products made from trees felled in parks and private yards that would’ve otherwise ended up chopped or dumped.
Text Heini Lehtinen
Jussi Pajunen, Mayor of Helsinki:
It is certainly a great honor to carry the title of the World Design Capital 2012, but we are now clearly obliged to act as a trend-setter for other cities to follow.
Being selected as the World Design Capital is not a reward for past actions but a recognition of a promising, internationally interesting design 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.”
Text Heini Lehtinen
Light snow 
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
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