Kari Korkman, Founder and director of Helsinki Design Week:
Our news is that we have our “own house”. We have rented the picturesque sorting room area of the Old Customs Warehouse, which had stood empty for nearly 40 years.
Jussi Pajunen, Mayor of Helsinki:
Design is an integral part of the Finnish identity and society. The ability to renew this valuable resource of expertise is an important part of our international competitiveness.
A one hundred-year-old building sitting idle was found in the heart of the city. It now offers a fabulous setting for new design, art, fashion and music. This year the Old Customs Warehouse located in Katajanokka will be the main venue for Helsinki Design Week.
Text Taru Torikka
Kaj Kalin is one of the most brilliant people in the Finnish design world, but he prefers to stay out of the limelight.
Text Petra Vuolanen
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To Declare / Exhibition
14-18 September 2011
Old Customs Warehouse, Helsinki
A Finnish-British artistic couple’s weather-proof work of art will color the new cultural center in Katajanokka.
Text Petra Vuolanen
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Heart / Installation
8-19 September 2011
Old Customs Warehouse, Helsinki
PechaKucha was created as an antidote to boring presentations and has since provided entertainment, laughs and inspiration.
Text Ida Kukkapuro
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PechaKuchaNight
14.9.2011 ja 16.9.2011
Old Customs Warehouse, Helsinki
The different programs which the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences runs speak of new technology and a better urban environment as part of Helsinki Design Week.
Text Petra Vuolanen
Clear 
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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