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Design

Finnish industry: constantly adapting to a changing world
Blurred people riding up and down crisscrossing escalators.
Business & innovationEconomy

Finnish industry: constantly adapting to a changing world

Finland has gone from forestry-based to technology-based economy, and is now undergoing a further transition to service-dominated society.

Tagged in DesignEconomyTechnology
Sounds of silence resound in Helsinki
Chapel of Silence, Helsinki, Finland
Arts & cultureDesign

Sounds of silence resound in Helsinki

Helsinki’s wooden Chapel of Silence, designed to promote wellbeing, quietly attracts attention in the middle of the city.

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Finnish design makes new waves abroad
Lotta Nieminen, Pietari Posti, Minna Parikka, Anna Ahonen and Katariina Lamberg, Paola Suhonen, Finnish designers, illustrators, Helsinki, New York, Barcelona, Paris, London, Finland
Arts & cultureDesign

Finnish design makes new waves abroad

We talk to a couple of the numerous Finnish designers currently making a name for themselves around the world.

Tagged in ArtDesign
Design fills the fabric of Finnish life
Finnish design, practical, democratic, Marimekko, Muurame, Arabia, Iittala, Helsinki Design Week, Fiskars, Artek, mugs, cutlery, plates, furniture, tables, beds, chairs, curtains, Finland
Arts & cultureDesign

Design fills the fabric of Finnish life

Finnish design is for everyone. A family in Finland shows how world-famous design items form part of daily life.

Tagged in DesignFinland
Organic forms rule in Finnish jewellery
Finnish jewellery, Chao-Hsien Kuo, Eero Hintsanen, Lahti, Cosima Friesen, Hopea, Calgary, Canada, design, Finland, Marisanna Multamaa, Melumo
Arts & cultureDesign

Organic forms rule in Finnish jewellery

Craftsmanship, organic forms and incomparable wow factor are helping Finnish jewellery make waves all over the world.

Tagged in ArtDesignFashion
Bronzed, but not by the sun: the Helsinki Statues
Bronzed, but not by the sun: the Helsinki Statues
Life & societySlideshows

Bronzed, but not by the sun: the Helsinki Statues

The rumours of cold stone-faced Finns are more appropriate for their local statues, as their lively history will tell.

Tagged in DesignSlideshows
The new edge of Finnish architecture
Finnish, Finland, architecture, ALA Architects, Helsinki, Samuli Woolston, Juho Grönholm, Janne Teräsvirta, Antti Nousjoki, Juha Ilonen, Käännös, Haltia, Finnish Nature Centre, Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects, Helsinki Central Library, Alvar Aalto
Arts & cultureArchitecture

The new edge of Finnish architecture

Pioneering projects in Finnish architecture are earning global attention and setting new trends.

Tagged in ArchitectureDesign
Helsinki’s streetheart: Minna Parikka
Minna Parikka, shoe designer, Finnish fashion, Helsinki, Finland
Arts & cultureDesign

Helsinki’s streetheart: Minna Parikka

Ask Finnish shoe designer Minna Parikka what a typical day in her life looks like, and you won’t get a straight answer.

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