Discover Oulu’s Aaltosiilo in Finland, a historic Alvar Aalto silo transformed into a cultural hub with exhibitions for ...
From the colorful prints of Marimekko to Ittala glassware and the functional Artek furniture, Finland is not short of leading names in the world of design. The Nordic nation is a major destination for ...
Instinctively, the very first thing that the fashion and homeware creations of Finnish circular design duo Juslin Maunula remind me of is the infinite color gradients of a burning sunset. Soft pinks ...
With a third of its mass sitting above the cold confines of the Arctic Circle and a population of only five million, Finland would seem an unlikely wellspring of world-renowned product design. Yet ...
The current home of Helsinki’s Design Museum, a former school building designed by Gustaf Nyström in 1894. (Ralf Roletschek/Wikimedia Commons) On the arts and culture front, Finland’s latest ...
You may not be familiar with the name Helene Schjerfbeck – but if you’re an admirer of Nordic modernism, you will be. Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) was the mother of the movement, shaping its visual ...
Finland and design have long been linked. In the 1930s, designer Alvar Aalto's sleek "Paimio Chair" of bent plywood and birch was one of the pieces that raised furniture to the level of sculpture (a ...
Design has transformed the economy of Finland with companies such as Nokia becoming leaders in producing innovative new products keenly sought by people throughout the world. Now that experience is to ...