Operating under the name Kaksikko, meaning ‘duo’ in Finnish, Salla Luhtasela, a former confectioner and Wesley Walters, a Japanese interpreter, are in the process of completing their studies at the Aalto University. I met them and got to see their work in the young designers area while visiting Habitare in September. They are also the designers of […]
As part of my designtrip and visit to Habitare and Helsinki design week last month I got to see a few local stores and designers as well. Run by photographer Katja Hagelstam, Lokal is a beautiful concept store and home to independent Finnish art, design and craft. Besides the unique art pieces in the gallery space, there is […]
As said before when visiting design fairs I am particularly interested in young designer area’s, and at Habitare they were presented at ‘The Block’ where next to the prototype shop with the ideas of 14 young Finnish and Finland-based designers, six designers and designer groups got the opportunity to showcase their work. Read more about […]
Summer seems definitely on it’s return and I am happy I could spend some wonderful sunny days in Helsinki with this bunch of happy people the other week. Tomorrow my last Helsinki post about the young designer area at the fair will be up on the blog and later on I will show you my […]
I already posted some pictures of the styled room by Anna Pirkola on the blog but I really wanted to show you one of the details I discovered in the stand that I really loved! You could call it a little ‘scoop’ but the brown leather pillows made especially for the stand are so new […]
It’s not new to present different design brands styled together in a box or home setting. I think the work we previously saw Lotta Agaton doing, curating a selection of products in a similair way to show the importance of styling explains why this is a great way to showcase your product as a brand, read it […]
Interior design fairs like Habitare are great for spotting new design and I was especially interested in the young designers at the so called ‘Block’ area where also Riikka and Pinja presented the Botanic shelf I wrote about on the blog some time ago. At the fair the shelf was also presented in a special section at […]
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