The Friends of Finnish Handicraft association was founded 130 years ago in response to a manifesto urging Finnish artists and crafts enthusiasts to cherish Finland’s national heritage of crafts and to develop the tradition. Textiles have played a central role in Finnish handicraft throughout these years.
Helsinki City Art Museum in Meilahti hosts an exhibition titled Photography and Video NOW consisting of the latest work by the young generation of the Helsinki School. On display are photographs, videos and installations.
The Institute of Design and Fine Art in Lahti has collected 13 student furniture designs from the design studio, in the exhibit UNI ON 2010 (“dreams of 2010”).
The potential offered by the Chinese architectural market for international firms and the opportunities of Finnish firms to tap into that market are the themes of Snowball Helsinki Shanghai 2010, an architectural export promotion project carried out in the two cities in February-March.
Habitare, Finland’s largest furniture, interior decoration and design fair, continues its programme of special exhibitions focusing on ecological design. The 2009 fair featured an EcoDesign chair exhibition, and the theme of the second EcoDesign exhibition in 2010 will be light.
