News Archive

March 9 2010

Finnish handicraft celebrates a long heritage with ten unique new designs

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.

March 8 2010

Helsinki School: Photography and Video NOW exhibition

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.

March 2 2010

Student work from Lahti: Dreams that answer today’s challenges

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”).

February 26 2010

Snowball promotes Finnish architectural export to China

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.

February 19 2010

Light is the focus of ecological and award-winning Finnish design

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.

February 17 2010

Modern[ism] at Design Museum

Design Museum in Helsinki puts on display a major exhibition on modernism, exploring the various manifestations and trends of the style. The exhibition juxtaposes Finnish modernism against the international scene and follows the path of modernism in Finland to contemporary Finnish design.

February 9 2010

United effort to save the Baltic; Helsinki water management educates consumers

The Baltic Sea is one of the most polluted seas in the world. In an urgent call to save the sea, public and private sector players come together to recruit everybody to act. Cities can play a major role through their wastewater policies and practices.

February 5 2010

Finland’s first street charging station for electric vehicles

Helsinki’s energy company Helsingin Energia has opened a charging station for electric vehicles on a downtown Helsinki street. The station is a pioneering experiment to test technologies as Helsinki paves the way for rapid growth in the city’s electric vehicle stock.

January 29 2010

Juha Leiviskä wins a Helsinki building and construction award

The City of Helsinki’s building and construction board annually awards architects and other key players distinguished in the architectural design and development of Helsinki with recognitions of excellence (Rakentamisen Ruusu). The winner of the 2010 main award is architect Juha Leiviskä, recognized for his lifetime achievement.

January 27 2010

Helsinki plans Central City Library for Finlandia Park

A new study places the Helsinki City Library’s central unit in a new building to be located in the Töölönlahti Bay area in downtown Helsinki. If approved by Helsinki’s City Council later this year, the Central City Library will open its doors in 2017, when Finland celebrates the 100^th anniversary of the nation’s independence.