Kustaa Saksi’s Rug Collection Inspired by Family Member’s Hypnopompic Hallucinations.'Hypnopompic' by Finnish designer Kustaa Saksi is a collection of limited edition jacquard woven tapestries developed and produced in the TextielMuseum Tilburg’s TextielLab. In many ways, these rugs are like fairytales for adults,...
Kamppi Chapel of Silence by K2S Architects // Helsinki, Finland.Kamppi Chapel of Silence is a peaceful timber paradise sprouting from the south-side corner of Narinkka Square in Helsinki - one of Finland’s liveliest urban spaces. K2S Architects introduced the chapel into the otherwise icy context by...
House Riihi by OOPEAA // Alajärvi, Finland.Designed by Finnish Practice OOPEAA (Office for Peripheral Architecture), House Riihi consists of three buildings arranged around an inner courtyard, with vertical timber slats wrapping the exterior. The three structures, containing the...
Timber & Vintage Ceramic Sculptures by Caroline Slotte.Helsinki-based Caroline Slotte has built an art career by reworking second hand objects and giving the old materials a new life. “The poetry of everyday objects, with all the memories and associations that these objects contain” is the...
Restaurant Story in Helsinki by Joanna Laajisto.Restaurant Story is Helsinki's newest, easy-going meeting place. The café/ restaurant opened just 2 weeks ago, housed within The Old Market Hall on the city's waterfront. This spectacular high-ceiling heritage space was once used for...
‘Dining by Still Water’ by Joanna Laajisto for Helsinki Design Week.This year, interior architect Joanna Laajisto was invited to design a private pop up dining space for the Helsinki Design Week. With Finnish luxury being one of the core focuses of the festival, Laajisto explored the idea of luxury in...
Silo 468 by Lighting Design Collective // Urban Light Art Installation for City of Helsinki.In 2011, Madrid-based Lighting Design Collective, lead by Tapio Rosenius, won the 1st prize in an international competition to realise a permanent urban light installation in Helsinki – an official project for Helsinki World Design...
The Turku Chapels // Finland.There is something so powerful about essential, elemental space. Not one part more than needed, not one gesture less than necessary. The result presents as a single deft stroke, which conjures visceral and various reactions from the people...
Wall Piece with 200 Letters // Mikko Kuorinki at Kiasma Museum in Helsinki.Between March 2010 and February 2011, Helsinki based artist Mikko Kuorinki formed one new text on the wall of Kiasma museum each week. Using removable letters and mouldings, Mikko assembled a number of intersting, inspiring, and moving...
