PROJECTS 2013
DFF POPUP SHOP, DESIGNMARCH 2013, REYKJAVIK
Design Forum Finland will visit the DesignMarch event in Reykjavik 14–17 March with a design popup shop. The shop, at Kronkron boutique, will present fashion, jewellery and accessories as well as furniture and interior items from a dozen of Finnish top names such as Mirkka Metsola, Teija Eilola, Hanna Sarén, Klaus Haapaniemi and One Nordic.
Design Forum Finland Popup Shop 14–17 March 2013
Kronkron, Laugavegi 63B, Reykjavik
Contact persons:
Marketing Manager Päivi Kaira, paivi.kaira@designforum.fi, +358 (0)44 055 6071
Project Manager Tanja Sipilä, tanja.sipila@designforum.fi, +358 (0)40 077 6786
LIGHT | WOOD
Finnish wood is in the focus in Light | Wood design exhibition in Santiago de Chile in January. This exhibition, one of the main events of Design Biennial in Chile, presented furniture and lighting fixtures from eighteen Finnish designers and craftspersons. The exhibition was curated by Kirsi Gullichsen and produced by Design Forum Finland.
Light | Wood 3–13 January 2013, Centro Cultural Estación Mapocho
Bienal de Diseño Chile, Santiago de Chile
Contact person: Project Manager Heidi Valkola, heidi.valkola@designforum.fi, +358 (0)43 824 5404
ROAD SHOW OF DESIGN 2013
The Road Show of Design events offer business leaders an opportunity to chart the service offerings of local design agencies, arrange meetings with designers and start negotiations about the design needs of a company.
Road Shows of Design have been arranged since 2008. These events, coordinated by Design Forum Finland and supported by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy and TEKES, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, are organized in close collaboration with local actors.
Contact person: Project Manager Susanna Otranen, susanna.otranen@designforum.fi, +358 (0)9 6220 8120
DESIGN MINI SEMINARS
Design Forum Finland started a series of design mini seminars (mainly in Finnish) in autumn 2011. The aim of these events is to initiate discussion about design and bring together various actors of the design branch.
Contact person: Project Manager Heidi Valkola, heidi.valkola@designforum.fi, +358 (0)43 824 5404
FINNISH DESIGN YEARBOOK 2012-13
Finnish Design Yearbook is an annual review of contemporary Finnish design. Published biennially in English, this book is now appearing for the fourth time, at the end of April.
In Helsinki’s year as World Design Capital, Finnish Design Yearbook 2012–13 explores the ways in which design is involved in Finnish life. Its title, Design Embedded, tells how design is present in all stages of our lives. The various chapters illustrate the ways in which the latest work in design is an integral part of the everyday life and society in Finland.
Contact person: Communications Manager, Editor-in-Chief Anne Veinola, anne.veinola@designforum.fi, +358 (0)9 6220 8119