Sustainable
competitiveness
with design

Design Forum Finland supports the growth, internationalisation and competitiveness of Finnish SMEs. We provide guidance and advice, and lower the barrier for utilising design extensively in business development.


Current topics

The Creative Economy Needs Design

Design Forum Finland is part of the Advisory Board on the Creative Economy established by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and the Ministry of Education and Culture. The board’s mission is to promote the growth, internationalisation, and cross-sectoral collaboration of the creative industries. Read more about DFF’s perspectives and explore the newly published Growth Strategy for the Creative Economy 2025–2030.

Circular Design Guidebook

Our new guidebook is aimed at business decision-makers, product and service developers, as well as design professionals. Read the book on our website or download it!

Circular Design for Business

Do you work in product or service development and are fluent in Finnish? Our free online course will provide you with an understanding of circular economy-based design in just ten hours.

DeCo – Design Collaboration for Sustainable Business

DeCo aims to improve local,regional and national development policies through exchange of experience and capacity building in circular and sustainable design, production and manufacturing.

Facts about Finnish design

Source: Ornamo 2024.

Enterprises

21 770

Number of design business enterprises in Finland.

Digital

73 %

Digital design companies comprise 73 % of the total turnover of design enterprises.

Turnover

16.7

The turnover of design business in Finland in 2023 was 16.7 billion Euros.

Employees

72 000

Persons employed in Finnish design businesses in 2023.

Finnish design ecosystem

Towards an ecosystem

What does the design industry consist of? Design-intensive companies, design service providers, various professional or support organizations, museums, educational institutions, and media.

Membership of Design Forum Finland speaks of your company’s strong desire to develop its operations and abilities in the areas of circular and sustainable design, brand or customer experience.

Current issues

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The Circular Economy Trio: Business, Policy and Design

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Helsinki Design Week Content Call Open

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The Habitare Talents 2025 have been announced

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Three Insights

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What is future-proof sustainability communication?

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Nordic & Baltic Design Summit 2024

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Circular Design for Business

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Growth in the Creative Industries

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Towards sustainable business: DeCo partner meeting

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No Bullsh*t! – really?

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Helsinki Design Week is approaching

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