The Habitare Talents 2025 designers have been announced

Habitare Talents 2025 – The Next Generation of Design and Material Experiments

Habitare Talents 2025 showcases four bold and distinctive designers from the new generation, whose work emphasizes experimentation and creative use of materials. Lennart Engels, Reeta Laine, Anton Mikkonen, and Santeri Mortti present innovative solutions, including a groundbreaking project where used sauna stones from public saunas in Helsinki are repurposed as material. The Habitare Talents exhibition will be on display at Habitaren at the Helsinki Messe Center from September 10–14, 2025.

“The Habitare Talents 2025 designers are shaping our object culture and the way we see design as a tool for change. Visually, they are very different creators, but they are all united by fearless experimentation and a strong personal voice,” say Elina Aalto and Saara Renvall from Imu Design. 

Elina Aalto and Saara Renvall from Imu Design are responsible for curating and producing the exhibition. In addition, the jury included the creative lead at Habitare, Päivi Helander, and this year’s non-permanent member of the jury, the designer Antti Tuomi, who was featured in the Talentshop exhibition in 2023. The competition secretary is the Habitare producer Ida Ågren. 

Habitare, the leading furniture, design and interior event in the Nordics, will be held at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre from 10 to 14 September 2025. | habitare.fi | @habitarefair | #habitare2025  

Photo: Henri Vogt