HABITARE 2012

The event this year, was great! In size and quality.
Habitare this year has truly surprised us with the best of what Finnish design has to offer in every sense. Interior, novelties, ecological solutions, art, antique, seminars... You name it!
It was marvelous to see all we have to offer, combined into a beautiful and very well planed and organized event!

I am definitely craving for the next already!

Vepsäläinen/Deko stand.

Johanna Gullichsen's gorgeous fabrics

Tuttupuuseppä - Wooden furnitures.

Amazing Secto Lamps.

Work by award winner, textile designer Elina Helenius. 

A new addition to the event this year, was the "TIMELINE". An exhibition of most popular Finnish designs displayed by decade.

Some chairs...

Showroom...

Trash design...

Whole Lotta Hats

O´Himo pop-up shop. Hat IRIE:NE,

Himo hats.

Himo hats.

IRIE:NE

Himo

Himo

Himo & IRIE:NE collaboration

IRIE:NE

Himo

IRIE:NE

Last weekend I visited a special kind of head wear pop-up shop called O´himo. This Berlin based shop run by Mimosa Pale was invited to fill the design districts shop LIIKE in Yrjönkatu, Helsinki. There was mostly hats from Mimosa Pale but also a selection of  hats by Jukka Rusanen, Ida Palojärvi, IRIE:NE and EL.

I got a little head wear sparkle when I had a change to try these hats on and hear more about stories behind designs. I met my friend Linda Kurkio from IRIE:NE and Mimosa from Himo at the shop. 

Linda studied Jewellery art and visual desing and later she also gratuated as a millinery. She likes to mix jewellery art to her beautiful and sophisticated hats. IRIE:NE is on going project wich includes head wear & accessories and also installations and visual beauty.

Linda and Mimosa met in Berlin when Linda went to do her internship to Mimosas Atelier Himo. Mimosa is a sculptor who got exited about hats through performance art. Her hats are something different. Sometimes one can´t say if they are hats or sculptures and that´s just great about them! She started to make Himo hats and now she has had her atelier 2,5 years. One more reason to visit Berlin for me is to see her atelier .

Marimekko debut at NYFW

 

  

Our legendary Finnish Marimekko debuted in New York Fashion Week. 
I couldn´t find all the pictures from the show so I haven´t yet see the whole collection. But here is some pics that I wanted to show you guys.
I see history and future of Marimekko in this collection. My childhood on the 80´s : My favorite polka dot shirt and plastic pastel colored tablecloth from our kitchen transformed and dated to new forms, beautiful and fresh garments and accessories.
I haven´t follow Marimekko recently so much but I have to say that I was touched when I saw these pictures. Smiling models, bold prints and lot´s of color. I am so proud.

The Marimekko Spring/Summer 2013 clothing collection, themed “Art of Print Making – Color for a Reason”,


All pictures mbfashionweek.com

COMPANY Secrets Of Russia

Secrets Of Russia kiosk in KIASMA

Mushroom bag

Head bag

Akorn bag

Babushka Dedushka cups

Church bells

Rhytmical Ice Creams

Matryoska Valenki boots

Polar Bear boots.

Chicken or the Egg matryoshka set

Today I went to KIASMA museum of contemporary art to check out Camouflage exhibition.  I was very interested about it becouse the theme of the exhibition was the dialogue between contemporary art and design. 
During my tour in Camouflage I found myself inside a fascinating space. There was COMPANY´s Secrets Of Russia Kiosk! Designers themselfs were sitting inside the kiosk and tell museum visitors about their products or should I say art. 
Secrets Of Russia products are mixture of Slavic idea of beauty with aesthetic definitions of Skandinavian good taste.Products are made in collaboration with russian professionals near Ural Mountains.

I fell in love with groovy accessories. One of the wooden bags is going to be mine hopefully very soon.

All photos by COMPANY.



Secrets of Russia
In 2011 Aamu Song and Johan Olin set on a journey to explore Russian manufacturing secrets. The travels in Russia resulted in collaboration with six traditional manufacturers. After visiting each factory, and getting to know their manufacturing secrets, we designed new products based on their tradition. A collection of new traditional items ’Secrets of Russia’ was born.

The project will be exhibited in KIASMA (Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki) in ’Camouflage’ exhibitionon 15.06.–07.10.2012.
All designs: COMPANY (Aamu Song & Johan Olin)

Therese Sennerholt

It's been ages I've been (and will continue to be) dreaming over the work of Therese Sennerholt.
Swedish AD and Graphic Designer, she makes life more simple and days easier to go by with her playful and truthful quotes. Who doesn't just stop for a moment and have a inner laugh over so many of them... It's just genius!
I just wish they would be available here in Helsinki! But who knows... they might some day soon! 

Styling by Lotta Agaton and photos by Henrik Bonnevier.