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Walking down a street in Finland on Monday, I glanced in a store window and saw this curvy furniture that stopped me in my tracks. Even though I was late for an interview, I had to take a quick look at the curvy beauties by Punkalive. Its no accident that Helsinki has been selected as [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Finnish design’
Moi! The sound and form of Finland
Posted: 21st September 2011 by wordhack1 in Events, Finnish
Tags: Agent Pekka, Finnish design, Finnish fashion, Finnish pop music, Heli Tuori-Luutonen, Ivana Helsinki, Janna Syvänoja, Jasmiine Julin-Aro, Pekka Harni, Vertti Kivi
[slideshow]Helsinki, Finland will next year take over as “Design Capital of the World.” To celebrate that happy occasion, the Finns plan early next month to share their best sounds and design with their Swedish cousins. The art gallery of the Finnish Institute at Snickarbacken 4 will spotlight illustration agency Agent Pekka, interior architect Vertti Kivi, [...]
Merry Christmas from Finland
Posted: 11th December 2010 by wordhack1 in Ad Campaigns, Cool photos, Finnish
Tags: Finnish design, Finnish fashion, Minna Parikka, women's shoes
This cheerful holiday greeting found its way into my in-box. Minna Parikka will be showing her collection at Premiere Classe in Paris, Porte de Versailles between January 22-25 and at Gallery in Copenhagen Febrary 3-5. Add to: Facebook | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumbleupon | Reddit | Blinklist | Twitter | Technorati | Yahoo Buzz [...]
A visit to a shoe palace in Helsinki
Posted: 26th November 2010 by wordhack1 in Finnish
Tags: Finnish design, Finnish fashion, Helsinki, high heels, Miina Parikka, women's shoes
Entering the Miina Parikka shop in Helsinki, I didn’t know if I suddenly was in an American movie from the 1950s or 1960s or if Alice would come out and lead me to “Wonderland”.
Denim rules supreme at Liike in Helsinki
Posted: 7th November 2010 by wordhack1 in Boutiques, Finnish
Tags: denim, Denimialism, Dusty, Fashion from Finland, Finland, Finnish design, Haaksiluoto, Liike, Miun, MUKA VA, scandinavian, Tikit, Vainio Seitsonen, women's clothes
Liike, a shop in Helsinki, has just celebrated its tenth anniversary with an amazing group collection called Deninmalism. It’s not often that you get a chance to compare several designers’ signature styles in the same material and the same collection.