Sweet Christmas wishes from Finland!

And may the year 2014 bring you many happy days!

PS. When in Finland do taste Petris handmade fresh chocolates in Fiskars, Helsinki or Espoo Tapiola. The shops, selections and news you find here:

http://petris.fi/

Photo@Paula Hietaranta

Finnish Design in a new bright light

Pop! Pop! 

What is it? Did you hear it? 

Is it the sound of bubbles bursting? 

Pop! There they go – our illusions of the superiority of Finnish Design. 

The design journalist Hannu Pöppönen has done a huge job in researching the myths and reality of the Finnish design and written a book about it. 

Designkuplia, suomalaisen muotoilun ilmiöitä (Design bubbles, the phenomena of Finnish Design) reveals interesting aspects about the successes of bygone days and unsuccessful fights of today: what the famous Finnish Design was, what it is now, and where it is going? 

One of reasons to the failure making our new design the success it deserves is that the Finns can be silent in many languages. And that is a major minus in today´s world, if you want to get the audience´s attention. 

Luckily there are some fresh winds blowing already but let´s hope that the Finnish Design is not an Noah´s Ark where only the Angry Birds are bringing the twigs of hope.

Hannu Pöppönen: Designkuplia is published by A? Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, and lovely illustrated by Samuli Saarinen.
The book is available in Helsinki for example at Akateeminen Kirjakauppa, Design Museum, Kiasma shop and Aalto ARTS Books -kirjakauppa, Hämeentie 135 C, 6. krs. (Open Mon-Thur 11 ap-4 pm, Fri 11 am to 3 pm.)
Or you can simply order it here

https://www.taik.fi/kirjakauppa/ 
Photo©Paula Hietaranta