Sweet baby steps with Minna Parikka

Stars, roses, glitter and bunny ears. And soft bunny tails!

Add these to children´s footwear and you have the idea what Finnish shoe designer Minna Parikka can do.

Now her children shoe collection Follow the Bunny is available at Harrods in London until May 8th. Some models are sold exlusively there, for example these Pink Panther Bunny Sneaks.

 

 And these Superstar Bunny Kids White and Gold.

 

So jump there soon, Minna winks! Portrait by Kristiina Männikkö.

Waiting for your hug

Hello! Woof!

These cute wood sculptures by Japanese Helsinki-based artist Yasushi Koyama are now waiting for your hug until Sunday May 8th at Annantalo, Annakatu 30, Helsinki. Both children and adults are welcome!

http://www.annantalo.fi/en/home
http://www.annantalo.fi/en/contact_inf
Photo©Yasushi Koyama

Fun for your kitchen

Maus can opener by designer Antti Eklund is a lovely item I once lost and now found again (OK, my husband found it by locating the shop that sells it in Helsinki).

I assure you that it makes opening the tin joyful and easy.

Where to find it? Check the shop Terttu Lilja Oy, Mannerheimintie 69, Helsinki. It is also available in some net shops.

Kaisa and Christoffer on bikes - sixty times

Finnish comic book author Kaisa Leka told her husband that she is fed up with drawing bicycles (they are known as a biking authors who have been biking almost everywhere on this planet).

– Never mind, we can ask colleagues to do it, her husband comforted her.

Then they sent empty white papers to other brilliant comic book artists and got 60 answers.

The suberb exhibition of those drawings opened yesterday at gallery Kalleria and closes on Sunday 30th August at 6 pm, so hurry up!

Kalleria, Kaarlenkatu 10, 00530 Helsinki. Open 12 am to 6 pm. 

Kati Kovacs.

Joonas Rinta-Kanto.

Robert Ottosson.

Kaija Papu.

Welcome to Art Wonderland

Anne Meskanen-Barman: Uimari II (Swimmer II).

What do you need to curate a great art exhibition?

I would say Eerika Malkki and Jari Granholm.

Once again they have opended their home in Orimattila to a summer exhibition of Finnish contemporary art.

TOSI/EPÄTOSI (Real/Unreal) is a wonderful experience, challenging your senses and pampering you with true beauty. 

Ilkka Virtanen: Plan B.

Teemu Korpela: Portrait of a young lord.

Marja Pirilä: Camera Obscura/Sara. A detail.

Lotta Mattila: Ei saa koskea lattiaan (Do not touch the floor).

Charlotta Östlund: Suvi syksyn keskellä (Summer in the midst of Autumn).

TOSI/EPÄTOSI exhibition is open until August 9th 2015, 

Tue-Sun 11 am to 6 pm. 
Villa Roosa, Käkelänraitti 4, 16300 Orimattila.

http://www.villaroosa.fi/

Photos©Paula Hietaranta

Anna Ruohonen has good news

First one: her crowdfunding campaign in Mesenaatti.me was a success.

Second one: so she was able to start her Anna Ruohonen – AR Blue line, a new timeless clothing line for women and men, made in Orivesi and Hattula in Finland.

Third one: her new shop Anna Ruohonen Paris Concept Store is now open in Annankatu 13, 00120 Helsinki.

In the new shop you find her trademark made to measure collection and these new prêt-à-porter clothes, and realize what ecology and ethics, quality and versatility in fashion really mean.

And do not forget to try on her magical ”10 seconds of miracle” dress!

http://annaruohonen.com/

Photo© Paula Hietaranta

In the main role: the champagne

This May is the month of champagne on Viking Line ships, and there is a lot to choose from.

Our dear Master of Wine Essi Avellan is an amazing lady who probably knows more about champagne than about her own relatives. Now she has selected a new, super fine collection of champagnes to be enjoyed and bought on board.

During the bubbling weeks there are also two champagne menus by the chef Michael Björklund with the wine selection by Essi.

And the icing of the cake – if you are REALLY interested in champagne – is a special Viking Grace cruise on 9th May with food and joy, Essi Avellan giving a Master Class lectures about this fascinating subject. The guest of honour at festive dinner is Mister Clovis Taittinger from the famous champagne house.

www.vikingline.fi
www.essiavellan.com

Photos © Paula Hietaranta