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  • Helsinki Design Week 2011 – Part 3

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    The Old Customs Warehouse in the Katajanokka district of Helsinki was the venue that was chosen for this year’s main Helsinki Design Week events. The 100-year-old industrial building, designed by Gustaf Nystrom,  had been abandoned and left to lay dormant for the past 40 years, only occasionally used by the city for storage purposes. In its…

  • Helsinki Design Week 2011- Part 2

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    One of the main reasons that I wanted to visit Helsinki this year for Design Week was the fact that back in November 2009, the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) designated Helsinki as World Design Capital 2012.  This unique initiative promotes and supports the cultural, social and financial uses of design and…

  • City Short : Helsinki

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    As you may or may not know, I’m heading out to Helsinki Design Week in September and I’m already finding it hard to contain my excitement. I’ve never been to Finland before and I can’t wait to see what the city has in store for us design geeks as it prepares to take on the…