• Lessons learned pt. 4 – On change Lessons learned pt. 4 – On change
  • Semi-professional design pt. 1 – An introduction to a digital life of design Semi-professional design pt. 1 – An introduction to a digital life of design
  • See, think, do pt. 2 – Audience See, think, do pt. 2 – Audience
  • Mail from BLESS – Paris and Berlin
    "Our creative work is like a hobby somewhere between the lines of hundreds of administrative emails."
     Mail from BLESS – Paris and Berlin
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  • Home-Work-Home

    Happiness resides at home – Interview with Tuula Pöyhönen of ONNI

    By: Anni Puolakka
    Photography: Paavo Lehtonen and Tuula Pöyhönen

    Tuula Pöyhönen is one of my favourite Helsinki figures for two reasons: she is uncompromising in both what she says and what she does. Fashion designer by background, Tuula runs a family, a studio and a shop called ONNI (happiness or luck in Finnish) in her home, an old textile factory turned into loft apartments. I visited Tuula to discuss the meaning and impacts of working at home. …(more)

    Articles Series: Home-Work-Home / 17-11-2009

  • How to make a design think tank

    By: Anni Puolakka and Jenna Sutela
    Illustration: Rami Niemi

    1. Get an idea

    The idea of a design think tank sprang from our need to create a home for uncompromised thoughts, writing and doing. We wanted to create our own platform for collaboration and projects. The idea of OK Do was first discussed during a loud gig. We could hardly hear each other, but a couple of messy sentences were enough to deliver a common understanding. The idea of OK Do is great at least in a sense that it’s something that we believe in and really wanted to do. …(more)

    Projects / 08-09-2009

  • Strategies of Participation

    Everyday strategies of participation – Food and aerogamies in Tokyo

    By: Jenna Sutela
    Photography: Paavo Lehtonen and Teemu Suviala

    Last week, I curated a retrospective exhibition for the design agency Kokoro & Moi at Utrecht’s NOW IDeA gallery in Aoyama, Tokyo. The exhibition revolved around two events: organising a paper airplane workshop of the printed exhibition material with Mr. Takuo Toda, a local aerogami expert and the holder of the world record for the longest paper plane flight, and cooking Finnish food for Tokyo Design Week visitors at the gallery with Apartamento magazine. Focusing on people, the events depict a change of focus from strategies of display to strategies of participation. …(more)

    Diary Series: Strategies of Participation / 12-11-2009

  • Making Places

    See, think, do pt. 3 – Reality

    By: Tuomas Toivonen
    Photography: Kaarle Hurtig

    See, think, do is a series of texts by Tuomas Toivonen attempting to articulate the relevant elements in the work of an architect today. The part three of the series sets out to ask how creativity should be harnessed for a better reality. …(more)

    Articles Series: Making Places / 06-11-2009

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