Napa Books invited us to have a Helsinki book launch at their gallery on July 10. We put up a miniature version of the Science Poems exhibition first launched in Paris in June and had a book party. Kiitos Napa! In August, Science Poems will go to Berlin. …(more)
Hertta Kiiski
Photographer
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Science Poems
Science Poems Helsinki party and mini exhibition
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Making Places
Food makes a city
Articles Series: Making Places / 03-05-2010Helsinki strives to become a true city – but what is it that makes one? Reflecting on what makes many cities, like New York or Berlin, irresistible, it is their gastronomic offerings we come to think of – city experiences created by gastronomy that comes from all over the world. Wondering about designing an international city by gastronomy, we decided to meet up with some of our favourite restaurant owners of foreign origin or interest. …(more)
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Making Places
We Are Helsinki column
Projects Series: Making Places / 24-01-2010OK Do was invited to write a column for the renewed We Are Helsinki city magazine. We set out to explore our home town, and started a bi-monthly series on creative urbanism in Helsinki. Get We Are Helsinki in local restaurants and shops! …(more)
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Making Places
Taking Paris
Diary Series: Making Places / 20-12-2009Spending the past six weeks in Paris, some random things occurred to me. This is a small inventory from the Paris night to surrealism and the architecture of Jean Renaudie. …(more)
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Home-Work-Home
OK Do launch
Projects Series: Home-Work-Home / 15-09-2009After nine months of incubation, OK Do opened on September 11, 2009. The launch was a house party, hosted at a friend Tuula Pöyhönen’s place. The party was held in a home because we think it must be one of the most interesting and inspiring venues in the world. Moreover, the first OK Do party started a research project Home-Work-Home which looks at the idea of two merging spheres: home and work. Based on meetings with creative people, the project explores how the mixing of home and office affects creative processes, results and, ultimately, life. …(more)