Designer Noriko Daishima runs a small shop, café and creative studio in her home in Shanghai. Located in the French Concession, on Xingguo Lu, she calls her place Le Petit Xiaoxiao (small, small, small) and keeps it open for friends and their friends during the weekends. Last Saturday, we visited Noriko for a chat and green tea. …(more)
Series: Home-Work-Home
The Home-Work-Home series looks at the idea of two merging spheres: home and work. Based on meetings with creative professionals, the project explores how the mixing of home and office affects creative processes, results and, ultimately, life.
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Home-Work-Home
Small, small, small – Noriko Daishima’s home in Shanghai is also a café and a shop
Articles Series: Home-Work-Home / 01-04-2010 -
Home-Work-Home
Happiness resides at home – Interview with Tuula Pöyhönen of ONNI
Articles Series: Home-Work-Home / 17-11-2009Tuula 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)
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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)
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