Helsinki Design Week
Dezeen’s favourite furniture and lighting from September
How a Facebook post led to the resurrection of a space-age architectural icon
Folded timber lamp by Anton Mikkonen resembles “a butterfly pinned to the wall”
Pelata wooden toys are “slayers of awkward silences”
Product Sustainability Framework responds to “growing demand” for sustainability information
Kustaa Saksi creates vivid oversized tapestries to explore “reality and illusion”
Five ongoing and upcoming architecture and design events taking place outside
Maiju Suomi and Elina Koivisto design “insect hotel” Alusta Pavilion in Helsinki
Casagrande Laboratory designs wooden micro house for city dwellers
Lahti University students design furniture for victims of displacement
Finnish company launches “world’s most carbon-storing building material”
Five ideas that marked 20 years of Helsinki Design Week
Four materials from Helsinki Design Week that explore the potential of cellulose
“Lots of design festivals only present the end result” says Helsinki Design Week’s Anni Korkman
Didi Ng Wing Yin presents “down to earth” timber furniture at Helsinki Design Week
Seven architecture and design events in September from Dezeen Events Guide
Fluff Stuff is a plant-based textile filling that isn’t just “serving hippies”
Eleven Finnish designers present ingenious products for small-scale living
Helsinki Design Week exhibition presents four of the city’s emerging design talents
