From the colorful prints of Marimekko to Ittala glassware and the functional Artek furniture, Finland is not short of leading names in the world of design. The Nordic nation is a major destination for ...

Instinctively, the very first thing that the fashion and homeware creations of Finnish circular design duo Juslin Maunula remind me of is the infinite color gradients of a burning sunset. Soft pinks ...

“I’d prefer to face indoors,” I said to my friends Christopher and Dirk, who had taken me out for dinner on my first night in Finland’s capital last October. We were about to be seated at Lasipalatsi, ...

Finland and design have long been linked. In the 1930s, designer Alvar Aalto's sleek "Paimio Chair" of bent plywood and birch was one of the pieces that raised furniture to the level of sculpture (a ...

With a third of its mass sitting above the cold confines of the Arctic Circle and a population of only five million, Finland would seem an unlikely wellspring of world-renowned product design. Yet ...

Finnish design isn’t confined to shops and museums. You’ll find prime examples in Helsinki’s hotels too. Sokos Hotel Torni is the city’s first skyscraper (built in 1931), and at 14 stories it is still ...

A forthcoming museum of art and architecture in Helsinki launched an international open competition to find a design team that will transform a vacant waterfront site into a cultural gathering space ...

Created by renowned Finnish designers and architects Alvar and Aino Aalto, Paimio Sanatorium was built between 1929 and 1933. Our video visits this world-famous Finnish architectural landmark.

It all started from a concern about the growing amount of waste. There was also a demand for ecological fashion, which didn't really exist yet. Seija Lukkala decided to combine recycling and clothing ...

Finnish design house Marimekko is known for many things—bold, colorful patterns, their collaborations with brands like adidas, IKEA, and Uniqlo, and for their new retail space that is opening today in ...