today (and tomorrow) at the Cable Factory

Kierrätystehdas / Recycling Factory is Finland's biggest annual event for sustainable lifestyle. I visited the event again this year and rotated myself around the place for a little while. astubutiikkiin.fi had an own department too. :)

The spirit of the whole event is recycling and upcycling. I was happy to find some good leather pieces for projects that I'm planning to accomplish at some point.

Enjoy the spring folks!

in 13 pictures

Habitare fair this year wasn't as congested as I would have expected. I saw interesting things here and there, but... I ended up being more intrigued by the pieces at the antique corner.

love for Olo-huone second hand & lifestyle

Olo-huone second hand & lifestyle is a new vintage shop + café, located at Fleminginkatu 7, Kallio district. I love the concept - it's the coziest living room I know, and there's also a kitchen (= café) and a bedroom too. With reasonable prices you can have something to take home, whether it be a teapot, vintage chair, AND Sälekori, YCM feather earrings or a bag of freshly ground coffee.

This week we celebrated the opening with smiles and a good, warm atmosphere. And this is how lovely the place is:

Photography by Sami Tirkkonen.

Definitely worth visiting!

Helsinki Design Week

About a week ago one of our teachers sent me an e-mail. It was about the raincoat prints we made in the end of last semester. A selection of three printed raincoats was made and it will appear at the HDW Above Exhibition - and two of the selected ones happened to be my designs! I'm really excited about that.

Once I visit the exhibition I will take pictures of my works. The truth is, I really haven't even seen the final prototypes, since they were completed during the summer. At the exhibition, at Old Customs Warehouse, there will be a section for New Arrivals, so more of Metropolia University's young talents' works can be seen there as well.

Go there! It's free!

I got an invite to the opening party - I feel very good about that too. :)

a short glimpse

Some time has passed, but still I have a few pics from the astubutiikkiin.fi launch event.

Poor weather, good spirit!

It was truly a rainy day - luckily we were able to stay indoors. The press gathered together in the Madeby Helsinki -store, but most of the selling tables were in other parts of Bock's house.

At this point these are the only pics I've got... But there are more on my father's camera. Among other guests, several family members of mine came to visit. :)

astubutiikkiin.fi launch event!

14th August we will celebrate astubutiikkiin.fi at Bock's house! The launch event will take place in the heart of Helsinki, Tori Quarters. You will also have a chance to buy some fine Finnish design- and handicraft products - straight from the manufacturers who have decided to take part in the astubutiikkiin.fi -portal.

Here are some examples of how we look on the Internet right now.

www.torikorttelit.fi

astubutiikkiin.fi Facebook page

Down here is the current Facebook cover pic separately, and after that a flyer, which I also made recently.

astubutiikkiin.fi has also been seen here:

deski.fi
kauppalehti.fi
+ various blogs

The launching day will start with a briefing for the media and after that at 15 pm the doors will be open to the public. I'm very much looking forward to this event, welcome along!

Recycling Factory / Kierrätystehdas 4.-5.5.13

My head tends to turn towards beautiful pieces of jewelry. These beauties are by Remake Ekodesign and Uniqeco Design.

some results of the .VESKA photoshoot

Take a good look at the beautiful and clear-cut .VESKA bag by Anna Nygård, photos by Johanna Karttunen:

Anna's making of -post here in Finnish.

modelling with .VESKA

Off I go! :D

These are some old pics of me after a photoshoot. The hair has already grown longer. And here's why I'm posting these:

Anna Nygård asked me to model for the photoshoot of .VESKA bag. So nice! The shoot happens tomorrow and I'm very happy to be collaborating with Anna again. :) Lovely Johanna Karttunen is going to be responsible for the photography. Waiting for tomorrow!

Movember

Late at night when you know you should be doing school stuff, what do you do? You draw a man that kinda looks like an old movie star but with unconventional hair, mustache and some feminine features. I did no pre drafting on this piece... I think that's why it became so wacky. The drawing is my way of saying GO for MOVEMBER!

A closer look of the gif:

Previous post with the same idea here. They would make a lovely couple, wouldn't they! :D