Given how familiar Finnish markers and motifs have become – from Nokia phones to Moomins books – it’s remarkable that Finland has only had 100 years to imprint itself on our consciousness. Throughout ...

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 ...

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 ...

You may not be familiar with the name Helene Schjerfbeck – but if you’re an admirer of Nordic modernism, you will be. Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) was the mother of the movement, shaping its visual ...

Design has transformed the economy of Finland with companies such as Nokia becoming leaders in producing innovative new products keenly sought by people throughout the world. Now that experience is to ...

Essays by Rafaela Seppälä-Forsblom, Harri Kalha, and Marika Bogren. Rafaela Seppälä-Forsblom and Kaj Forsblom have been dedicated collectors of artefacts and applied art by Finnish designers, ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “We don’t have strict lines between what is art and what is design,” says Pia Hovi, curator of Finland’s ...

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 ...