PECHAKUCHANIGHT WENT SCIENCE

The most recent PechaKuchaNight was organised with the University of Helsinki on January 14. The speakers included both scientists and representatives of the creative sector. Photographs of the event are now posted here. Thank you for all the marvellous speakers and participants!

 

Pecha Kucha, sound of conversation in Japanese, gives the stage to the creative and talented. The presentation format guarantees a thrilling evening; the speeches are limited to 20 slides per speaker and 20 seconds of talk per slide.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAARA LEPOKORPI WINNER IN A FASHION CONTEST IN COPENHAGEN 9.12.09

The winner of Nordic Fashion Association's (NFA) sustainable fashion competition is designer Saara Lepokorpi from Finland. The competition was organised under NFA's project Nordic Initiative Clean and Ethical (NICE) and Copenhagen Fashion Summit promoting responsible  fashion. Helsinki Design Week is one of the five founding members of Nordic Fashion Association. The success of the Finnish team was completed by Anu Salonen, who was given an honorable mention.

HELSINKI MADRID FINDESIGN ONLINE

Helsinki Madrid FINDESIGN, the main exhibition for Finnish Design Month in Madrid, took place 4 November 2009 – 10 January 2010 at the Contemporary Art Center in Matadero. The exhibition was produced by Helsinki Design Week together with Huippu Design Management.

More information about the event can be found here:

www.myhelsinki.fi – Helsinki experiences of four Madrileños who have been working on the exhibition.

www.diseno.fi – information about the Finnish Design Month in Madrid.

Cultivate of Basso TV visited Helsinki Design Week

Basso TV's show about fashion, music arts, the night and Helsinki, Cultivate, visited Helsinki Design Week's opening of the Cable Nights 2009. See the show here.