Helsinki Design Week 2009

About

DO TOUCH!

Helsinki Design Week 09 brings design within reach of everyone. The theme is manifested in the events that encourage collaboration between creative professionals and other people. We believe that design should be open for interaction, opinions and touch. Come and leave your mark at our events in the Cable Factory and other venues.

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Helsinki Design Week is an annual city festival which purpose is to attune and introduce people to new design. Operating through various media, collaborations and events, we invite design devotees to new experiences, encounters and idea exchange. The program includes an array of events including workshops, exhibitions, fashion shows, festivities, seminars, visits to studios and closed-for-public spaces as well as shopping opportunities.

Highlights

Design Market

5.–6.9. CABLE FACTORY (KAAPELITEHDAS)

Apply as a vendor / Hae kauppiaaksi!

The two-day Design Market is the biggest design outlet sale (alennus-/varastomyynti) in Finland gathering together dozens of vendors and thousands of shoppers. Domestic and international design brands clean out their warehouses in the Merikaapeli hall of the Cable Factory. We are now receiving applications for sales stands at the Design Market – fill in your application here.
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Helsinki Design Hub Seminar (in Finnish)

8.9. CABLE FACTORY (KAAPELITEHDAS)

The theme of Helsinki Design Hub IV seminar is communication between designer and client. Organised by Grafia and Ornamo the seminar features talks by both design clients and agencies as well as in-house designers. The speakers include Juha Vaurio, Design Director of Vaisala; Inari Rummukainen, Brand Manager of VR and Petteri Kolinen, Design Director of Martela.
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Creative Economy and Beyond conference (in English)

9.–10.9. CABLE FACTORY (KAAPELITEHDAS)

Creative Economy and Beyond (CEB) is an international conference examining the role of creativity in the economy and society. The summit features top speakers: Dr. Nancy J. Adler; Professor Alf Rehn, Director of Strategy GK VanPatter; Ph. D. Steven S. Taylor; Professor Joachim Sauter and many others.
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Calendar

September 2009
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
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07	08	09	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20

Contact

HELSINKI DESIGN WEEK OFFICE

Sepänkatu 19
FI-00150 Helsinki FINLAND
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+358 9 628 082
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News

Design autumn in Helsinki

Helsinki Design Week together with Habitare fair make an extensive and diverse design autumn in Helsinki 4.–13.9.2009. The events will support design activity which has developed strongly in the area in recent years. For more information about Habitare visit: www.finnexpo.fi/habitare

HDW & We Are Helsinki magazine

Helsinki Design Week Magazine and We Are Helsinki magazine unite at the end of August to form the largest design issue of the autumn.