Helsinki Design Week – urban installations taking over the city

For the second time at Helsinki Design Week, the Helsinki centre will be occupied by huge urban installations. These works will study the theme of a city in development. How will future cities be built?

Read more about the city installations here

Set up on Keskuskatu, Tikku (‘stick’) is a demonstration of dense urban housing and Finnish wooden construction. By Marco Casagrande.

Tikku (‘stick’) designed by Marco Casagrande.
The Growroom, a green room designed by Danish design studio Space10 and architects Sine Lindholm and Mads-Ulrik Husum, demonstrates the future possibilities of city farming.

The Growroom by studio Space10 and architects Sine Lindholm and Mads-Ulrik Husum.

Photo: Iiris Heikka

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Dutch Design Week 19-27 October

Planning on coming to Dutch Design Week (DDW)? The biggest design event in Northern Europe presents work and ideas of more than 2600 designers. This year, DDW presents design trends that mark the most important developments in the field of design. In one trend DDW explore how living biobased materials can be used.

Stockholm Craft Week premiere 3–6 October

Stockholm Craft Week Stockholm Craft Week is the first of its kind for Swedish crafts and the aim is to become an annual event. Stockholm Craft week wants to shed new light on contemporary craft and make sure the field receives the attention it deserves.

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The Twist by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group

Traversing the winding Randselva river, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group’s first project in Norway, The Twist, opens as an inhabitable bridge torqued at its center, forming a new journey and art piece within the Kistefos sculpture park in Jevnaker, Norway.