The Trees of Pikku Finlandia showcases over 15 prints showing a spectrum of pine tree characteristics – ranging in size, age, and concentric growth patterns. The artworks have been hand printed onto paper with ink to depict each tree’s sectional ‘finger-print’ and are shown in the Finlandia Café throughout September for Helsinki Design Week and Designs for a Cooler Planet.
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Using wood as a subject matter, this exhibition merges visual arts and interior architecture for visitors to closely examine the relationship of how we adapt natural materials for our modern infrastructures.
The Trees of Pikku-Finlandia exhibition conveys the unique marriage between the architectural tree elements, space, and artwork – all centred around the qualities of Finnish pine trees. Onlookers can observe a spectrum of natural qualities of the building’s pine columns and prints from them. As such, people may be able to draw new connections toward wooden manufacturing, architecture and the visual arts under the theme of ecological and environmental wooden materiality.
Video by Jaakko Hyytiäinen.
Josh Krute Designer/maker/artist/organizer
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Jaakko Torvinen Pikku Finlandia
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The building erected in the Töölö Bay area to temporarily house Finlandia Hall’s functions during its renovation is, in the words of architect Jaakko Torvinen, like a forest in the centre of Helsinki.
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Aalto University takes part in the international WantedDesign online exhibition 2022. WantedDesign is a platform for creative talent, and it organises digital exhibitions featuring great design from around the world.
Designs for a Cooler Planet is a five-week-long festival celebrating experiments in planet-friendly materials, fashion, and food.
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