From the colorful prints of Marimekko to Ittala glassware and the functional Artek furniture, Finland is not short of leading names in the world of design. The Nordic nation is a major destination for ...

“I’d prefer to face indoors,” I said to my friends Christopher and Dirk, who had taken me out for dinner on my first night in Finland’s capital last October. We were about to be seated at Lasipalatsi, ...

With lichen, mechanical artwork and a barrel of snowflakes, “Climate Clock” will wind along a trail through the forests ...

Helsinki doubles down on walkability with a 1.2 km pedestrian bridge that’s car-free, climate-smart and built for the next ...

A competition to design Finland’s new Museum of Architecture and Design in Helsinki searched far and wide, receiving 624 proposals that were whittled down to a shortlist of five. Throughout the ...

The current home of Helsinki’s Design Museum, a former school building designed by Gustaf Nyström in 1894. (Ralf Roletschek/Wikimedia Commons) On the arts and culture front, Finland’s latest ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Finland, land of the midnight sun, saunas, black metal, and phones that were once cool, is now also the land of emoji. The Nordic country is the first in the world to release a set of ...

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 ...

April 10 (UPI) --Rauma Marine Constructions of Finland is to receive a contract to design new naval vessels for Finland's Squadron 2020 project. The award, worth about $7.9 million, was authorized to ...