30.4.2012
Happy 1st of May!
EcoDesign team wishes a happy 1st of May to everyone!
27.4.2012
Exhibition furniture on sale now!
Buy your own piece of exhibition furniture before others!
Unique, hand made, finnish, high-quality, wooden tables, shelves, stools etc.
More information, pictures and prices here.
16.4.2012
LUAS students design the exhibition architecture
The team of students in the Institute of Design and Fine Arts from Lahti has designed and will execute the architecture of the EcoDesign exhibition this year. The supervisor in the project is their teacher, interior architect Kaarle Holmberg. The team of students are studying furniture and spatial design in the third, second and first year studies. The responsible students are Julianna Nevari, Miska Kuntsi, Ville Lindstöm, Onni Aho, Feodor Mayof and Esko Ihalainen. Read more about exhibition architecture.
12.4.2012
Kristiina Lassus – The curator of EcoDesign
The invited curator of the exhibition is Kristiina Lassus, a Finnish designer who has built a career and works there. Lassus is one of the most successful Finnish designers globally. Her track record includes working as a design manager for the Italian design company Alessi. Lassus, who resides and runs her own studio in Milan, designs, for example, rugs that are handmade in India and Nepal using traditional manufacturing methods. Lassus received the German Red Dot design award in 2008 and 2010. She has also been on the jury for the Red Dot awards. In previous years, the EcoDesign themes and curators have included multifunction/Konstantin Grcic (2011), light fitting/Ingo Maurer (2010) and seat/Yrjö Kukkapuro (2009).
11.4.2012
Wood as a theme of the exhibition
The theme of this year´s exhibition is a material – wood (recommended certified wood, for example FSC or PEFC). Invited designers have a free hand in designing and implementing an interior design object under this theme. The other criteria for the designs are environmental friendliness in manufacture; material choice; packaging and logistics; usability; maintainability; and recyclability. The entries must be made from 80% wood and 20% some other environmentally friendly material. E.g. the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) label is an independent quality guarantee issued to products that comply with the principles of environmentally and humanly sustainable forestry, and it is currently considered the most reliable forest certification system. More about FSC and PEFC.
15.3.2012
The fourth EcoDesign will be held this fall
The international EcoDesign Special Exhibition will be arranged next fall fourth time. The exhibition will be arranged in conjunction with furniture, interior decoration and design fair Habitare at the Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Centre on 12 – 16 September 2012 in Finland. Helsinki is the World Design Capital 2012 and Habitare Fair is part of the official program. Read more.