100 Years of Bauhaus School and the Need for New Perspectives
Anja Neidhardt brings into question the complicated history of Bauhaus and introduces new interpretations that broaden our understanding of the design school.
Editorial 4/19: Design Everywhere?
We have started to apply the word design to almost everything and anything. The term has become commonplace, and its meaning has expanded to also incorporate other things besides industrial design.
Reflecting Alvar Aalto and Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier – Villa Savoye, 1931. (left)Alvar Aalto – Villa Mairea, 1939.
How the Golden Bell Got Its Eyes
In his new book, Akira Minagawa reflects Alvar and Aino Aalto's designs with aphorisms and sketches. The book is part of Artek's FIN/JPN Friendship Collection.
Studio Visit: Janne Saario – Skater Turned Architect
Landscape architect Janne Saario is one of a vanishingly small number of skatepark designers practising in Finland today.
In a World of Their Own
Aamu Song and Johan Olin's cooperation with artisans around the world is exhibited at Design Museum Helsinki.
The Attraction of Opposites
Juhani Pallasmaa finds both similarities and differences in Alvar Aalto’s and Le Corbusier’s ideologies. We publish the essay originally intended for the catalogue of Jari Jetsonen's photography exhibition.
Visible Space for Creation
Design has long been taught at Helsinki’s Arabia district, and now a brand-new higher education cluster, specialising in the creative industries, is about to lay claim to this historic site.
ALA partners: “The most inspiring architecture of the last century”
How did ALA end up planning the renovation of the Finnish Embassy in New Delhi? What is their relationship with the Pietiläs’ architecture?