The Reinvention of Finnish Design

Cory — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:47:45 +0000

Since the early days of Alvar Aalto and other notable designers, Finnish design has always focused on two basic concepts: simplicity and functionalism. Today’s youthful designers live in a much busier and hi-tech world and thus have been more focused on experimenting with new materials and processes to give Finnish design a more cosmopolitan look and feel.

Designers like Janne Kyttänen, Harri Koskinen and Ilkka Suppanen have all pushed the barrier into the new age of Finnish design. Janne Kyttänen utilizes the new ‘laser sintering’ process in Rapid Manufacturing to produce truly unique lighting and lamp shades for his Freedom of Creation company. Harri Koskinen continues to make simple things seem original as his one of a kind block lamps have done so for Design House Stockholm. Ilkka Suppanen has taken a simple candleholder and transformed it into an elegant fireplace for Iittala as part of their new ambient light collection. To read more about more these designers and the new age of Finnish design, please check out these two articles:

Harri Koskinen Glass Block Lamps – Design House Stockholm

finnishgiftsblog — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:25:37 +0000

When the Block Lamp was introduced in 1996, design juries and lovers of beautiful objects took it to their hearts, where it has remained.

The Block Lamp, designed by Harri Koskinen, is still one of Design House Stockholm’s most popular products. With its unique features and Scandinavian touch, it has been part of MoMA, Museum of Modern Art in New York’s collection since 2000.

The Block Lamp has won numerous awards including:
Design awards Excellent Swedish Design (1998), The Design Plus (1999), Ambiente Show (1999), Frankfurt Fair (1999), and The Best New Product at the Accent Show in New York (1999).

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The Reinvention of Finnish Design

Harri Koskinen Glass Block Lamps – Design House Stockholm