Gustav Ranin distillery, logotype, Kuopio
Originally uploaded by Gloel.
I loved the way how shadow divided this design into the two and gave a depth to this picture.
This old distillery was built in 1883
Historical landmarks from four centuries
Lignell & Piispanen has deep roots in the history of Finnish industrialisation. The company’s roots go all the way back to 1783, when the construction of a royal distillery was completed at the location of Lignell & Piispanen’s current premises. The same location has witnessed various forms of spirits production and entrepreneurship to the present day - we are reminded of the past by the distillery’s spirits cellar and gigantic spirits tank, which date back to the 18th century. (more…)
Kuopio, photography, Finland
Flickr: Search for groups
Nordic Design Pool on flickr got the first position in the group listing in category ‘design’. Now this group has 104 members. Do you have related to scandinavian design pictures? Share ‘em on this group!
flickr, groups, Scandinavian, design
From pressrelease of Iittala:
13.02.2006
www.aaltosvoice.com
This year Iittala has many reasons to celebrate: in addition to the Aalto vase’s jubilee year, it is 125 years since the company was founded.
In addition to being an architect and designer, Alvar Aalto was an opinion leader as a conversationalist and idealist thinker in his circle. In honour of the jubilee year, Iittala will make one of Aalto’s dreams come true: we will open a modern online version of the open discussion forum “the Human Sideâ€? Alvar Aalto envisioned. We have called it www.aaltosvoice.com. (more…)
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Holey Car
Originally uploaded by hfb.
Feels like home…car full of bullet holes that was badly parked and sporting a parking ticket.
From flickr comments on this photo:
hugovk says:
Have you seen the website? It’s for a game - an ott shoot ‘em up game.
www.black-ea.fi/
lewism.org
There is a great blog about Architecture, Design in Finland that exists from 2005, I need to note that I found it only now.
Lewis Martin write informative articles on various themes - from some interesting facts about famous designers such Alvar Aalto to fresh novelties of Architecture and Design in Nordic Countries. He has an account on flickr as well, where he posting great photographs. I strongly recommend this site for reading on regular base.
Lewis write in About Me:
I thought make a post to introduce this site. lewism.org is me Lewis Martin a scottich architect living in Helsinki, Finland and this is my personal website. I came to live and work in finland about a year ago, and I thought I would make this website as much to inform myself but also for anyone out there. I’ve lived and worked in Edinburgh, Newcastle, London, Madras, Amsterdam, Helsinki.
lewism, Scandinavian, design, Finland
This great Light Cube light is created by designers Simon Anund and Kristian Nilsson from Swedish firm KONKRET FORM.
Here is some info about them from Konkret Form site:
Konkret Form is Simon Ð?nund and Kristian Nilsson, both born 1977 in Linköping 20 Swedish miles south of Stockholm.
The company was formed in 1999 and is now based in Stockholm.
We worked for several years together with other artists and designers and felt that we wanted to use our knowledge to make something on our own terms.
When we think of furniture we think of simple forms that can be used in many different ways. We also feel very connected to art probably because we keep on working with art projects and installations.
We think it’s very important to experiment in many different areas, otherwise we might become narrow minded which is the shortest way to death of creativity. If you look at our products you probably find them very related to art by Donald Judd, his work is а big source of inspiration.
We control everything from simple prototype drawings to advanced production techniques. It’s important for us to be involved in the production process which we also find very interesting and developing.
A hat tip to Par Gilles from trucdesign.com
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Serge Van de Zande from LUON blog wrote in his article about design of Heinz Ketchup Sweden site:
Can you build a stylish site to promote a bottle of Ketchup? The Swedes apparently can. Check out the site from Heinz Ketchup Sweden. And even if you don’t understand the language, it’s quite easy to surf the site (that’s what they call good navigation) They also offer some beautiful wallpapers. After your Scandinavian visit, you can compare it with the online brand experience on the Heinz Ketchup Belgium website. Find the 10 differences…
Technorati Tags: Scandinavian design, Heinz, Ketchup, Sweden
“egg” - a lamp of combinations to put on the floor, at the table, at a shelf or use it as your dinner table light. “egg”- is a poetic experience of aesthetics and light in harmony.
The idea emerged from playful experiments with function, form and material. Casted porcelain with organic material that leaves traces. Glazed on the inside with a crystalline glaze. Polished on the outside.
Design by Helenaa Hedegaard
Thanks for Designspotter for the link
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Sign of the times
Originally uploaded by hfb.
New sticker that is rather topical. Fear seems to a powerful motivator these days.
