Muuto will be showing the newest designs from the leading Scandinavian designers at Maison & Objet in Paris this week. Please stop by to visit us in Hall 7, Stand i165 from September 3-7.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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French atmosphere, art workshops and open doors!

On the stage: chanson duo Ottilie and juggling double act Compagnie DeFracto from France. Painting event. French short films. France through the senses workshop and pin workshop, Restaurant French workshop, Parkour workshops around the Kaapelitehdas area, Media art workshops, Karkkitehtuuri workshop, Kuvarupattelu photo collage workshop, cartoon drawing lessons, ceramics workshops, Elfing School circus workshop, Kurkistuksia event, upcycling crafts workshop…

Friday 27/08 at 17 – 21 Free entry

It’s a story about one very cruel law of Finland that cannot count as relatives kids over 18 y.o. As a result is a deportation of two poor old women, Irina Antonova and Eveline Fadayel. There where some moves from Finnish Police, some politicians involved and finally, Irina in a hospital and Eveline is hiding from Police.

Read more about this story: http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Family+gives+up+resistance+-+Antonova+to+go+back+to+Russia/1135257406855

There are some arguments from one and other side, there are touching pictures of ill old women, but when I read comments of article in Helsingin Sanomat (In Finnish) I scared to see how many cruel and xenophobic persons there are, I hope that it doesn’t represent the mentality of majority of Finnish people.

Very sad, and disaster for the image of Finland and it’s sons.

The Scandinavian design company Muuto begins 2010 with two additions to the growing collection of products from the leading Scandinavian designers. This year’s first launch includes an iconic table lamp and a tealight holder with a simple but insightful idea.

An honest and iconic design The characteristic and iconic Wood Lamp, designed by Swedish design and architecture studio TAF, is the latest addition to Muuto’s collection of new Nordic design. TAF ARCHITECTS ON THE DESIGN: “The all-wood lamp is a lo-tech counterweight to the usually very modern and technical desk lamps. All details on the lamp are chosen through a pragmatic perspective and all bolts, screws and joints are emphasized. By using very simple methods we have been able to give Wood Lamp a very honest and iconic expression.”

TAF has previously designed the E27 Pendant lamp and the dining table Adaptable for Muuto.

Wood Lamp, pine, height 50 cm. With green or white cord.

Muuto’s perspective on the classic tealight holder Tired of burning your fingers when trying to light a tea light? So was the Swedish design group Form Us With Love who has designed a beautiful and simple tealight holder for Muuto. FORM US WITH LOVE explain their design: “We came up with the idea for Match when trying to light a tealight candle, constantly burning our fingers. We have therefore created a design with a vent where the lit match securely travels down to the tealight. The vent also doubles as an aesthetic feature, emphasizing the flickering flame.”

Match, tealight holder in glass, height 80 mm, Ø 59mm. Available in grey, green, purple and light blue versions.

MUUTO is an innovative Scandinavian design company that joins forces with the leading contemporary Scandinavian designers to create original products with new perspectives. The result is design objects that are enjoyed across the world, representing the best of Scandinavian design today.

Austrias premiere Reviewing Community on Expansion

Vienna, December X, 2009. Tupalo.com, a successful Reviewing Community for all sorts of businesses with a local focus, continues to grow. With Tupalo.com’s launch in Finland the still young service, self proclaimed for finding „stuff in your neighbourhood“, embraces the most eastern country so far. Finally also polish users are able to make use of Tupalo’s simple Web interface and exchange helpful and trustworthy tips and hints for going out and discovering new businesses. The polish launch partner is FONECTA http://www.fonecta.fi – Finland’s biggest Yellow pages company. Nearby Bars, the best hairdresser, good food, finding a dentist or finding nice shopping streets – that’s all made simpler and more efficient with Tupalo.com. Tupalo’s secret lies within the masses. The reviews and ratings of all businesses are coming from the ones that ought to know – the consumers. Through various social networking and sharing features, thus building relationships between users, one’s review gains even more relevancy and accuracy. „Finland is one of the most interessting countries in Northern Europe. The people is dynamic, striving and openminded, furthermore its economy develops positively. People like to go out, the average income is on the rise and people tend to spend more on nice and more expensive things. For us it hasn’t been a dificult decision to prioritize Poland on our Europewide roll out strategy“, says Mike Borras, Co-CEO of Tupalo.com.

Tupalo.com grows and expands Tupalo.com was founded in 2007 by US-American entrepreneur Mike Borras and austrian developer Clemens Beer. Since European Directories, a pan-european network of yellow pages publishers, invested in Tupalo.com in Summer 2009, their expansion and growth is predominent. After launching in the Netherlands today Tupalo.com is launching in Poland and Finland all at once. Tupalo.com is already being used by more than 1,5 Million people. The platform consists of more than 2,5 Million so-called „spots“, local businesses that can be reviewed that is. Tupalo.com, furthermore, coined the term „social yellow pages“, a user-generated-enhancement of the basic yellow pages concept.

About Tupalo.com

Media Contact Tupalo.com
Bernhard Lehner/Lukas Zinnagl
Web: http://tupalo.com/en/
Online press center: http://tupalo.com/en/press
E-mail: press@tupalo.com
Phone: +43 664 439 86 09

BÅHEM is a furniture for mobile gadgets. From now all your gadgets will have their own stabile place and all their wires will be nicely organized. Finally gadgets got their home.

Link: bohem.hotsnow.fi

Rammstein
When: Monday, February 22, 2010 6:00 PM
Where: Hartwall Areena / Helsinki Halli Oy, Helsinki
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Depeche Mode
When: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 8:00 PM
Where: Hartwall Areena / Helsinki Halli Oy, Helsinki

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  This party flyer was created for 69 AAMUA party. It includes a description of the program and names of DJ participants/hosts. I kept the logo design simple with a twist of 80 in typography and colors giving the idea of life and energy – Let’s dance!

Link: Hot Snow

Responsible Nordic design The first fall launch from Muuto is a storage basket with the name Restore. It is made of polymer felt from recycled plastic bottles, and allows you to store your things without burdening the environment or your conscience. The basket is designed by Finnish designer Mika Tolvanen who explains how he came up with the design: “My idea was to design a basket that could be used for a lot of purposes – something that stores anything from magazines and newspapers to toys and firewood. Also, a lot of thought has gone into the use of polymer felt. The responsible material choice combined with the basket’s soft shape give Restore an expression that is both warm and welcoming.”

Restore is available in light grey, dark grey, blue, green and purple. Width 35cm, length 48 cm, height 23 cm. In shops in November.

New colours for popular lamp The Mhy lamp from MUUTO is designed by Norway Says and with the introduction of a red and a grey version, the popular lamp is now available in no less than seven colours. Norway Says on the design: “Mhy combines an elegant and discreet appearance with a personal expression that is inspired by literature from our childhood. With its elegant and light design, Mhy is a great choice for your kitchen, dining table, hall or any other room, where you want to add a stylish element”

Mhy is now available in black, white, yellow, green, purple, red and grey. New colours will be in stores in October.

MUUTO is an innovative Scandinavian design company that joins forces with the leading contemporary Scandinavian designers to create original products with new perspectives. The result is design objects that are enjoyed across the world, representing the best of Scandinavian design today.

Link: www.muuto.com.

Aalto University is a newly created university resulting from the merger of three Finnish universities the Helsinki School of Economics, the University of Art and Design and the Helsinki University of Technology – all leading and renowned institutions in their respective fields and in their own right. Aalto University will begin operating in January 2010, and open up a new world of possibilities for multidisciplinary education and research.

Recently Aalto University got its identity, selected after competition, and winning bid triggered a fierce discussion among members of pingstate.nu, a local forum of graphic designers. Unfortunately this site is in Finnish, so maybe translate.google.com will do a trick.

Here the link to the original identity file.