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Design Forum Finland
Design Forum Finland promotes Finnish
design. Its purpose is to reinforce the standing of design in the
innovation system and to advance affluence and competitiveness in Finland.
Its objective is to arouse the interest of the public, markets and
consumers in design companies and the products they manufacture. Design
Forum Finland promotes Finnish design worldwide and is an opinion leader.
Design Forum Finland is maintained by the Finnish Society of Crafts and
Design (founded in 1875).
Design Forum Finland
Erottajankatu 7
FI-00130
Helsinki
info@designforum.fi
www.designforum.fi
Design
Museum
The Design Museum is a national specialised museum that
collects and records design. It carries out research, documents current
issues in design, and organises exhibitions on the past and present of
design.
Design Museum
Korkeavuorenkatu 23
FI-00130 Helsinki
info@designmuseum.fi
www.designmuseum.fi
Finnish
Association of Designers Ornamo
The Finnish Association of
Designers Ornamo (founded in 1911) is the national central organisation of
designers in Finland. Its objective is the improvement of the aesthetic
and functional standards of our immediate surroundings. Members of its
member organisations work as designers, entrepreneurs, teachers and
scholars in the industry, textile, clothing and furniture design, interior
design, arts and crafts and art. Ornamo is a lobbyist for its members’
interests, maintains a member register, promotes networking between its
members and their mutual collaboration, and acts as an expert body in
Finland and abroad.
Ornamo engages in publicity and publishing,
exhibition and competition activities and training, and monitors research
and training in the field by collaborating with schools, cultural and
industrial administration and other organisations.
Finnish
Association of Designers Ornamo
Unioninkatu 26
FI-00130 Helsinki
info@ornamo.fi
www.ornamo.fi
Finnish
Crafts Organization
The organization offers crafts schools,
courses, workshops, exhibitions, ready-made products, materials and
business services. The Finnish Crafts Organization Taito forms together
with 22 Crafts and Arts Associations the Taito Group.
The Finnish
Crafts Organization
Kalevankatu 61
FI-00180 Helsinki
ktl@taitogroup.fi
www.taitogroup.fi
Grafia
Grafia
(founded in 1933) is a national association of graphic designers. Its
objective is to reinforce the status of Finnish graphic design in
industrial and cultural sectors and to promote the professional and
cultural know-how of professionals of visual communication. The members of
Grafia are communications professionals: graphic designers, designers of
marketing communications and media designers, illustrators, designers of
book and magazine layout, teachers, scholars and students.
Grafia
engages in publicity and publishing, exhibition and competition
activities, and training. It monitors the research and teaching of design
and collaborates in their promotion with organisations and schools in the
field.
Grafia ry
Uudenmaankatu 11
FI-00120 Helsinki
grafia@grafia.fi
www.grafia.fi
University
of Art and Design Helsinki
The University of Art and Design
Helsinki (UIAH) is an international university of design, audiovisual
communication, art education and art. It is the largest university in its
field in Europe and one of the most respected in the world. During its
130-year-plus history, UIAH has been a key contributor to the success
story of Finnish design. Today, it has a central role in improving the
cultural, economic and industrial competitiveness of Finland. Its close
collaboration with business promotes innovations and the comprehensive
exploitation of research results. UIAH is a part of the new and creative
‘Art and Design City’ in Helsinki’s Arabianranta district.
University
of Art and Design Helsinki
Hämeentie 135 C
FI-00560 Helsinki
info@uiah.fi
www.uiah.fi
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