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In Cooperation:
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
Erottajankatu 7
00130
Helsinki
info@designforum.fi
www.designforum.fi
Grafia
ry
Grafia ry (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
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
00560 Helsinki
info@uiah.fi
www.uiah.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
00130 Helsinki
info@designmuseum.fi
www.designmuseum.fi
Armi, an information centre for
architecture, building and design
The Armi project brings
together Finnish organisations in the fields of architecture, building and
design. It builds on Finland’s standing as a leading country in
architecture and design, the architectural policy programme Apoli and the
design policy programme Design 2005!
The Armi information centre
will be accessible and distinctive. It will display Finnish architecture,
building and design and related know-how and achievements.
ARMI-yhdistys
Severi Blomstedt, Chairman of the Board, director
Museum of Finnish Architecture
Kasarmikatu 24
00130 Helsinki
severi.blomstedt@mfa.fi
National Council for Design
The National Council for Design is part of the Arts Council of Finland, which
operates under the Ministry of Education. It promotes creative artistic
work and awareness, and serves as an expert body. It also issues grants
for the purpose of promoting art. It monitors the progress of the design
policy programme Design 2005! and allocates special appropriations to
projects that come within the programme.
National Council for
Design
Pekka Saarela, Chairman
PL 293
00171 Helsinki
www.taiteenkeskustoimikunta.fi
University of Lapland
The University of Lapland offers training and conducts research in design and
media studies. Study programmes include industrial design, graphic design,
audiovisual media culture, textiles and clothing design and visual art
education.
University of Lapland
Yliopistonkatu 8
96300
Rovaniemi
tiedotus@ulapland.fi
www.ulapland.fi
Round
Table of Design
The Round Table of Design is chaired and
convened by the Confederation of Finnish Industries. Its purpose is to
inspire, innovate and network the different parties of the design system.
Round Table of Design Krister Ahlström, Chairman
krister.ahlstrom@ahlstrom.com
Finnish Association of
Designers Ornamo
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
00130 Helsinki
info@ornamo.fi
www.ornamo.fi
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