In Good Hands – The Friends of Finnish Handicraft 140 Year Jubilee Exhibition
24 Jan – 22 March 2020
Designmuseum, Helsinki

At the beginning of January 2020, the exhibition In Good Hands will open in Design Museum’s Gallery. In this exhibition, four contemporary designers interpret archive materials from the Friends of Finnish Handicraft from over a period of a hundred years. The archive of the Friends of Finnish Handicraft organization in the collection of Design Museum consists of some 6,500 fabric design samples, watercolour sketches, and woven textiles. Textile designer Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen, fashion designer Henna Lampinen, ceramicist Matias Liimatainen and game designer Henri Tervapuro have created new works and products based on the archive material, combining traditional handicrafts techniques and technology. This exhibition is produced in association with the Friends of Finnish Handicraft and will be on display from 24 January until 22 March 2020.

More information at the Design Museum site.

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Lunch Talk: In Good Hands
Friday 24 Jan, 1 pm
Designmuseum, Helsinki

Design Museum’s Lunch Talk is a forum where the professionals behind each new exhibition offer insight into the themes. The curators of In Good Hands exhibition, Kieran Long and Riikka Latva-Somppi, will discuss the idea of craft today in relation to the traditions and materials of craft from the history of The Friends of the Finnish Handicrafts. Moderated by Annika Nyberg-Frankenhaeuser.

More information at the Design Museum site.

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Design Evening
Tuesday 28 Jan, 4 pm – 8 pm
Designmuseo, Helsinki
Free admission

Meet designers of the new exhibition In Good Hands in the free Design Evening

January’s Design Evening points the focus to the recently opened exhibition In Good Hands. Fashion designer Henna Lampinen, ceramicist Matias Liimatainen and textile designer Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen will engage in discussions about their works with the audience. The programme also includes guided tours and an open workshop where you can create your own reflector. Admission and all the activities are free of charge all evening.

More information at the Design Museum site.

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Design Workshop for Families at the Winter-Holiday-Week
Tuesday 18 Feb to Friday 21 Feb, 2 pm – 4 pm
Admission with the museum ticket, visitors under 18 always free of charge  

The Design Workshops of the winter holiday week will focus on making things by hand in the spirit of the In Good Hands exhibition. These events are free of charge and participants will work with soft materials to make reflectors and tassels, weave a ryijy rug and crochet. Welcome to enjoy a relaxing moment making things together with advice from Design Museum’s workshop guides.

18 February, Winter Holiday Design Workshop: Crocheting together
19 February, Winter Holiday Design Workshop:  Making a mini ryijy-rug
20 February, Winter Holiday Design Workshop: Let’s make a reflector
21 February, Winter Holiday Design Workshop:  Let’s make a tassel

You can join in the nonstop workshop as places became available. The workshops are meant for everyone and do not require special skills. Recommended for over four-year-olds. Children under 10 must be in the company of an adult. There is no separate fee for materials.

More information at the Design Museum site.

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Picture: Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen, 2019