From the colorful prints of Marimekko to Ittala glassware and the functional Artek furniture, Finland is not short of leading names in the world of design. The Nordic nation is a major destination for ...

Editor’s Note: Laura Houseley is the editor-in-chief of Modern Design Review. Given how familiar Finnish markers and motifs have become – from Nokia phones to Moomins books – it’s remarkable that ...

Opinion: in his first Opinion column for Dezeen, Dan Hill reflects on the recent sale of Finland's two most iconic design brands - Artek and Nokia - and suggests what the country's design industry ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. This year, among the 12 national design pavilions that cluster in the Old Truman Brewery in the East End as part of ...

A competition to design Finland’s new Museum of Architecture and Design in Helsinki searched far and wide, receiving 624 proposals that were whittled down to a shortlist of five. Throughout the ...

A funny thing happened on the way to the Marimekko headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. I saw a woman walking down the street in an outfit of brown, olive, taupe, and three shades of blue—from navy to ...