Masters of Aalto, the university graduates exhibition, is still open this week in Sörnäinen. It’s nice to see these old, empty buildings in down town area are finally put to good use. Hopefully this red brick building will not run empty anymore after Moa exhibition ends this week.

Matti Pikkujämsä has been awarded for his illustrations for the children’s book “Kaiken maailman eläinsadut”.  The jury praised the book’s sympathetic characters, humor and bright colors (among many other things). The book is filled with illustrated stories about animals and the award was granted by the Finnish Association of Visual Communication Designers.

PS. We have also been working on some new things with Matti for the coming autumn. Can’t wait to share with you!

Introducing Miroco Machiko!

Simaa ja donitseja & hauskaa Wappua!

We are closed for holidays and open again on Thursday, May 2nd. Enjoy the holidays!

These beautiful photos are by our retailer, NÄMÄ. This shop has such a wonderful selection of craft and design items to suit a contemporary home. They also have some nice vintage ceramic pieces & you can follow up on founder Ruth Landesa’s discoveries in her blog.

Here is another photo of the packaging for the new Fika, Scandinavian deli shop in Isetan department store in Tokyo. The print on the left is by Hanna Konola and on the right by Leena Kisonen. They also offer our Kauniste products in the shop!

Kauniste Sokeri tray was featured in the latest issue of Frankie. Thanks to our retailer in West Australia, Mr Sparrow!

Enjoying the lazy weekend at home.

Flowers.

Introducing our newest Kauniste fabric, Muilla Mailla. The name of the pattern means On foreign land, and the print is inspired by a trip through African scenery. The fresh sherbet colors are perfect for spring and summer; please see more items here!

Lucky us! Kauniste has been included in this wonderful new book Northern Delights Scandinavian Homes, Interiors and Design !

(Last?) blizzard of the year outside.

Stylist Minna Jones has been renovating her family’s cottage in the Finnish Archipelago. For the guest room she made curtains from kauniste metsä fabric. You can read all about Minna’s many projects in the blog Time of the aquarius.

I have been testing some potholders at home. These ones from our sokeri pink fabric are so cute that I don’t have to hide them in the drawer when I finish cooking.

Japanese Lee magazine visited our shop awhile ago and now their tips for shopping in Helsinki are out. Thanks for visiting us!