Playful elf motifs are a familiar sight in Finnish Christmas culture, and a festive sock design featured on Kotona.com draws ...

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 ...

“I’d prefer to face indoors,” I said to my friends Christopher and Dirk, who had taken me out for dinner on my first night in Finland’s capital last October. We were about to be seated at Lasipalatsi, ...

Given how familiar Finnish markers and motifs have become – from Nokia phones to Moomins books – it’s remarkable that Finland has only had 100 years to imprint itself on our consciousness. Throughout ...

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 ...

Flanked on either side of the design calendar by heavy-hitters Maison et Objet and London Design Festival, Helsinki Design Week might easily be overlooked – not that Finland’s quietly spirited ...

What is Finnish design? According to Antti Hirvonen, co-founder of Finnish furniture brand Vaarnii, ‘Finnish design is usually seen through the lens of modernism: there was Alvar Aalto and a very ...

An architectural pilgrimage is never just about seeking out masterworks. It's about what happens along the way, and all the joyous whirling that goes on in the brain after you return home. I had ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Life & Arts news every morning. Consider Scandinavian design, and a certain image comes to mind: blonde wood; white walls; elegant yet ...