New Faces in Finnish Design

In 2005 the Institute organized a series of events in New York under the title New Faces in Finnish Design together with the Consulate General of Finland in New York, Marimekko, Iittala, Artek, the City of Helsinki, and the Finnish Tourist Board.

The month-long happening included a Finnish Design Month at MoMA, the launch of the New Scandinavian Design book at Scandinavia House, as well as press conferences and receptions. As part of the Finnish Design Year 2005, MoMA also declared May as Finnish Design Month in its retail stores.

The panel discussion held at the Scandinavia House focused on the role of young emerging design talent and a typically Finnish way of developing new ideas in loosely organized designer collectives. The participants were Kaisa Blomstedt, Donna Gorman, Alfredo Häberli, Ville Kokkonen, Harri Koskinen, Johan Olin, Saara Renvall, and Aamu Song. The discussion was moderated by Alanna Stang.