design | Turku 2011

Welcome to Turku! – Aura Street Market’s spring trip to Helsinki

An urban design and cultural event, Aura Street Market, travels to Helsinki to participate in the World Design Capital Year 2012 with top young designers from Turku on May 19th.

Welcome to Turku! – Aura Street Market’s spring trip to Helsinki presents new design and various cultural programme in wide co-operation.

Aura Street Market organizes in Pavilion with it’s field trip friends a design market event (as participants for instance KLO Design, Polkka Jam, Punainen Norsu, Roots Cultural Movement and Saana ja Olli).

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Flural Fennica

Helsinki to become the centre of the design world

Helsinki’s year as World Design Capital will start on New Year’s Eve, when the start of 2012 is celebrated at Senate Square with the Celebration of Helsinki 3D projection and the Resolution Bar, among other things. The year will introduce expert encounters, novel perspectives of usability and over 100 events.

The World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 comprises actually five cities, i.e., Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen and Lahti. The term WDC emphasises the broader sense of design for the urban environment, economy and residents.

The WDC programme includes approximately 250 projects, some of which are already familiar from Turku. The 2012 programme is the most extensive design entity ever implemented in Finland, and one of the largest in the entire world.

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Thank you and goodbye from 2011 Corner

2011 Corner, the meeting place of the Capital of Culture by the river Aura, closed its doors on 22 December. The Corner hosted the information point, café, Design Shop, support service for 2011 projects and the Lippupiste ticket office, which has already stopped operating on the premises.

In its two-plus years of existence, the Corner attracted 230,150 visits and proved its worth among city residents and tourists alike.

Projects of the Turku 2011 programme were able to use the Corner’s office hotel and meeting room facilities free-of-charge, and also received support in the production of the events through things like the issue of permits and practical arrangements. Volunteer activities were also co-ordinated from the Corner.

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World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 - For Better Cities

A city of happy people, bubbling with joyful creativity, surrounded by everyday design. This is Helsinki, which will serve as the World Design Capital 2012 together with Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen, and Lahti.

In our world, design can be old or new. Small or large. Beautiful or controversial. Visible or invisible. Design is often also for the public good. For example, public transport or public health care cannot function without proper planning.

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Design day

Local design, Story Rugs’ weft rag jewellery workshop and sale of Turku 2011 products.

Story Rugs’ weft rag jewellery workshop from 12 noon to 6 pm
Discussion about creative industries and Logomo's future with Logomo's CEO Päivi Rytsä
Turku Design ILMIÖ presents local design; introduce yourself to designers and products
Sale of Turku 2011 products

Free entrance.

Performances:

04.12.2011

at 11:00

100 000 visitors in 2011 Corner

2011 Corner got this year’s 100 000th visitor. Amount of the visitors were 75 000 last year. In 2011 Corner is the Capital of Culture info and there have been plenty of tourists in this summer.

The 2011 Corner is in the riverside, Kristiinankatu 1 and the info is open from 10 am to 6 pm, open times are longer in Summer of Culture Top-Off at the end of August.
In Corner there are the Capital of Culture info, there you can also bought tickets to culture events. There are also café and Design shop.

Questions about and over culture and everything

There have been many tourists at the info and they have had many questions about Turku.

Visitors are also interested in maps and brochures.

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Flowerdrops is a sustainable design art work.

Flowerdrops

Six colorful flower globes hang over the Theatre Bridge until August.

Flowerdrops are clusters of little colorful flowers made of recycled plastic. The inhabitants of the city have taken part in making these flowers in open workshops organized at the Aboa Vetus Ars Nova museum and Kiasma Art Museum in Helsinki. Six large globes covered in the flowers hang over the Theatre Bridge, where they change their character during different times the day.

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Anna-Maija Aarras: The Milky Way

Here are the designers of the design spotting route!

Turku design spotting route involves works from the following Finnish designers:

Maija Nurminen, Marja Eivola, Aino-Maija Halme-Vaaja, Miia Liesegang, Martina Nurminen, Liisa Rinne, Katja Sandberg, Suvi Suikki, Raimo Volanen, Heidi Wikar, Heidi Lehto, Helena Hyvönen, Anna-Maija Aarras ja Mervi Vuolas.

The design spotting route also introduces the following design schools, offices and businesses: Turku University of Applied Sciences, Novia Yrkeshögskola, Ed-design, Desigence Oy, Saana & Olli, Mum's, Sisustusliike Teatteri, Turun Hopea sekä Pukkila.

The design spotting route also includes historical landmarks in Turku designed by Alvar Aalto, Carin Bryggman, Erik Bryggman, Eeva Renvall, Matti Saneksenaho, Hannu Konola, Kain Tapperi and Paavo Tynell.

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Design spotting route opens up on Thursday 12th of May 2011

Performances:

12.05.2011

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ARKturku

This experiential exhibition will innovatively showcase Finnish architecture by combining images. The exhibition will include contemporary architectural works that have won prestigious awards and enjoyed success at competitions, including work by Turku’s own master of modernism, Erik Bryggman.

Performances:

03.06.2011

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