If you are in Chicago, visit SOFA and meet some Nordic craft and design! Galleria Norsu is at stand number 825 representing the following artists: Synnöve Dickhoff, Aino Kajaniemi, Riikka Latva-Somppi, Tiia Matikainen, Outi Martikainen, Maarit Mäkelä, Maija Paavola, Pekka Paikkari, Rita Rauteva-Tuomainen, Jari-Pekka Vilkman

by the way I dont know if I ever told you, I really can't stand November! (except on friends birthdays)

it's november
grey and a bit cold
first snow
short days
dark mornings
taste of mandarin
warm blanket


Today is the opening of 'Come Darkness' group exhibition in Portland, curated by Maria at Chellsiwilson (17 Pleasant Street Portland, Maine)! You can meet one of my paper-collage creatures there too.

...the Moon the other day was incredible

via Tuhru

Design week - Budapest - Design Awards
Congratulation Apci! Hungarian Design Awards celebrated its 30th anniversary and for this occasion they awarded my Father - József Király - with the Life achievement award. He is a furniture/interior designer, with a fine special sense to wood. He has been teaching at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME) and he guided generations of designers. I cant write about him without being partial and emotional! Im so proud! Nowdays he is working on own projects mostly, and still at the age of 79, he is so active and innovative... Congratulation Apci!

(photos from his exhibition in June 2009)

In general about the prize:
"Winners of the Hungarian Design Awards, managed by the Hungarian Design Council, are announced for the 30th time this year. The prizes are awarded by a jury of acclaimed artists and experts in four categories – Product, Visual Communication, Concept and Student Work – for the most outstanding Hungarian design achievements. The exhibition containing some of the most outstanding entrants of the competition gives an insight into the most recent processes of Hungarian design culture.

Hungarian Design Awards 30 Life achievement award ceremony.

The Hungarian Design Council celebrates the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the Hungarian Design Awards with an award ceremony and a poster exhibition."
(quote from the Budapest Design Week website)

If you are in Budapest don't miss Budapest Design Week!! There are looots and lots of things happening starting from 2nd of October!

T. likes drawing and duplo a lot! We were drawing together the other day a sun. Today he made his own sun just like that! :)

So far this September has been so busy that I had no time posting almost anything! Also I was without camera for a while, and lived with P's borrowed camera. While using his I realized how much I have grown to having own camera...knowing each and every small tricks etc.
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What has happened in September till now? A lot, simple and easy things, happenings, exhibitions, working. It just feels that right now Im not necessarily in control of time and sometimes I wish the clock could be stopped. But I guess Im not the only one! There was a fantastic Helsinki Design Week, Open House Helsinki, Habitare fair, Ville Lenkkeri's show in Korjaamo, my dear friends K&J got married - Iso congrats!, Rakkautta & Anarkiaa film festival, went to Interesting Helsinki happening - which was great, opened a webshop - still few coloring zines are available by the way!! - found that Ohdeedoh (on Apartment Therapy) had a post on my works -Thank you!, got a new camera that is wonderful, got really nice emails from people I dont even know, had a colorful "rapujuhlat" (crayfish party), spent working days at our studio which is the best place to work, prepared some things for a possible exhibition, and fearcly working on something new right now. And Im still having a list of "to do", didnt have time to read at all...and soon I take my shoes and visit Helsinki Vintage in Kaapelitehdas...
So many interesting people, so many conversations, many ideas are in the air, its wonderful to see how many things are happening around, amongst my friends, acquaintances! It is really inspiring!
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Warm Autumn wishes to everybody!
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Bio Rex at the end of a Bollywood film


Habitare seminar area - a wonderful chaos of chairs from all different designers/manufacturers.


Sauna at Habiatare

Eco design at Habitare

bellow - chair by Heikki Ruoho



Color magnet wall by Anu Penttinen. I was lucky to meet Anu at her stand and talk about this new project with her. The concept is simple and clear. Magnets in all sizes and colors. You can take one or two or a lot, and built your own mural wall. She takes here inspiration man-made, urban and suburban areas, maps and combines it with the excellent craft of glass. It is incredible to look at and same goes with the touch. The tactility of the pieces were very strong and left me with as strong of an image as the visual of the mural. More on her works: http://www.nounoudesign.fi/

Wedding invitation from K&J and their cup-cakes at the wedding.


Open house Helsinki - Jätkäsaari - postcards to the future inhabitants of the area.

what a week behind! work, helsinki design week, running around, and sunshine! wish you great and summerish weekend!

Autumn brought something new to my way! I'm happy to announce that finally I opened an online shop. You are able to buy some of my prints and a black and white coloring zine named Sose! Please have a look in the shop!

"Fly me" print in our studio. Printed on natural white Fabriano professional matt paper. (This paper's special coating assures long lasting colors and excellent quality.)
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Color, cut and paste and enjoy a journey to Soselandia with the Sose coloring book! 10 separable pages with a twist! Read more about Soselandia in the shop!

Autumn has seem to be started as days are a bit more grey than before. It's good to be at our studio and work next to others again!

Do you know the feeling when you have to search for words all the time and they slip away just when you are to use them? Im in this shoes now...
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I try to be organized but I can't
I try to make sense but I don't

All this is happening today in Helsinki
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Kraftwerk concert is starting Flow festival (14-16.8)
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Kuorojen Kierros (Tour of the Choirs) as a start of the Helsinki Festival and the Art goes Kapakka evening when the bars, restaurants and all other places are full of performers and events of all shapes.
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Masters on the Road 2009 exhibition opening at Norsu Galleria. Presenting a selsection of freshly graduated designers from the University of Art and Design Helsinki.
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and many more probably...
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something that catches your eyes when you walk on the seashore in the center of Helsinki is this:
WISA 24 is a result of a competition by UPM and won by designer Pieta-Linda Auttila.
"The WISA Wooden Design Hotel is a result of the WISA 24h Wooden Design Workshop competition organised by UPM. The competitors had 24 hours to design an approximately 30 to 40 m² / 150 m³ wooden building called WISA Wooden Design Hotel." (images and quotation from the website)


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Lustwear opened a showroom in the spring in Helsinki center