Helsinki Design Week, the biggest design festival in the Nordic countries, takes place every September: this year’s will be the eleventh edition. While awaiting the complete programme, which will be released in August, we offer a sneak preview of some of the most important events scheduled for 2016.
Helsinki Design Week is northern Europe’s biggest festival of design. First held in 2005, the event is now in its eleventh edition and has a busier calendar of events than ever. Helsinki Design Week 2016 will take place September 1 through 11, and while the complete list of events will be published at www.helsinkidesignweek.com in August, here at Floornature.com we have had a sneak preview of some of the most important events. More than 120,000 visitors are expected to attend HDW this year, with a choice of over 200 events. Some of the most important of these include: the Design Market, northern Europe’s biggest design market featuring 200 carefully selected design brands, while HDW HOP – City Installations involves creation of a series of installations in the city centre. For example? Plastique Fantastique of Berlin will create a giant soap bubble around the statue The Three Smiths.
Design Diplomacy will be a series of meetings and discussions hosted in the embassies of various different European nations, held during card games conceived specifically for the occasion.
The ever-present Open Studios event offers everyone a chance to visit architecture and creative design studios in northern Europe’s design capital. During the weekend, while grown-ups visit Helsinki Design Week, children will be able to play at the HDW Children's Weekend, for the designers of tomorrow.
Francesco Cibati
www.helsinkidesignweek.com
Photos: Aino Huovio / Helsinki Design Week
