September 15, 2013 From 12:00-16:00
Annual Helsinki Design Week is a great
event to know Finnish design, from furniture to fashion, from pop art to avant
garde. On September 14-15, Kaapelitehdas, Tallberginkatu 1, an old factory
transforms into a great shopping/exhibition market, over 133 stalls to entertain,
inspire and explode art lovers’ minds.
Since I have duty at R/H minishop on
Saturday, I must pay a visit on September 15 th by 17:00. Taking bus
103T is the easiest way to reach Ruoholahti, walking less than 300m, then I enter
the major area Merikkapelihalli, checking carpets, chair and lamps, say moi to
staff at IVANAhelsinki and try some pumps at Minna Parikka.
Later I turn to Puristamo+Galleria, meet my
R/H colleagues. They told me that everything was crazy on Saturday, which is so
nice to know! After trial wearing 14K pearl ring at Chao&Eero, I keep
taking a look at some pieces at Acolyth, and Paloni, also search Tyra
Therman’s lingering at Liike. Surprisingly I found Annika Huurrekorpi and
Polkka Jam illustration/paper production are extremely romantic and girlish,
but far away from being too pretentiously gaudy. Afterwards, within 10 minutes,
I put on this knit off-white skirt at Month of Sundays, and sign my name via
iphone credit card processor.
I meet my folks and then we take a rest at Moko café, then go upstairs, Parvi, where displays more men’s and children’s wear, still I test some wool hat at Varm and random suunies.
Design Market is bad for window shopping, because there is no any. My shopping upshot? A knit skirt from Month of Sundays, 10 postcards and 1 notebook at Polkka Jam, and one triangle, very Portuguese style pillow from IVANAhelsinki; all in all, a very special thank for Designer Hanna of R/H, since now I have a denim+ reindeer backpack to go to my suomen kurssi intensiivi, very stylishly :)
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