november 2009
HELSINKI MADRID FINDESIGN
CENTRAL DE DISENO, MATADERO MADRID, PASEO DE LA CHOPERA 14
4 NOV 2009 - 10 JAN 2010
Finnish Design Takes Over Madrid. Helsinki Madrid FinDesign, the main exhibition for Finnish Design Month in Madrid, will take place at the Contemporary Art Center in Matadero. The varied and interactive exhibition will have several hundred products from Finnish companies and designers, representing many different design areas and viewpoints. On display is a wide selection of contemporary Finnish design; architecture, interior design, furniture, interior design objects, industrial design, graphic design, fashion and advertising. The exhibition is a result of collaborative work by Finns and Spaniards from Helsinki Design Week and the Association of Designers in Madrid, DIMAD. This cultural export project, which is supported by the Ministry of Education in Finland, is this year's most significant cultural effort. The curators of the exhibition are Mr Kari Korkman from Helsinki Design Week, Ms Laura Sarvilinna from Huippu Design Management and architect Pedro Feduchi from Madrid.
www.myhelsinki.fi
www.diseno.fi
www.mataderomadrid.com
www.dimad.org
october 2009
ANU PENTTINEN SOLO EXHIBITION
TÄKY GALLERY, LAPPEENRANTA, FINLAND, 3-29 OCTOBER 2009
Unique vessels, wallwork and new glass boxes are exhibited now in Eastern Finland. It is well worth the visit if only for a stroll at the Lappeenranta harbour area and old army red brick buildings with shops, workshops and restaurants. The exhibition is part of TÄKY Gallery's 'Design Autumn' Exhibition series.
www.ta-ky.net
september 2009
NOUNOU DESIGN AT HABITARE DESIGN FAIR
Nounou Design / Anu Penttinen took part in the Habitare Fair in Helsinki for the third time. This year Nounou launched a new 'art product' called CITY PLAN, a concept that makes creating wall art for public and private spaces easy and exciting. The glass relief consists of several sizes of glass blocks with magnetic backing. These will be available in a wide variety of vibrant opaque colours, and can be purchased one by one or as a set, or alternatively a custom piece can be designed in collaboration with the client.
www.habitare.fi
august 2009
FINNISH DESIGN IN STOCKHOLM
FORMEX FAIR 27-30 AUGUST 2009
A curated collection of Finnish Design, hand-picked by Stefan Nilsson / Trendgruppen, Stockholm, was on show in Stockholm. Designers and companies included Fokus Fabrik, Iittala, Doctor Design, Mikko Laakkonen and Pentagon Design, just to mention a few.
www.formex.se
july 2009
NEW NOUNOU STUDIO & SHOP IN NUUTAJÄRVI NOW OPEN
Nounou Design finally has everything under one roof in the Glass Village. The new studio and shop are located in an old grocery store. After one year of hard work the interior of the building is now converted for glass production, and hopefully summer 2010 the outside will match, too.
You are most welcome to come and see how the Nounou glass products are being made. The showroom is open whenever we are at work, please email or ring to find out about specific times!
In the future weekend workshops for glass fusing will be arranged for small groups. More information will be posted in Autumn 2009. Address: Kauppatie 1, 31160 Nuutajärvi
JUST FINNISH - Nääs Konsthantverk Gallery
4.7.-29.7.2009
Glass works from Anu Penttinen. Other Finnish artists presented: Contemporary jewellery art from the Hibernate group; Tarja Tuupanen, Helena Lehtinen and Eija Mustonen
www.naaskonsthantverk.se
june 2009
FRUIT MARKET
Summer Exhibition, Nuutajärvi Glass Village
1.6.-16.8.2009
NuGO, The Nuutajärvi Gallery Cooperative, organizes again this year a summer exhibition of recent glassworks by its members. This year each of the eight members have invited their chosen glass artist either from Finland or abroad. The exhibition is an interesting mix of glass works under the theme ‘Fruit Market’. Included are Nuutajärvi glass masters professor Oiva Toikka and glass designer Kerttu Nurminen.
www.nugo.fi
www.nuutajarvi.fi
may 2009
BIRD LOVERS’ WEEKEND
Leerdam Glasblazerij, Leerdam, The Netherlands
8.-10.5.2009
Iittala Group organized a fun event with several glass blowers including Mitsuru Sato from the Nuutajärvi Glassworks. New unique and colourful glass birds were created in the spirit of the Cartoon Chicks designed by Anu Penttinen.
april-may 2009
ANU PENTTINEN SOLO EXHIBITION IN PARIS
24.4.-16.5.2009
New works in glass including a new collection of Maze glass sculptures
Clara Scremini Gallery
99 rue Quincampoix
75003 Paris FRANCE
Phone +33 1 48 04 32 42
april 2009
FINNISH GLASS ART AT THE PAD ART FAIR IN PARIS
New one-off glass objects from Anu Penttinen were shown by Clara Scremini Gallery (Paris)
at the Pavillon des Arts et du Design, Tuileries, 1-5 April 2009.
www.pad-paris.com
ETHIC DESIGNS MADE IN SOUTH AFRICA
Nounou Design in collaboration with MUMs/Outi Puro (Finland) and Mielie (South Africa) has launched new designs for the existing handbags and shoppers. These bags are handmade in Cape Town, South Africa, using locally produced materials and a special weaving technique. The fabric of the range is reclaimed, and the employment created at Mielie is sustainable, allowing the craft people to work from their homes.
www.kotiprojekti.fi/SHOP/
www.mielie.com
NEW GLASS BIRDS FOR IITTALA
The original ‘Cartoon Chicks’, launched in 2008, has now grown to include new, small baby chicks.
They are called Sweet Marengue, Cloud9 and Apple Pie.
www.iittala.com
january 2009
NUGO IN STOCKHOLM
The local Nuutajärvi Glass Village based cooperative, NuGO, exhibited glass works at the Blås&knåda Gallery in Södermalm, Stockholm 10-28 January 2009. Included were 8 glass artists and designers: Sara Hulkkonen, Alma Jantunen, Marika Kinnunen, Ilse Lindqvist, Anu Penttinen, Johannes Rantasalo, Markku Salo and Lea Swantz.
www.blasknada.com
