Helsinki Design Week

The visual identity for Helsinki Design Week 2026 is here! ☄️

Designed by Milja Liedes, it features fabric-like grid elements inspired by this year’s theme, “the Oncoming Other.” Warp and weft threads of different colors meet and together form a new shade. 🧩

💡Read more about Liedes and the design process at helsinkidesignweekly.com

Graphic designer

in co-operation with

📸 Annika Uotila

What an inspiration! 😍 Explore Antti Kekki’s week at helsinkidesignweek.com 🐣

is a Helsinki-based freelance designer who enjoys bold colours, improvisation and handicraft. Kekki’s works usually rely on simple collage technique in which different forms are cut from paper and carefully arranged to playful ensembles. Kekki has been collaborating with since 2019.

The playful world of Armi Teva 💭
Explore Armi’s week at helsinkidesignweekly.com through seven days, seven images.

Armi Teva is an artist and designer working across sculpture, illustration, and public art. Her work is distinctively playful, bold, rich in detail and laced with romantic tones. With a deep love for craft traditions, she often works with clay and other tactile materials. Her mission is to create images that blend beauty with the odd, the wicked, and the silly 🦷

📸 Unto Rautio

New waves from Fiskars 🌊

Dive into this summer’s Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennale through the latest Weekly article🤿

💧Read the full story now at helsinkidesignweekly.com

Want to give visitors a peek behind the scenes of your studio? 👀

🎒APPLY NOW for Open Studios 2026.
Open Studios invites visitors into designers’ workspaces, offering a glimpse into the everyday life of creative practice. 🧩

Apply by 1 June 2026.🎯

Read more at helsinkidesignweek.com.

📸 Justus Hirvi