February 2012
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Nokia & Muoto magazine design competition, 1996
There was a time when a mobile phone was the hottest thing you could design. This was in 1996. And this was also the year the now defunct Muoto magazine organized a competition to come up with new concepts for mobile phones – sponsored by Nokia of course.
Believe it or not, but out of 1614 entries this was the third best idea how to jazz up a phone fifteen years ago. It earned Mikko Nilsson a...
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Record of the month: Lauluja Seuraihmisille, 1979
The Kasper Stromman Design Blog record of the month is Lauluja Seuraihmisille, a record published by Seura magazine in 1979. It’s a compilation of “the most fun songs in the nation” and was presumable available through the magazine at the time, or even given away to subscribers?
The cover is a mishmash of what we suspect could be stills from a TV spot or ad campaign for the...
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Architectural review: Itä-Pasila
Itä-Pasila of Helsinki represents a very classic Finnish style of suburban architecture. Built between 1974 and 1978 the houses are very true to the era when concrete was king.
The architecture is what you would call sparse. And probably really easy to recreate out of Lego bricks.
Yup, that was easy.
But two things differentiate Itä-Pasila from your standard suburb. The first one is...
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Beer sponsor update
A while ago we here at the Kasper Stromman Design Blog announced that we were looking for a beer sponsor. Then we announced it again. We still have no beer sponsor.
That’s okay though. We understand that a beer sponsorship is something that can’t just be thrown at you – at least not in tough economic times like these – it has to be earned.
That’s why we have been crisscrossing...
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Top 3 Finnish dating websites
Internet dating sites are still growing in popularity. Here’s the top 3 from a design perspective:
3. Avecci – “Riding a motorcycle is sensual”
A dating site for motorcycle riders only. Illustrated by airbrushed, trouserless, one-handed woman riding a futuristic scooter into the sunset. Nice.
2. Suomideitti.fi – “Find company for free”
The free aspect is something this website...
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The SOK catalogue, 1960
Today we review the SOK mail order catalogue dating from 1960. The cover is summery in an eternal way. We like that.
The summery feel continues inside. The summer of 1960 seems to have been all about colour and shaping the female body into an unnatural shape.
But only the female models. For male models the most important characteristic was the ability to smoke a pipe at all times....
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DIY speaker for smartphone
The Kasper Stromman Design Blog favourite object right now is this DIY smart phone speaker by Jussi Takkinen, which he presumably invented while sitting on the toilet.
Legend has it he was out of toilet paper and had to come up with this invention just to be able to announce it to the world.
We have no idea if it works, but it looks professional enough. And that’s why Jussi is the...
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Redesigning the Finnish flag
Yesterday we recieved a letter here at the Kasper Stromman Design Blog worldwide headquarters:
Dear Mr Stromman!
As friends of Finland we’ve been thinking: could you redesign the Finnish flag so it would become more fashionable? The blue cross is nice and all, but does it reflect modern day values? It does not, we say.
Love, Lilja and Anja, Ikaalinen
Lilja and Anja are only too right of...
Anonymous asked: Where can i buy wallpapers with photos or birch designs?
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At the Design Finlandia award ceremony
So yesterday was the big day when the Design Finlandia Prize was awarded. For those of you new to this blog we’ll have you know that this is indeed a very prestigious award, and this year three objects, organizations or persons were nominated:
• Vuokko Nurmesniemi • The Kasper Stromman Design Blog • Tuikku by Iittala
Needless to say we were pumped to see the outcome of this evening.
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