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Lokal Creators / Päivi Keski-Pomppu
Päivi Keski-Pomppu is a fine jewellery designer based in Helsinki, Finland. We visited her studio, where she works on both her jewellery as well as her sculptural pieces.
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Lokal Living: Lokal Kollektion Today
The Lokal Kollektion products are designed collaboratively with some of our favourite makers. These objects are a family of future classics.
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Lokal Creators / Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen
Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, and researcher. We visited her studio as she was preparing her pieces for the Sinua sinua rakastan exhibition.
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Exhibition #83 – Sinua sinua rakastan
23.9.–22.10.2022
The exhibition expresses affection and admiration towards everyday life, other beings, all of Creation and humanity. -
Matti Pikkujämsä
Matti Pikkujämsä (b. 1976) works between art and illustration, making free paintings and drawings in addition to commissions.
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Helsinki Design Week 2022
The Hidden satellite exhibition is part of the Helsinki Design Week program, and Lokal is also participating with additional workshops this year. Helsinki Design Week, the largest design festival in the Nordic countries, takes place 1st–11th September 2022.
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Lokal Creators / Melissa Sammalvaara
Melissa Sammalvaara is inspired by nature and our relation to it, which shows in her mossy, luscious ‘rya’ artworks and the preference in ecological and second hand materials.
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Lokal Living: LASTUJA by Hanni Koroma
This both beautiful and functional kitchen got its design inspiration from a traditional planing bench, which has traditionally been used as a working desk.
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Exhibition #82 – Hidden (Satellite)
12.8.–17.9.2022
The satellite of the Onoma co-operative’s summer exhibition Hidden approaches multisensory experiences through art, design and craftsmanship. -
Melissa Sammalvaara
Melissa Sammalvaara is an adventurous artist and designer operating in Helsinki and various campsites around Finland.
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Lokal Creators / Saija Halko
Saija Halko is a Helsinki-based ceramicist and designer. She works in her studio on small scale production of ceramics. Her way of working is based on a deep knowledge of material and hands-on methods.
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Lokal Living: Katja Hagelstam’s thoughts on 10 Years of Lokal
“Art can help one identify an emotion; to touch, be touching and to be touched.”