Producer, project and content management, member of the curatorial team. Part of the official Finland 100 programme, in co-operation with three Finnish embassies, 2017–2018.

The exhibition Echoes – 100 Years in Finnish Design and Architecture is an engaging exploration and aesthetic narrative of Finnish architecture and design, created in honour of Finland’s centenary celebration.

The exhibition presents selected, beloved classics of Finnish design and architecture alongside less well-known gems from the beginning of the country’s independence until the present. The four seasons, distant location and rugged natural conditions have inspired designers to search for a simple idiom as well as innovative, practical solutions to the challenges of everyday life. It is these characteristics and the designers’ many, fresh approaches that form the core of the exhibition.

The exhibition was launched in January 2017 at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews POLIN in Warsaw. The museum building, planned by architect Rainer Mahlamäki, offered an impressive setting for the presentation of Finnish design and architecture. In addition to Warsaw, the exhibition was shown in Bratislava, Budapest, Prague and Berlin in the course of 2017. The exhibitions attracted a total of 46,500 visitors.

Echoes was targeted for an international public, who may be quite familiar with the classics of Finnish design, but for whom many beloved evergreens from past decades, known by the Finns, as well as some of the latest innovations were new acquaintances. The exhibition was educational, it touched several generations, and was of interest to both design professionals and the wider, general public.

The exhibition acted as a ‘showcase’ of Finnish design and architecture. It supported the activities of Finnish embassies by presenting timely and exciting perspectives on Finnish culture and its unique design idiom. The exhibition promoted knowledge of Finland and generated new contacts and collaborative initiatives between designers, architects and companies.