Green fortune

This no Finnish, but can’t help it. The bestest thing at Designpartners this year. Damn you Swedes!

Have a break

TAUKO (“BREAK”) makes clothes from recycled fabrics. They take commissions, and – if I’m not mistaken – some of the stuff they make is available in Myymälä2 and Secco store… and in Berlin, of course.

The pattern of the dress below resembles the much-loved and even-more-sold  “Million-hearts”, designed by Arja Mattila for Finlayson in the early seventies. I have a set of vintage baby linen from my childhood made of the very same fabric, only in green colour. Oh my, how I love this frock!

This is a second post in row made entirely in yellow. I wonder if this might indicate the weather outside somehow?

The official sword & sandal post, minus the sword

No, you can’t get these shoes from anywhere. Maybe thrift them if you’re super-lucky, or steal them from some museum. I think they’re plain gorgeous.

There were dozens of shoe factories in Tampere, back in the day. These  sandals were manufactured by Kenkätehdas A. Roihu in 1965. Who know, maybe they were designed by Marja Suna, since she started her career at the service of this very company.

(Source of photograph)

I Want Candy

My late grandmother used to love these foxy marmalades, with the “genuine” flavor of rowanberries. Now somebody in MAKEEdesign is making tiny pouches and bags out of the wrappers. And not only candy wrappers, but crazy other packages like shrimp, peas and portable soup! My, I happen to have one made of a bag of instant-brown-sauce-mix.

Powered by flowers

This lamp, “Dahlia” by Aino Favén is simply adorable. It is entirely made of old shampoo bottles.

The designer is a talented visual artist, but she should definetely be doing more of these!