The
10th of September we went on a trip to Finland's capital city
Helsinki. There we visited, not only Helsinki Design Week, but
also Martela's head office as well. At the Helsinki Design Week we
met a former student from our school, who told us about the company
he works for, Puustelli, and their new Miinus kitchen.
Puustelli is known as the most popular kitchen brand in Finland, but
also provides different services and fittings for other rooms. He
also told us about his own experiences and gave us a small glimpse of
what a designer could do for a living. It was interesting as well as
inspiring and it gave us yet another example of what kind of area we
could specialize in as designers.
At
Martela's office we got a guided tour. Our lovely guide told us about
her job and about Martela's history as a public space decorator. It
got very interesting when she opened a designers view to the
industry, as a non-designer herself. It was fascinating to hear how
technology is about to swim deep into the design industry. She gave
an example like how sitting is today's tobacco and how personalized
furnitures could help you out. For example Martela has produced a
table which has personalized settings for every worker in that
office. The data is set to a computer which is connected to all parts
of the office, for example the room where you have chosen to work at
that day. After you log in to the system and book your work space,
the table will be ready set at the right hight for your lenght. Every
now and then the table comes up forcing you to stand up – because
it's good for your health.
Thank you to both of our guides for the experiences!
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