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  • DESIGN STORIES
    • ERKKI RUUHINEN
    • RAIMO NIKKANEN
      • Finnair Business Class seats
      • Helkama refrigerators
      • Medical Activa patient beds
      • Patient monitors
      • Catering equipment
      • System-GWS
      • TM-4 telecommunications system
    • PENTTI LESKINEN
      • Precision air pistol
      • Adhesive bonding device
      • Rail and transport equipment
      • Exel ski poles
      • Hiisi sauna stove
      • Fire engine
      • Chimney boiler
    • JUKKA VAAJAKALLIO
      • Design for competitiveness
      • Investing in product development
      • Finlux TAPC4040
      • Sales trip to Germany
      • We made the best television
      • TV models that never made it to the production
    • KARI ASIKAINEN
      • The creation of the Kari chair
      • The Kari collection expands
      • Design philosophy
    • PEKKA WIKSTRÖM
      • Slev’s round sauna stove
      • Hospital electronics
      • Pioneering at a household appliance factory
    • ULLA-KIRSTI JUNTTILA
      • Elemento environmental product range
      • Pohjoiskalotti Oy
      • Eyeware design
      • Turenki business centre
      • Kivikunta series of furniture
      • Environmental plans
      • Töölöntori Environmental Plan
      • Monument to the restoration of Porkkala
      • Crystal house and bench
    • KAI SALO
      • Wave bicycle
      • Pewter dishes
      • Mobile Home
      • Presto snow pusher
      • Huussivisio 2000
      • Oculus boat
    • GROWING UNIT
      • The subject of the competition
      • Housing of the future
      • Furniture design
      • Semifinals
      • Prototype
      • Information flow
      • Win
    • AHTI TASKINEN
      • Easy bedchair
      • Vipunen
      • Flap chair
      • Design methods
    • VIKTOR KALTALA
      • Decorita
      • Ideapaja
      • Lee Cooper 1
      • Lee Cooper 2
      • Marcello kitchen
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Design stories

On this page, designers tell the stories behind their designs. Click on the designer’s photo to read the designer stories.

Raimo Nikkanen

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Erkki Ruuhinen

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Pentti Leskinen

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Jukka Vaajakallio

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Kari Asikainen

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Pekka Wikström

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Ulla-Kirsti Junttila

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Kai Salo

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Growing unit

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Ahti Taskinen

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Viktor Kaltala

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