Northern design will have its own exhibition “Kiela – Design from Lapland” in the Milan Design Week, which gathers every year more than 100,000 visitors. Design from Lapland will feature in one of the event’s main venues, in the Tortona district. The Kiela exhibition includes also works by eleven design students from the University of Lapland.
Milan Design Week will run from 8 to 14 April 2013 in the capital of Italian design. The week attracts audience – professionals, journalists and general public – from all over the world. The “Kiela – Design from Lapland” exhibition will present Arctic design in the Fuorisalone exhibition complex in the Tortona district.
All the products within Kiela exhibition use Arctic materials in an artful and unconventional way. There will be design products from eight companies, all of which draw their inspiration and materials from northern environment. Besides them, the exhibition displays works of eleven design students from the University of Lapland.
The word ‘kiela’ refers to a certain part of ‘suopunki’ (a type of lasso used to catch reindeer) which is traditionally used for to gather up reindeer at the reindeer round-up. As a name of the exhibition, it is a metaphor for gathering together the talents of Arctic design from different fields.
Design students and their works in the exhibition:
Reetta Eskola:
Valkea – candlesticks and extinguisher
Elina Hildén:
Kulmio lamp
Netta Korhonen:
Spider chairs
Jenni Marttila:
Keinu rocking chair
Helka Mäkinen:
Northward Yearning cloth collection
Pirita Norvanto:
Hidden Star cloth collection
Juhani Näränen:
Mystery poster
Riikka Oikarainen:
Oikku jewelry
Iines Partanen:
Mystery poster
Jukka Pirinen:
EK1 coffee table
Janne Sipilä:
Haive led light
Companies in the exhibition:
• NAM Architects:
Elli dining table made of wood and aluminum honeycomb plate
• Hornwork: chandeliers and utility articles made of reindeer horn
• JAUR: utility articles and ornaments made of refined steel
• Kaisa Sirén: cushions made of reindeer leather and decorated with reindeer horn
• Ceramics Workshop Maari:
Koivu ceramic series (raku wear)
• Littlefinland.fi:
Eco Luxury cushion collection
• Paperivalo: lamps made of hand-made paper
• Carpentry Pihlaja:
Suutari furniture series made of white oak
The exhibition also includes products from two members of the Sami Duodji association (Sami handicraft): Ilmari Laiti’s traditional reindeer bone and bur products and Seija Ranttila’s
Sagat textile products.
The Kiela exhibition is carried by the WDC2012 Helsinki-Rovaniemi project which is a joint project of the University of Lapland and Rovaniemi Regional Development Agency Ltd. It continues the series of Arctic design appearances at international design events. Before the Milan Design Week, the Arctic design was most recently displayed at the Design March Reykjavík in mid-March.
“Kiela – Design from Lapland” exhibition in Milan
Time: Milan Design Week from 8 to 14 of April, 2013
Venue: Opificio 31 complex (address: Via Tortona 31), Tortona district, Milan, Italy
For more information, please contact:
WDC2012 Helsinki-Rovaniemi project
Pia Lillberg, Rovaniemi Regional Development Agency Ltd., tel. +358 400 922 741, pia.lillberg (at) rovaniemi.fi
Tuija Jerndahl, University of Lapland, tel. +358 40 484 4421, tuija.jerndahl (at) ulapland.fi
ULapland/Communications/SV