Monthly Archives: May 2012

European Design Awards 2012 in Helsinki

By Mikael | Published May 27, 2012

European Design Awards 2012, Helsinki, Finland

The European Design Awards (ED-Awards) are annual awards presented to European designers for outstanding work in the communication design field. ED-Awards is organized by European design magazines.

This year the ED-Awards festival was arranged in Helsinki. The awards were given in Bio Rex on 26.5. I photographed the award ceremony with Tuula Heikkinen.

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New gallery: Finnish National Ballet on Senate Square

By Mikael | Published May 26, 2012

Finnish National Ballet, Senate Square, Helsinki, Finland

Link to Finnish National Ballet on Senate Square gallery

Finnish National Ballet had a public performance on Senate Square in Helsinki last Friday. This performance was the start of their summer tour around Finland. The programme was a mix of classical ballet and contemporary dance.

Update 19.6.: The Finnish National Ballet on Senate Square gallery has been updated: more photos added and the names of productions are listed below each photo.

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New gallery: Marimekko Fashion Show 2012

By Mikael | Published May 26, 2012

Link to Marimekko Fashion Show 2012 Gallery

Marimekko arranged their annual summer fashion show in the Esplanade Park yesterday. This year all the models of the show were dancers from the National Ballet. And typically they did not walk on the catwalk, they danced or run I have now added a small gallery from that fashion show.

Update 10.6.: I updated the gallery and added 25 new photos.

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Yritystä Stadiin! 2012

By Mikael | Published May 26, 2012

Yritystä Stadiin! 2012 in Marina Congress Centeriin

The Regional Organisation of Enterprises in Helsinki (Helsingin Yrittäjät) arranged on 8.5. Yritystä Stadiin! 2012 fair. This fair promoted entrepreneurship and offered a lot of information and lectures to people that are interested about entrepreneurship. I photographed this event for Helsingin Yrittäjät, so you can find a big gallery at their website.

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Wannabe Ballerinas and Robot Sculptures

By Mikael | Published May 13, 2012

Wannabe Ballerinas

I visited yesterday in Helsinki Underground Art event in Kaapelitehdas. There was art exhibition with 25 artists, live painting and arts&crafts sale. I photographed the Wannabe Ballerinas and the robot sculptures made by JJJanne (I could not find website for JJJanne).