Design Elevator

Several design exhibitions from around Europe are shown in the old grain elevator building in the Rotermann quarter. A selection of Finnish, Lithuanian, Polish and Estonian design is displayed. The main areas which are presented include lighting, furniture and accessories and the topic of recycling is important. On the opening event the Mariusz Lubomski (Poland) is performing.

Opening: 20.09 at 17.00

Open: 20.09 at 17-20, 21.09 at 12-23, 22.09 at 12-20, 23.09 at 12-18, 24.09-30.09 at 13-19

Ticket: 20.09 free entrance. From 21.09 ticket 4/2,5 euro (to students, pensioners and members of EDL with valid document). Pre-schoolers and shorter than one meter free. Ticket includes warm drink.

Estonian Design Exhibition "LIGHT. THINGS. MOTION"

There were exhibitions under the same name form 2003 to 2004 in Tallinn Design Gallery, in House of the Blackheads in Riga, in Helsinki Desing Forum and in Estonian embassy in Berlin. The first exhibition mainly consisted of students course works, the collection was complemented and changed according to the rooms of exhibitions – experimental models with mature productions. In longer version there was named also St Petersburg.

Re-opened St John’s Church in St. Petersburg, in which the interior design and the great chandeliers were awarded by Kultuurkapital and ESL, gave an inspiration last year to revive the idea. Now the search for new rooms and partners continue and hopefully the selection of the newest Estonian design will be put up soon.

The World Premiere of the new exhibition takes place in Lahti Art and Design Festival at the end of August. In september the exhibition can be seen in Tallinn during the Design Night Festival.

Among the selected works authors are design-students from Tartu Art College and from Estonian Academy of Arts beside the well-known designers and the interior decorators.

In the exhibition can be seen Tarmo Luisk with humorous lights, Maria Rästas graduate work in Tartu Art College which is now produced under the name of ETNO, Margus Triibmann’s LightWeight clever series of lights, Pavel Sidorenko’s perfectly worked out light 360*, Helmet Raja’s cutting board for gurmans, Kalle Pruuden combines welding art and product design and much more.

More from graduate works from Tartu Art College can be seen: ceramical light by Mario Kroon, where the traditional porcelan painting patterns cover new shapes, and Kristiina Allik’s user-friendly, thoughtful and functional child’s cradle, where the special attention is focused on the therapeutic effect of swinging.

Dynamics are brought in by Gabriel Verilaskja’s fully self-built electiric bicycle, that can be called as hybrid. By cranking can save the batteries and go through 100 km with only one charging. If the weather is good, he will drive to the Lahti exhibition himself.

The initiators of deciding were the outstanding works by students. Based on them I started to complement and find the meaning for the collection. In addition to lights, the word what widens the title this time is movement and everything that comes with inner glowing – as the title promised.
Curator Tõnis Vellama.

spOrt to Art

On the 10-12. September is a workshop of sustainable design with British designers Nick Rawcliffe and Adam Fairweather. During the workshop Estonian designers create form old, useless and broken sports materials new functional objects (furniture, interior decors). Come and have a look what interesting object were made during this.

Exhibition ”Seeing the city – Colours of Lahti" (Finland)

The city is the framework from within which we operate; it can both help and hinder our way of daily living. The city is constantly moving and changing - space, time and human dynamics. It’s about the fact that you see the heart of the city from inside. Finally it’s not about what the city looks like, but how it feels like. The exhibition is jointly made by both artists and designers from Lahti, it’s about how they see the city, what they have experienced and felt, what are the colors of Lahti.

The exhibition is a part of a project Luova Polku. The project it is for creative industries and artists and the goal is to develop participants’ business, co-operation and internationalizing.

The exhibition includes 4 different parts ; Kauno ry, Luova Polku workshop group, Woodism –group ja Designer’s Street Lahti.

Kauno ry (association) – www.kauno.fi

Represents artists in Lahti area. In the exhibition represent following artist: Miss Kompro, Tuomas Linna, Kirsti Nenye, Pasi Siipola, Helena Vaari.

Luova Polku working group – www.luovapolku.fi

Photographer Juha Tanhua, writer Heikki Sauri, interior designer Susanna Halla, graphic designer Marion Robinson, textile designer Tia Taivalmäki, ceramic designer Päivi Reponen, sculptural Sirpa Papinaho and designer Tuomas Vilpakka.

Woodism group – www.woodism.fi

Group of designers and cabinetmakers which produce furnitures and things of old trees which have cut down in cityarea. Participants: Tapio Anttila, Markku Tonttila, Susan Elo, Kalle Helminen, Merja Inki-Ihamäki, Tapio Kangasniemi, Jouko Kärkkäinen, Esa Niiranen, Petri Polso, Päivi Salenius, Merita Soini, Tuomas Vilpakka, Timo Suutari, Jari-Pekka Vilkman.

Designer’s Street Lahti

Group of designers and architects from Lahti area. Exhibition includes big posters “colours of Lahti”, industrial design (Tapio Anttila, prize winner in eco-design competition) and jewels. Tapio Anttila, Pirjo Kaartinen, Helena Lehtinen, Marjut Liesmäki, Kikka Nyrén, Maritta Ojapelto, Satu Päivärinne, Anna Rikkinen, Riikka Salokannel, Rami Toivanen, Risto Tulonen, Riitta Vesala.

Tõnis Vellama. Aero

Kalle Pruuden. Serie "MOI"

Mari Rästa. Ilda

Liberator Illuminated

Margus Triibmann "LightWeight"

Mario Kroon "Von Tahk"

Bartosz Mucha

Melafor

Aze Design