Press Release: Ornamo’s Design Christmas X Designkaverit event gathers the best Finnish designers and artisans at Little Finlandia 9– 10 December 2023 

Ornamo’s Design Christmas X Designkaverit event features interior decoration products, home textiles, adult and children’s clothing and accessories, everyday ceramics and as well as graphic art and prints . At the same event, you can find both well-known design brands and handmade unique pieces. This year’s nearly one hundred exhibitors include Teemu Järvi Illustrations, Ságat, Räkä Clothing, Klaus Haapaniemi, Soile Paasonen, Katriina Nuutinen ja Özgü Gündeslioglu.

– We are happy to cooperate with Designkaverit, who have created positive and constructive discussion about sustainable lifestyles through their community. Responsibility and smart consumption fit well with the spirit of Ornamo’s Design Christmas. The event is a unique opportunity to meet product designers and artisans who are happy to tell you about the manufacturing methods and the stories behind their objects, says Ornamo’s expert Petra Ilonen.

Encounters, slow living & atmosphere  

In addition to the market area for Finnish designers, the 2023 event will feature workshops and a second-hand sale. Visitors can enjoy Christmas delicacies and take a break from shopping in the atmospheric Finlandia Cafe&Wine, which is open throughout the event. The atmosphere at the event is set by a DJ.   

The event is produced by Designkaverit, a brand of pop-up shops. It also gathers an audience interested in design and sustainable lifestyle into a social media community.  The founders of Designkaverit, Ella Hurskainen, Essi Järviö and Stiina Lampinen, want to bring their team spirit and joyful atmosphere of their community to the Design Christmas X Designkaverit event.  

In addition to a diverse selection of skilled designers at this year’s Design Christmas, we want to put special focus on experiential experiences, communality and unhurried togetherness, which we need even more in the challenging situation of today’s world. We are especially looking forward to meaningful encounters between visitors and designers. At the event, visitors can also participate in creative activities themselves in various workshops, such as jewellery and ceramics workshops, says Hurskainen.

Among the first participants are: 

Participants will be updated on this page: 
https://www.ornamo.fi/en/join-the-community/ornamo-design-christmas/

Ornamo’s Design Christmas satellite events  

Ornamo’s Design Christmas will also spread as satellite events around Helsinki and elsewhere in Finland. Creators can arrange their own Christmas sales at their studios. We will publish the events later in the autumn. 

Ornamo Design Christmas X Korkeavuorenkatu 7 

By Paja&Bureau, Katerina Krotenko, Luo Collective and friends

Studio sale with winter holiday spirit in the heart of the Helsinki Design district in the beautiful Ullanlinna. Warm candlelight, sweet scent of cinnamon, music played from vintage vinyls, and special offers from a collective of young creatives at Korkeavuorenkatu 7. Christmas design craft market with a cosy and relaxed atmosphere, where you can not only buy the best presents made with love and care, but also enjoy viewing works on display with no rush, with friendly conversations and good vibes instead. Come and find people with gifts, hand-crafted glass objects, furniture, ceramics, precious jewellery, fine art prints, and more.  

We offer quality products hand-crafted locally and responsibly by talented hands of designers & makers based in Helsinki.  

Venue: 
Korkeavuorenkatu 7 
00140 Helsinki 
Opening hours:
Saturday 2^nd of December 12–4 pm 
Sunday 3^rd of December 12–4 pm 

Ornamo Design Christmas X UDUMBARA Ceramic Studio 

Open doors at the ceramic studio of Eva Spoof in Kallio.  Unique UDUMBARA products made of Finnish clay; flower pots, lamps and sculptures.

Venue:
UDUMBARA
Kaarlenkatu 15, 00530 Helsinki
Opening hours:
Saturday and Sunday 9.12.–10.12. 11 am – 3 pm

Ornamo Design Christmas X Studio Savea 

By Arni Aromaa, Aino Eeronheimo, Saija Halko, Kati Hämäläinen, Jatta Lavi, Ksenia Voy Kheninen, Katja Kotikoski, Piritta Mikola, Sini Ojala, Pirita Särmä, Satu Turunen and Serafima Voskresenskaia. 

Studio Savea is a communal work space for designers and artists in Roihupelto art block in East Helsinki. In this event you’ll find locally hand made, ethical products and art pieces. Studio Savea’s traditional Christmas event offers a unique opportunity to purchase handmade christmas presents straight from the artists’ workshops. The event is open for everybody interested in art and design.

Venue: 
Studio Savea 
Laippatie 21, 2. Krs 
00880 Helsinki 
Opening hours:
Saturday 9^th of December 11 am – 5 pm 

Ornamo Design Christmas X Taideleipomo

By ceramic artists Merja Pohjonen and Irma Jylhä, graphic designer Marianne Kaustinen and textile artist Päivi Makkonen.

In this event you’ll find unique ceramic pieces made out of clay and stonewear as well as graphics, paintings and textiles. Additionally, there will be pottery making presentations of throwing on a pottery wheel. Taideleipomo is a group of Kokkola based artists and designers who have been working together since 2003.

Venue 
Workshop and Gallery Merja Pohjonen 
Vanha Ouluntie 141, 67410 Kokkola 
Opening hours:
Saturday and Sunday 9^th –10^th December 12-6 pm

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Ornamo’s Design Christmas X Designkaverit
9–10 December 2023
Little Finlandia
Karamzininranta 4, 00100 Helsinki

Open to the public:
Sat 12–18 
Sun 11-17–17

Royalty-free product and event images for media use:  

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/12Mxqs6yQ4mehiguXWY8op0ikSug_RbQX

Ornamo’s Design Christmas 
Since 1986, Ornamo’s beloved Design Christmas event has brought together Finnish design professionals and friends of design. In 2023, the sales event will take place in Little Finlandia on 9–10 December. 

Ornamo 
Finland’s largest multidisciplinary design community Ornamo advances the profession of designers and promotes the role of design in society. Founded in 1911, Ornamo has 3,000 members.
www.ornamo.fi

Designkaverit 
Designkaverit is a pop-up store brand and social media community that brings together an audience interested in Finnish design and sustainable lifestyle. The community was founded in 2018. The design team is led by Ella Hurskainen, Essi Järviö and Stiina Lampinen.  Their social media community, Designkaverit, brings together an audience of 12,000 people.

www.designkaverit.fi
@designkaverit