KIRSI VALANTI

So fresh, so clean. Kirsi Valanti's design is pure scandinavian style with light colors and minimalistic shapes. Between all these sharp angles you can also sense a tiny shade of romance or some kind of softness. That gives a nice and new balance to the look.

 

3 FACTS:

• Kirsi Valanti has graduated from School of Art and Design as a textile designer and interior designer.
• Designing interiors, funitures and now also kitchens! 
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PLATINORO

 Silver, silver, silver and something golden. PlatinOro makes whatever you will need when it comes to jewellery (and also other metallic products, like vases and candlesticks). The shape of the jewellery is modern and decorous, structural and natural, and this is why you could easily wear them both in day-time but also at the finest party.

3 FACTS:

• PlatinOro's ambition is to make unforgettable products which last forever.
• There are two designers in this groub: Pekka Piekäinen and Karl-Johan Bäckström.
• What is unique about these pieces, is that they are hand-made by goldsmith and the most silver they use is recycled.

pics: platinoro.fi

SAMUJI

Ex-Marimekkoman Samu-Jussi Koski left his job in the biggest fashion house in Finland and started on solo career. That was in 2009. Today he has his own design which is better known with name Samuji. Clothes have simply, graphic and light feeling. I got a feeling that I should try them on (or wear them all the time).

3 FACTS:

• Samuji's first collection is SS/11. The collection includes two part: Classics and Seasonals. Classics are availebly always, seasonals are seasonals. Simply.
• Samuji was chosen to "Newcomer of the year" in ELLE Finland Gala in 2010.
• Samuji's cloths are not only good-looking, they are also ecological as possible.

 pics: Juliana Harkki

SANNA RINNE

Modern style and eco-friendly manufacturing are the words which descripe Sanna Rinne's designing. She creates design cloths from textile waste - today's ugly duckling -story could someone say. Amazing.

3 FACTS:

• Sanna Rinne's history begins from textile manufacturing. After it, she has studied fashion design both in Finland and in the Netherlands receiving her design degree in 2007.
• Every cloth is made of eco-friendly garment like wool and linen.
• You can find these beautiful pieces in Turku (showroom & shop / The Greendress), in Helsinki, in Leiden or in Glasgow.

pics: sannarinne.com