TONFISK DESIGN

Tony Alfström [Finland] and Brian Keaney [Ireland] were bored of seeing the same all the time. They founded their own company in 1999 and wanted to show something new. Tonfisk's products are simply, aesthetic and functional - that's not a new thing for scandinavian design you might think. What makes Tonfisk unique, is that design is also futuristic, inestimable and clever. Just an example: milk and sugar in one packet.

3 FACTS:

• The company started with a name Lemuntie (Stinky road) in Helsinki, but in 2007 moved to Turku and chanced the name to Tonfisk design.
• Today there are 16 different kind of product groups from flower garden to espresso cups.
• Tonfisk's ceramics are handmade in Tonfisk's own factory in Turku.

pics: http://shop.tonfisk-design.fi

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

AMFORA

Amfora-products are ceramic beauties. Eventhough, they are made to hardworking use - like the name 'amfora' says in antiqurian Greek, able to carry on both sides. Amfora is build up by Päivi Rintaniemi in Seinäjoki, where all the designing and producing happens today.

3 FACTS:

•  There are 3 designers behind this company: Päivi Rintaniemi (the mother of Amfora), Susanna Beloff and Jaana Woll.

• Amfora's idea is to get joy, functionality and the thought of Finnishness, uninqueness and quality together.

• You can find these products from store in Seinäjoki or on Boulevard in Helsinki 

PS. online-store is going to open soon!