Linda Kudrnovská

Editor-in-chief Linda Kudrnovská is a design writer and theoretician. She is the editor-in-chief and one of the founding members of TYPO, a Prague-based magazine focused on design and typography. Having studied graphic design and illustration, she graduated in theory of culture and history of art at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Charles University, Prague. Ever […]

Martin Foessleitner

Co-editor Born and based in Vienna, Martin Foessleitner holds an MA in Business Administration. He worked as marketing director in a Japanese digital imaging company, before he founded hi-pe.at in 1999. The company‘s work applies information design in community building, conference-design and business communications. He teaches Information Design at the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna.  Martin is […]

Beatriz San Román

Editorial Director Born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1969, Beatriz San Román graduated from the Information Sciences department of Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She became a scriptwriter and theme installations designer and has been a journalist in Visual, Spain’s premier communication design magazine, since 1990. At the same time, she collaborates with different media as a […]

Why you should enter the European Design Awards 2013

The European Design Awards is the comprehensive annual awards organization acknowledging the best of graphic design, illustration and digital design in Europe. Three reasons why the ED-Awards are the best of their kind The ED-Awards boast the most qualified jury in Europe, composed of representatives from the leading European design magazines. They are design journalists […]

Carina Nilsson

Editor-in-chief Carina Nilsson was born in Stockholm in 1967. She graduated from Berghs School Of Communication in 1997. She has worked as an Art director and graphic designer in advertising and for different kinds of magazines at IDG since 1999.  She is currently the editor-in-chief for the Swedish design magazine Cap&Design  

Brigitte Willinger

Brigitte Willinger has done editorial work for designaustria, the professional association of Austrian designers, since 1992 and since 2004 has been editor-in- chief of the organisation’s periodical, designaustria mitteilungen.

ED-Awards press kit 2012

2012 Winners Announced

With participations from 34 european countries (a record number), picking out the winners couldn’t have been an easy task.The ED-Awards jury though, made up of representatives from 15 deifferent design magazines, is the most competent of its kind. Their decisions, following the Award Ceremony, which this year took place in Helsinki are now online.You are […]

Design in a Diverse Society

The International Cultural Centre Caisa is a unit of the City of Helsinki Cultural Office. Its task is to promote good ethnic relations in Helsinki, support the integration of people moving to Helsinki from different cultures, provide Helsinki residents with a diverse cultural offering in different languages, give people living in Helsinki information about different […]

Design Museum

The central meeting place of the design capital is a wooden pavilion designed by Aalto University students, and is being built in the courtyard area between the Design Museum and Museum of Finnish Architecture. The activities at the museums will also be expanding into the courtyard and onto the street level. The pavilion is scheduled […]

Metamorphosis and Inspiring Encounter

Two exhibitions present works by design students from the Lahti University of Applied Sciences Institute of Design and Konstfack, the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, Sweden. The Lobby Chairs by the students from Lahti were created using recycled furniture elements from Martela. The Stockholm students’ creations, however, are interpretations of the […]

Yellow City – illustrated stories from Helsinki

The series of exhibitions entitled ‘Yellow City – illustrated stories from Helsinki’ is based on the book with the same title combining illustrations and literature, to be published in January 2012. The exhibition portrays the nature of illustration as utilitarian art: how an illustration is created to order. For the book project, 17 illustrators from […]

INDEX: Award 2011 Exhibition

Today, a widening field of designers and manufacturers is turning inspiration, skills and industrial capabilities to issues of improving life – both in the developed world and in still-emerging societies. INDEX: Award 2011 Exhibition thus features the 60 finalists for INDEX: Award 2011 – the world’s biggest, life-improving design award. INDEX: Award 2011 Exhibition opened […]

Nordic Masters

This project will introduce works by arts and crafts masters who are at the beginning of their careers. In this exhibition masters from the other Nordic Countries will encounter their Finnish colleagues. After the exhibition in Helsinki, the masters will tour in the other Nordic Countries. The exhibition will be organised by ArtShortCut Ltd. MORE […]

TIMEless – Design from the Stone Age to Today

TIMEless – Design from the Stone Age to Today is a review of the design of objects crucial for living, from the Stone Age to today. The focal points are Stone Age tools, hunting and fishing equipment, ceramics and artefacts discovered on the dig of Gubbacka medieval village. They are juxtaposed with comparable items and […]

Flying to Helsinki

Helsinki Airport or Helsinki-Vantaa Airport is the main internationalairport of the Helsinki metropolitan region and the whole of Finland. It is located in Vantaa, 17.0 km north of Helsinki city centre. It is the international and domestic hub for Finnair, the Finnish flag carrier, Blue1, the Finnish regional division of SAS, Air Finland and Flybe […]

Getting from the airport to the city centre

TAXI From the airport it is easy to take a taxi to the city centre. It will cost around 40€ and take about half an hour. BUS You can also travel by bus from the airport to Helsinki centre. Helsinki Region Transport provides public transport services between Helsinki Airport and the metropolitan area. The total […]

Accommodation

Helsinki offers a wide range of accommodation, from inexpensive hostels to luxury establishments. Whether you are looking for the most modern hotel centre, a cosy family hotel or a convenient hostel, you will find what you are looking for. To make your stay more interesting, though, we have contacted Klaus K, Helsinki’s one and only […]

Winners Party

Right after the ED-Awards ceremony, it is (as always) party time! Time to relax, to interact with creative people from all over Europe, time to dance and have a good time. The party will take place at Ahjo, a lovely small club located a five minute walk away from Bio Rex. The place is ideal […]

European Design Awards 2012

This year, the European Design Awards ceremony is taking place in Helsinki, Finland. The fact that Helsinki is the World Design Capital 2012, means that a lot of events and exhibitions are going to be available for the people who will attend our Awards Ceremony. Through our website, we are proposing a few of them, […]