From the colorful prints of Marimekko to Ittala glassware and the functional Artek furniture, Finland is not short of leading names in the world of design. The Nordic nation is a major destination for ...

For the past eight years, Finland has topped the World Happiness Report, a landmark annual survey of the state of global happiness ranking over 150 countries according to their happiness levels, with ...

“I’d prefer to face indoors,” I said to my friends Christopher and Dirk, who had taken me out for dinner on my first night in Finland’s capital last October. We were about to be seated at Lasipalatsi, ...

Editor’s Note: Laura Houseley is the editor-in-chief of Modern Design Review. Given how familiar Finnish markers and motifs have become – from Nokia phones to Moomins books – it’s remarkable that ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. This year, among the 12 national design pavilions that cluster in the Old Truman Brewery in the East End as part of ...

Opinion: in his first Opinion column for Dezeen, Dan Hill reflects on the recent sale of Finland's two most iconic design brands - Artek and Nokia - and suggests what the country's design industry ...

Why This Pairing Works Sweden and Finland share a border, a similar climate, and a design culture built on the same premise, ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Life & Arts news every morning. Consider Scandinavian design, and a certain image comes to mind: blonde wood; white walls; elegant yet ...

Helsinki, Finland’s renowned research school Aalto University has announced the launch of the Nokia Design Archive, a free online portal that maintains approximately 20,000 items and 959GB of digital ...