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Travel as a Tool at Helsinki Design Museum

Travel as a Tool is a joint Nordic exhibition that considers the significance of travel for the work of Nordic designers from the 1940s to the present day. Trips have been sources of new ideas and inspiration.

For designer Kaj Franck (1911–1989) Japanese culture and the Japanese aesthetic were like a second home. He made his first trip to Japan in 1956 and it was documented with diary entries, a large number of photographs and cinefilm material, which is shown to the public for the first time in the Travel as a Tool exhibition. The exhibition is also the first Finnish showing of Archipelago by Kustaa Saksi (born 1975). This 26-metre-long work of textile art was commissioned for the European Union’s facilities in Brussels in honour of Finland’s EU chairmanship period.

The exhibition is on view at The Design Museum in Helsinki until 7th March 2021. Read more here 

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Finnish designer Kaj Franck’s travel photos from Japan in 1956 II. Design Museum’s Photo Archive. Photo Credits: Designmuseo

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Finnish designer Kaj Franck’s travel photos from Thailand in 1956 II Design Museum’s Photo Archive. Photo Credits: Designmuseo

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Kustaa Saksi tapestry Archipelago 2019. Photo Credits: Kustaa Saksi

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Kustaa Saksi tapestry Archipelago 2019. Photo Credits: Kustaa Saksi

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