Anni Korkman
Programme Director of Luovi Productions, Helsinki Design Week
Anni Korkman works as the Programme Director of Luovi Productions. Luovi Productions is a design agency whose core expertise lies in curation, production and communication. Best known as the producer of the largest design festival in the Nordics, Helsinki Design Week and the independent design media Helsinki Design Weekly, Luovi is also the founder and the facilitator behind Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennale and several other cultural projects. Anni has a Master’s Degree from Central Saint Martins University (University of Arts London) and as a writer, debater and curator, she is passionate about working with adding Design and Architecture Literacy in to peoples’ everyday lives. The more we are able to recognize design around us, the more critical to our surroundings we can become – and eventually demand for better physical and digital living environments.
Judge’s selections
Unexpected Beauty
Perspire
Nate Fiber limited
Social and Soft
Woola
Woola OÜ
Woola is a strong, design-driven initiative which meets the for People, Profit and Planet criteria perfectly. Especially the social aspect seems strong in terms of fair salaries, diversity and ethics policies as well as employee stock options. I think Woola could be interesting to follow in terms of seeing how the operations could scale internationally. For example, would it be possible to establish subcontracting chains elsewhere and expand the operations to other locations?
New Perspective
Structure made of one tree -Digital assistance to put natural shape wood in practical use
individual
Reimagining Aesthetics
Stone Waste is Bliss Ceramic Tiles
Ignorance is Bliss
The construction industry and the use of buildings together account for a significant share of global greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impact. It is interesting to reflect on the value of beauty in design and architecture – do sustainable and ethical values take precedence over visual elements in terms of importance? The products of this project are beautiful, and that is important. They are also irregular, with their appearance (colours and patterns) varying greatly. This represents a kind of visuality that we must train our eyes to appreciate more in the future
There is Hope
The Akasango reef, an homage to the Japanese Red Coral
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