Habitare Pro x Grano
During Habitare Pro, Finland’s B2B design trade fair, Grano have produced two showstopping installations in the form of an interactive workshop structure and a central bar, all made from cardboard. Designed by Boardwalk, an innovative company creating high quality, environmentally responsible furniture, products and installations from folded cardboard with materials provided by Vink.
Workshop
The workshop is constructed using Vink’s honeycomb cardboard. A modular dome shaped structure with the dual function of being able to host talks and presentations with a small audience of up to 20 people and being acoustically suitable.
The outside divisions create enough screening for short, private, networking meetings. The material has integrated fireproofing, making it suitable for indoor events such as this. Within each division is placed an interactive corrugated cardboard table and stools on which visitors are encouraged to scribble on during their meetings. The structure is produced and built by Grano, in Finland and designed by BoardWalk.
Habitare Pro Central Bar
An interactive bar with the shape and feel similar to it’s workshop companion. The bar base echo’s the workshop structure whilst the bar top exposes the raw kraft cardboard to reveal the natural elements which are derived from cardboard. The relief mimics the river ‘Kyrö’ on which the bottles of the alcohol company ‘Kyrö Distillery’ are integrated and displayed. Visitors are encouraged to draw and leave their mark on the bar top, transforming the structure into a ‘work of art’ during the period of the design fair. Exposing the bar top to the elements also conveys how cardboard reacts; when it gets wet or ring marks are left from under a glass, for example. This exposes layers and tells a story of the fair. The central bar is constructed using Vink’s honeycomb cardboard and the structure is produced and built by Grano, in Finland and designed by BoardWalk.
Partners
Grano
Grano produced and built the structure for Habitare bar and workshop.
We provide our customers with the best solutions for different printed and digital surfaces responsibly and efficiently. By working together with our customers, we maximise the effectiveness of their messages on just the right surfaces.
Grano is a Finnish multi-sector company. Our unique community of experts is well-versed in both cutting-edge technologies and craftsmanship. All of our production is based in Finland, and we employ approximately 900 professionals all around the country, from the Helsinki region to Lapland.
We are part of the Panostaja Group.
BoardWalk
BoardWalk creates high quality, environmentally responsible furniture, products and installations from folded cardboard. This one, simple material has a warm and beautiful surface and possesses great versatility and strength.
The company provides sustainable solutions for events, exhibitions, galleries, fairs, trade shows, festivals, commercial spaces, restaurants, workplace, retail and other temporary set-ups.
An eco-design company from design through to disposal. Designs are functional and robust, lightweight and reusable, easy to use and assemble and 100% recyclable. And because the furniture is made to sit in any environment, it’s naturally environmentally friendly. BoardWalk products can help to communicate a commitment to sustainability and strengthen brand identity, whilst making a real difference to our environment at the same time.
The structures at Habitare are created by Designer and BoardWalk Founder Hanna Laikola, and Architect Henna Helander.
Vink Finland
Vink Finland provided materials for Habitare bar and workshop structures. The material used in structures is Swedboard Fibre FR. It is specially designed for exhibition structural and furniture building. The material is flame retardant with fire classification EN 13501-1:2018 B-s1,d0. It is a perfect choice for ecological building of exhibition stands, furniture and larger structures. Swedboard Fibre FR is paper based and fully recyclable. More information about the product can be found from Vink Finland.
Vink Finland Oy belongs to the international Vink group, which operates in 21 Western European countries and China with more than 1,500 people. Vink has 60 years of experience in the European plastic semi-finished product market, and Finland’s Vink has been a pioneer and trendsetter in its field for more than 50 years.