Press releases 2024

• Habitare 2024 to highlight the layered and lived-in feel of homes and spaces 23 November 2023
• The designer Päivi Helander starts work as a visiting creative adviser for Habitare: “I see Habitare as a creative meeting place, open to all, where people can experience design” 2 November 2023

Press releases 2023

• Habitarematerials to present a digital tool for comparing the environmental impacts of materials and to challenge us to consider a new, more sustainable aesthetic 30 August 2023
• Habitare Pro offers a new platform for professionals and opens doors to showrooms – partnering with Design District Helsinki 29 August 2023
• Habitare Design Competition sought tools for togetherness – Harri Koskinen will announce the winner at Habitare 17 August 2023
• What will our world of objects be like tomorrow? – The prototypes to be presented at Habitare in September show the way 8 June 2023
• Habitare’s themed exhibition, Together, to highlight different ways of being together and things to brighten up everyday life 30 May 2023
• Habitare Pro to present Helsinki showrooms to complement the Habitare fair in collaboration with Polestar 23 May 2023
• Habi Kids invites visitors to try drawing and crafting in the forest – the Habitare children’s area to feature a colourful mini world created by the illustrator Matti Pikkujämsä 11 May 2023
• Habitare programme to bring international discussion on the significance of desing to Helsinki in September – including contributors from Kvadrat and Polestar 9 May 2023
• The Habitarematerials exhibition and Finnish materials attracted tremendous interest during Milan Desing Week: more than 90,000 trade professionals visited the Alcova showcase 26 April 2023
• Habitare Handmade highlights Finnish artisanship and invites visitors to DIY workshops 20 April 2023
• Green values and emotional experiences evoked by objects – young designers show what the fact of Finnish design will look like in the coming years 20 March 2023
• Habitare to have its first-ever exhibition showing at Milan Design Week in front of an international design audience 14 February 2023
• Habitare Choice to highlight companies’ actions in responsibility 2 February 2023
• Habitare Pro is coming – Habitare to strengthen and broaden content targeted at professionals 31 January 2023
• Habitare’s new themed exhibition, designed by Studio Plenty, to highlight the joy of doing things together and to offer surprises and uplifting experiences 26 January 2023
• Anders Byriel to be the Habitare International Friend 2023 8 December 2022
• The Habitare 2023 exhibition design makes a statement against society’s demands for efficiency 17 November 2022
• Young designers showcased at Habitare again in 2023 – the call for Protoshop and Talentshop exhibitions now open 7 November 2022
• Next autumn’s Habitare to focus on strengthening ties between people and doing things together 26 October 2022

Press releases 2022

• Habitare, Finland’s leading furniture, interior decoration and design event, explored new trends in the trade 21 September
• The choices of the International Friend of Habitare, Joseph Grima 8 September
• Habitare to again feature the popular Habitarematerials 1 September
• Emerging interior design trends feature roughness, imperfection and cosiness 30 August
• Here are the rising stars of design 18 August
• The winner of the Habitare Design Competition will be announced at the event in September 16 August
• Finnish and Japanese design to be featured at Habitare pop-up stands 8 June
• Habitare programme focuses on the future of design and interior decoration 17 May
• Habitare to collaborate with the new international Design Helsinki event 5 May
• Habi Kids to offer a sea adventure with the Moomins 29 April
• Habitare will be organised in September 2022 – the event invites to a dialogue on living and life 4 February

Press releases 2021

• Habitare rescheduled to September 2022, 12 August
• Habitare Design Competition finalists announced, 10 August
• Tokyo Saikai and Vaarnii to be fetured at pop-up stands at Habitare, 21 June
• Habitare programme to consider sustainability, reponsibility and new ways of living 15 June
• Shortlisted 2021 Protoshop designs demonstrate insightful new solutions, 9 June
• Kaj Franck Design Prize 2021: Johanna Gullichsen 12 May
• The International Friend of Habitare in 2021, Joseph Grima:
  We must rethink the way we are constructing the world around us, 5 May
• Habi Kids to offer sea adventure with the Moomins February 16

Press releases 2020

• In autumin 2021, homes and lives will be reimagined at Habitare October 7
• Habitare postponed until September 2021 August 24
• A forestaste of Habitare: international Wild at Heart exhibition opens in Helsinki June17
• Habitare postponed until November 2020 June 17
• New designs brought to you by these hands – check out more than a dozen interesting prototypes and the designers behind them June 10
• Creativity, originality and making things by hand feature centrally in Habitare’s programme June 1
• The International Friend of Habitare in 2020, Joseph Grima: the real privilege is to stay put April 23
• Finland’s first Habitare was held exactly 50 years ago – trends in design, interior decoration and living have since been presented at Messukeskus in September every year April 17
• Design today is original and uncompromising – look out for these four emerging designers March 19
• Adventurous Moomins to appear at Habi Kids in September 2020 February 20
• Habitare celebrates anniversary and showcases the past and present of design at Messukeskus January 29
• Habitare 2020 to explore the art of living November 6
• Joseph Grima to be the International Friend of Habitare in 2020 October 4
• Habitare to collaborate with the international Wild at Heart exhibition September 26

Press releases 2019

• The choices of the International Friend of Habitare September 11
• Erik Lindahl and the duo Kadri Kallaste and Pinja Koskelin are the shared winners of the Habitare Design Competition 2019 September 11
• Designer Tapio Anttila’s Kaj Franck Design Prize exhibition at Habitare September 10
• Habitare expands into augmented reality – the first virtual home design collection to be on display at Messukeskus September 5
• Autumn interior decoration trends feature leisureliness, a restful atmosphere and round shapes August 27
• Habitare Collection celebrates its tenth anniversary – concepts selected for exhibition by the jury highlight the importance of the senses August 19
• At Habi Kids, visitors can can explore Helsinki in the form of a game August 16
• Habitare Design Competition finalist designs chosen August 8
• Protoshop designs highlight versatility and user engagement June 25
• Habitare Pro programme published June 5
• Habitare programme published May 15
• Habitare launches a new experiential concept – surface and building materials finally to be made available to all May 10
• New Habitare exhibition: Luther and Isokon – pioneers of plywood and architecture May 8
• Alberto Alessi, the International Friend of Habitare 2019: Finnish and Italian design are complete opposites, and therefore well matched April 17
• Vuoden Huiput exhibition at Habitare April 12
• Habitare to take Finnish design to international markets April 4
• The four most exciting names in Finnish design right now March 6
• Messukeskus 100 poster competition 5 Feb
• Habi Kids to celebrate children’s urban culture in 2019
• Habitare Pro to highlight the senses, new technologies, and the need for privacy 8 Nov
• Habitare 2019 to explore the spaces of the mind 1 Nov
• Alberto Alessi to be the International Friend of Habitare in 2019 8 Oct

Press releases 2018

• Habitare – a top event in Finnish Design 24 Sept
• The choices of the International Friend of Habitare 12 Sept
• MEDIA KIT Habitare 2018
• Ariane Relander and the duo Janne Pärssinen and Tony Yau are the shared winners of the Habitare Design Competition 12 Sept
• Works by Anna Ruohonen, the receiver of the Kaj Franck Design Prize of 2017, on show at Habitare 11 Sept
• A pet nest, luminous wall panels, and a mobile device cabinet equipped with a fire blanket: Habitare to showcase startup companies in a special area 24 August
• Habitare Pro to feature top professionals in contract furnishing 16 August
• 11 new interior decoration solutions and product ideas at Habitare 2 August
• A modern day playground. Habi Kids to provide room for imagination 6 June
• Habitare programme published – keynote speakers to include Cara McCarty, Noel Kingsbury and Satu Maaranen 30 May
• Four designs make it to the final of the Habitare Design Competition 15 May
• INVITATION: Habitare @ New York WantedDesign 11 May
• Cara McCarty, the International Friend of Habitare: Finnish design: by the people for the people 27 Apr
• The four most exciting Finnish Designers right now 10 Apr
• Habitare 2018 to respect roots and identity 30 Nov
• Habitare Pro to explore authenticity and cultural heritage 27 Nov
• INVITATION: Habitare x TRE Christmas Market Seoul 20 Nov
• Habitare’s Protoshop celebrates its 10th birthday 15 Nov
• Cara McCarty to be the International Friend in Habitare 2018 30 Oct
• Habitare’s professional event is Habitare Pro 18 Oct

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