Friday, January 29, 2010

Finnish Design lamps from Eero Aarnio

Eero Aarnio is one of the most celebrated furniture designers of the twentieth century. Credited with an array of distinct and visually striking designs, Aarnio has helped establish Finland in the international design market.

During his career that has lasted five decades, Aarnio has created a variety of notable pieces including the BALL CHAIR, PASTILLI, the BUBBLE CHAIR, PONY, and PARABEL TABLE. The DOUBLE BUBBLE and SWAN lamps are Aarnio’s most recent designs. Eero Aarnio´s Dubble Bubble can be found under the lamps category, but really it is a rather light sculpture or a decoration element. Double bubble pleases with it´s funny shape. It was Initially created from blown glass but the lamp was ultimately cast in plastic to ensure durability and uniform color of light. The Double Bubble lamp is now available to order from Artic Desig, click here for more information.

Swan is a table lamp that's both functional enough for the office and decorative enough for the living room. Swan is clearly related to the Double Bubble lamp. It has the same kind of plastic body that scatters light beautifully. It is also lighted with an energy saving compact fluorescent bulb. Swans are available in three colours – white, black and yellow. You can order also the Swan lamp from Artic Design, for more information click here.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Finnish Design wins in iF product design awards in Germany

Pentagon Design based in Helsinki, Finland has received to prizes in the iF product design awards in Germany. One of the winning designs in the Product Design Award- category was the Rotisser cooking range that Pentagon Design has designed for Hackman. You can read more about the awards from here.

The Hackman Rotisser range is available in Artic Design, order it easily online. Click here for more information.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

How to survive a finnish winter?

Have you ever wondered how the finns manage to surve the dark, long, cold and snowy winters? We are here to tell it how we do it in Artic Design way!

1. Go out. Go skiing, go skating and enjoy the snow. Remember to dress well!

2. Stay inside. Read books, surf the net or watch movies.

3. Stay warm. Curl up in our 100% wool blankets from Lapuan Kankurit.

4. Use a lot of candlelight - it adds a warm atmosphere to any room. Our selection this year includes the Kivi and Lantern candleholders from Iittala.

5. Drink hot chocolate - use our Hotcool glasses from Iittala or the WARM cups from Tonfisk Design and you do not burn your fingers with the hot drink!

Thursday, January 21, 2010

New Scandinavian Design Products in Artic Design

Our collection is growing and now you will find from Artic Design the beautiful products from finnish Woodnotes, Scandinavian design lamps from Bsweden and modern furniture from swedish de Nord. Check more from our shop, click here.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Adorable gifts for Valentine´s day


Even there is still time, we would like to present these adorable gifts ideas for the Valentine´s day.

The Love Moomin products are always a great gift for Moomin fans, you will find them from here. Finnish Kalevala Jewelry offers many beautiful and high quality jewls, for example the Lucky Heart collection designed by famous Marimekko designer Marja Suna. Lovebirds cup and tray from Swedish Isak are designed by Swedish graphic designer and illustrator Sandra Isaksson. The Bird is a symbol of Freedom and Hope and when you combine that with Love, you surely have the perfect match.

All these and more gift ideas available at Artic Design .

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Finnish Design from Woodnotes



Woodnotes is a Finnish design company founded in 1987 by textile designer Ritva Puotila and her son Mikko Puotila. Their products are recognised around the globe for their elegant design and superior quality. The K chair by Harri Koskinen has quickly become a well known Finnish design modern classic. The original concept behind Woodnotes products was to combine artistic creativity inspired by Finland’s rugged nature with advanced technologies to shape of Finnish raw materials: wood and paper. Woodnotes is the first company in the world to use paper yarn in a contemporary way in functional textiles.

Click here to get more information about the Woodnotes products and to order them.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Scandinavian Design Lamps from Bsweden

Bsweden is a Swedish design company. They manufacture lamps in a modern Nordic style which can be recognised by their strict and elegant details and functional qualities. Their lamps have been exhibited all around the world and have won multiple top design awards. Now you can find a selection of their lamps also from Artic Design, see more from here.




Tuesday, January 5, 2010

FINNISH DESIGN JANUARY SALES


The Janyary sales have started! We would like to wish to all our clients a happy new year. You can find special offers up to 50% while stocks last on Scandinavian design home décor in our January Sales. See more from here.