.yatofu on its Concept Exhibition at habitare 2024 Creative workshop Yatofu was welcomed to design and also co-curate the Concept Exhibition for Habitare 2024, a yearly decent held in Helsinki in the course of its own design full week. Annually, Habitare chooses a style to guide the occasion, selecting Layers for this latest program, which occurred between September 11th as well as 15th. Yatofu unpacked the idea of layers through revealing the various dimensions installed within layout and craft accounts– from type as well as shade to components, aesthetics, time periods, as well as processes.
The event looked for to use a new viewpoint on Finnish design, which, as Yatofu co-founder Angel Lindahl informs designboom, is actually ‘going through somewhat of an awakening, as internationalization showed up in Finland a bit later than a few other nations.’ This reimagining of the country’s layout scene comes through by emphasizing the center values that define it, exposing the concealed measurements behind a curated collection of regional creatives and also their works, as well as showcasing the stories, approaches, and also influences responsible for their purpose. designboom consulted with Angela that strolled our team by means of the group’s curatorial strategy, the transformation of Finnish style, and also her take on sustainability. graphic u00a9 Aleksi Tikkala making use of coatings to explore a fresh take on finnish layout Collaborating in the curation of the Habitare exhibit with Pu00e4ivi Helander, the occasion’s imaginative supervisor, the group at Yatofu highlighted designers as well as operates originated in Finnish style values while representing an extensive spectrum of knowledge, therefore testing the restricted interpretations usually associated with Finnish style.
‘Nowadays, we meet plenty of professionals and artists attracted to the values behind Finnish concept yet hail from myriad histories and knowledge. Their analysis of Finnish lifestyle as well as layout market values use a fresh take on the exact same values that have inspired the iconic Greats of the past. Our experts really wanted the Layers Exhibition to supply a platform for these viewpoints, showcasing the jobs of a range of modern designers that identify as Finnish,’ carries on Angela Lindahl.
image u00a9 Aleksi Tikkala Yatofu physically translated the 2024 theme through a tall and huge principal design that highlights and also reveals its own architectural structures rather than hides all of them along with area materials. These structures were stressed in a vivid lime environment-friendly, along with semitransparent materials and intermediaries, permitting visitors to experience a split perspective of the room. Resembling a textile light, the major construct was shed light on from within by means of clear cloth, casting a warm and comfortable glow throughout the event, ‘which offers a sense of remedy for the often messy as well as frustrating fair setting,’ she adds.
photo u00a9 Aleksi Tikkala Component selections were purposefully made to reinforce the concept of exposing levels ‘ by means of the procedure of generating the components on their own,’ Angela details. The event passage, dressed in carbonized timber coming from Hiil, showcased the provider’s special carbonizing procedure, with timber doors ended up in an incline from completely carbonized to highly cleaned, exposing the timber’s initial color. Yatofu’s concept choices likewise concentrated on the afterlife of materials.
The carbonized lumber boards are going to be recycled in future events, the identical vinyl floor covering from Tarkett will certainly be actually recycled, the primary structure woven along with Svensson fabrics will be actually repurposed, the Durat table top are going to be actually 100% reprocessed after make use of, as well as the rustic paving blocks coming from Wienerberger will certainly be actually repurposed, reprocessed, or even marketed after taking down. graphic u00a9 Henri Vogt ‘ Our company wanted to make certain that the exhibiting performers and component sponsors associated with the exhibit reflect the story our experts are actually attempting to say to. That design is certainly not practically plain looks, but somewhat a set of tales and methods woven together to form the final result,’ she tells designboom.
In between reprocessing, repurposing, as well as reusing, Yatofu is actually additionally moving the narrative of maintainable style practices. As Angela discussed to our team, the concern listed here was actually to make use of components along with an immortality, delivering a simple and also straight option to rubbish, carbon dioxide footprint, as well as extra. While she carries out confess that their solution isn’t excellent, the center is actually viewing ‘a growing number of developing companies that center the center of their company on the values of durability.
It is a collaboration for certain.’ graphic u00a9 designboom yatofu illuminates the exhibitors’ stories and goals Following the bodily Habitare show is actually a set of online videos inside the major structure, featuring 4 taking part developers and also musicians, each one reporting their private inspirations as well as worths. ‘It allows website visitors to decrease in the fast-paced atmosphere as well as re-center their attention to the absolute most important part of fine art and also style: the accounts and also goals responsible for the items on display,’ Angela adds. The 1st video documents designer Lennart Engel’s product inspection right into the lifecycle of Finnish sauna stones.
The second brief film highlights exactly how designer/sculptor Eemeli Sahimaa leverages his ancestry and devices passed down through generations to produce Method Of and also What Will I Give up via fed on items of lumber. The third video clip stars Finnish-American professional Paul Flanders, who wished to look into the ability of utilization Curly Birch in its own solid kind, generating the Kudos Collection, a continuous set of woven woodworks in which pieces of carefully chosen sound Curly Birch are matched along with ok. Last but not least, furniture designer Rudi Merz shows a collaboration with his little girl, Laura Merz, making a setup of active timber toy pieces labelled Stage show in Progress.
The blocks are helped make from off-cut lumber (like oak, birch, yew, desire, ash, applewood, plum) remaining from furniture production.image u00a9 Aleksi Tikkala The complete listing of exhibitors at the Habitare 2024 Motif Show by Yatofu is as adheres to: Perform Of/ What Will I Do Without through Eemeli Sahimaa Congratulations Assortment by Paul Flanders Sauna Stone Laboratory by Lennart Engels Untitled/ Bas Relief 01 by Apolline Laforu00eat Pond Glass Dining Table by Pasi Ku00e4rkku00e4inen Timber Pleats Assortment through Didi NG Segment Yin Bamboo Collection by Yrju00f6 Kukkapuro Magic Islands ja Itu00e4meri through Karin Widnu00e4s Play in Progress through Rudi Merz, Laura Merz Track of Light through Paja & Bureau..