Helsinki will be the World Design Capital of the year 2012. The designation was announced by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) at the Icsid World Design Congress 2009 in Singapore on 25 November. The title of Helsinki’s bid for the designation was Open Helsinki – Embedding Design in Life. The concept expressed by the title will form the basis of Helsinki’s programme for the design year 2012. More...
Finland is the world’s most prosperous nation, says London-based thinktank Legatum, which analyses countries according to material wealth and quality of life. More...
