Helsinki designs good life

Helsinki is known for good design and longstanding traditions in design. Design is a method for Helsinki to build a functional and equal city. Design is a tool to understand the needs of citizens and to solve meaningful challenges.

This is how Helsinki designs

Playgrounds

Playgrounds are one of the main services of families with children in Helsinki, bringing families and children together. The playground design project addressed the appeal, accessibility and communications of the playground services.

Helsingin digitaaliset palvelut. Kuva: Jussi Hellsten

Digital design

Helsinki strives to be the city that makes the best use of digitalisation in the world. Design lies at the heart of digital services development and the implementation of the City of Helsinki digitalisation programme. With more than 1,000 digital channels, the City tackles a major design task.

Keskustakirjasto Oodin julkisivu talvella

Helsinki Central Library Oodi

Oodi is the biggest design project of Helsinki. Here successful service design is combined with contemporary Finnish architecture.

World Design Capital Helsinki 10 years

2022 marks the tenth anniversary since Helsinki was the World Design Capital together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen and Lahti. Over the course of this ten-year journey, design has earned a permanent place as one of Helsinki’s core functions.

Helsinki’s journey to become City of Design

Helsinki has established traditions in designing good everyday life. Over the course of a ten-year design journey, design has earned a permanent place in the city’s core functions.

Read more about Helsinki’s design journey

Events

01.09.2022

Helsinki Design Week

The annual Helsinki Design Week is the largest design festival in the Nordic countries. The 2022 festival takes place 1-11 September 2022.

Helsinki designs good life

Helsinki designs good life

This is how Helsinki designs

Playgrounds

Digital design

Helsinki Central Library Oodi

World Design Capital Helsinki 10 years

Helsinki’s journey to become City of Design

Events

Helsinki Design Week

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