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.

10th anniversary of World Design Capital Helsinki

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

New Museum for Architecture and Design

A new museum of architecture and design is coming to Helsinki. It will offer a setting for Finnish design and architecture and international dialogue.

Events

01.02.2023

Architecture and Design Days 2023

The Architecture and Design Days will take place on 1–5 February 2023. The festival highlights the significance of architecture and design in our daily lives.

08.09.2023

Helsinki Design Week

The annual Helsinki Design Week is the largest design festival in the Nordic countries. The 2023 festival takes place 8-17 September 2023.

Helsinki designs good life

Helsinki designs good life

This is how Helsinki designs

Playgrounds

Digital design

Helsinki Central Library Oodi

10th anniversary of World Design Capital Helsinki

New Museum for Architecture and Design

Events

Architecture and Design Days 2023

Helsinki Design Week

What's on

Jätkäsaari’s L3 warehouse to hold restaurants, exhibitions, business premises

‘Saaret’ wins international competition to develop Makasiiniranta shoreline

The winner of the Makasiiniranta competition will be announced next week – watch the event live online

Advisory Group Appointed for the New Museum of Architecture & Design

City centre to have new pedestrianised areas next summer

More benches for the elderly – OmaStadi proposal from idea to implementation