Under Finnish influence: how to create a creative and inspiring workspace?
Monday 21 January —
11:00
- 11:45
The Talks
Description
In today´s creative industry the employees are the biggest asset of a firm.
A creative office is a place for both work and leisure. It is a place where the employees can choose the way they want to work that particular day or hour. Finnish inspiration with Joanna Lajisto.
Nos partenaires : MINI
Participants
Joanna LaajistoDesigner, Interior Architect & Founder - Joanna Lajisto Studio
Anne-France BerthelonJournalist
Joanna Laajisto
Designer, Interior Architect & Founder - Joanna Lajisto Studio
Functionality, quality and aesthetics. These are the main principles of Studio Joanna Laajisto's designs. Be it interiors, products or services, the agency's philosophy is to create beautiful, long lasting and meaningful design that drives from sustainable values and understanding of human behavior. Studio Joanna Laajisto is a Helsinki based boutique design agency, founded in 2010. We work in the fields of commercial interiors such as hospitality, retail and workplace design as well as product and concept design. Joanna Laajisto, the founder of the Studio, is an interior architect and designer who has studied and made her career in the West Coast of United States. Prior to moving back to her native country Finland, she worked in Los Angeles at an international architect firm Gensler, designing large scale commercial projects. In addition to her BA degree in interior architecture, she is also a LEED accredited designer, making her an expert in environmental and energy efficient design. In 2018 Joanna Laajisto was designated Interior Architect of the year by The Finnish Association of Interior Architects In addition to designing custom furniture and fixtures for her interior projects, she also designs products and furniture the consumer market. A stackable System storage containers for the Finnish furniture manufacturer Lundia, the Edit wall and pendant lamps and Airisto side table/ stool and bench for Finnish furniture company Made by Choice which were launched during the Stockholm Design Week February 2018. Many new product launches are planned for the year 2019. At Studio Joanna Laajisto we believe that a well designed project is the best form of sustainability and that outstanding results are created together with clients who share our passion for quality and beauty. Our design process is based on thorough understanding of our client's needs and the purpose of the interior – our designs are always crafted from the end-user's point of view. Our work has been published widely in both national & international media with clients ranging from the local Nordic region to across Europe.
Anne-France Berthelon
Journalist
Free-lance by addiction to out-of-the-box thinking, nomadic by passion and profession, Anne-France Berthelon is a journalist, critic, design curator and creative consultant in communication strategy. A fan of the zigzags of life, this former language student/stylist/editor/trend analyst likes above all to observe the ecosystem of design, architecture, art, fashion and communication at 360° in order to decipher the smallest micro movements. Her greatest luxuries? Curiosity, and the encounters and conversations that ensue, as well as the time, absolutely incompressible, of immersions in places and ideas.