(P)review
Studio EMMI has designed a new publication for The Finnish Institute in London, (P)review 10/11. The publication is a follow-up to the first, award-winning (P)review 08/09. Similarly to the previous publication, (P)review 10/11 is a look at the Institute's programmes, themes and activities over both the past and the coming year.
We have also updated the look of the Institute's website, which you can see here www.finnish-institute.org.uk.
Shopikon
We have designed the logo for Shopikon, an online and App based guide with a focus on the best locally owned stores in a given city, first launching with New York, Vienna, Barcelona and London. Shopikon covers stores that combine great products, an inspired selection and a unique personal vibe into an experience of shopping as it should be in an ideal world. The primary criteria for selection are an exceptional assortment of products, quality, and unique personality. They cover everything from bookstores, to boutiques, to butchers, furniture, flowers and farmer’s markets. After scouring the streets to find them, the shops are reviewed, photographed, and written-up by Shopikon editors so you can find the store that’s right for you.
www.shopikon.com
(Image from the graphic presentation, work in progress)
Sneak peak images by Shopikon – Launching Soon!
Artek Product Catalogue 2011
Studio EMMI provides a wide range of design services on an on-going basis for Artek, one of the most recents projects being the design of the entire Artek product catalogue. The graphics explain and celebrate the products’ beauty and functionality alongside the more rigid technical specifications and product information.
Artek was founded in 1935 by four young idealists: Alvar and Aino Aalto, Maire Gullichsen and Nils-Gustav Hahl. Advocating a new kind of environment for everyday life, they believed in a grand synthesis of the arts and wanted to make a difference in town planning as well as architecture and design. Today, while still deeply rooted in these values, Artek has entered a new era, combining the radical ideology of the founders with a modern and dynamic approach to product development.
Artek Stores
Studio EMMI has designed the in-store posters of Artek Products from Aalto Spaces, including Viipuri Library, Russia, Poetry Room at Harvard University, USA and Paimio Sanatorium, Finland. The images below show the posters in the Helsinki Flagship store on Eteläesplanadi, Finland. More info and products here.
Photos by Jere Salonen
Robert Horne Shout Awards – Overall Winner
Studio EMMI has been awarded the top prize in Robert Horne Shout Awards. Awarding Studio EMMI the prize of overall winning piece of work for the Studio Brochure #2, the Shout judging panel commented:
Studio Brochure #2 encapsulates the very best of everything that Shout stands for. Great design, meticulously planned, well executed production and of course good use of materials. In this piece all the elements work exceptionally well together. The coloured materials utilising limited printed colour and the innovative interleaved cover wrap are effortlessly entwined in this great piece of design-focussed communication.
This year's winners to be featured shortly here.
Studio Brochure #2 available to buy here
Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts Annual Review
For fourth year running, Studio EMMI has designed the Annual Review for The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts. Children & the Arts is an educational charity committed to helping children experience the arts in a high quality and sustained way. They provide access for young people who would otherwise grow up having had no or very limited opportunity to engage with the arts. Children who take part are drawn from both urban and rural areas of deprivation and come from a variety of backgrounds. Many have behavioural and learning difficulties.
If you’d like to support their projects in 2011 and are on a lookout for some fun and unique Christmas cards, then look no further. Children and the Arts are selling Season’s Greetings cards with fantastic designs – all of which have been selected from drawings, paintings and collages sent in by children involved in Children & the Arts projects and put together by Studio EMMI, as part of our Common Good scheme. You can order cards online here.
Helsinki–London Design Camp Identity
Studio EMMI has designed the identity for Helsinki – London Design Camp, a programme by the Finnish Institute in London promoting Finnish design leading up to 2012, when Helsinki is the World Design Capital. Find out more information about the commissions and other interesting design related happenings here, inlcuding HelYes!, a pop-up restaurant and exhibition in
East London.
Contemporary Art Archipelago – Identity Design
Studio EMMI has designed the identity for Contemporary Art Archipelago, an international art exhibition in the Turku archipelago, Finland. It will open during the summer 2011, as part of Turku European Capital of Culture 2011 programme. Read more here.
Archipelago photos by Janne Gröning
Artek at the Milan Furniture Fair 2010 – Invite & Press Pack Design
Studio EMMI has been working closely with Artek this Spring, creating an invite and a press pack for the MIlan Furniture Fair amongst other print designs. Read more here.
Artek in Milan Invite Design
Press Pack Card – Artek&Missoni DRESS THE CHAIR!
Press Pack Card and Apartemento Ad – Seria1 design by Enzo Mari
Milan Furniture Fair photos by Sabine Schweigert
Artek product photos by Jouko Lehtola
www.artek.fi
Annual Review Design
Third year running, Studio EMMI has designed the Annual Review for the Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts. See more layouts and previous years' designs here.
Fedrigoni Showroom Awards
Studio EMMI is the winner of Fedrigoni London Showroom Awards 2009.
The winning design, Take Note badge series, was credited for its creative
use of Fedrigoni Woodstock papers.
The illustration collective Peepshow has a new revamped shop up and running at Peepshop. Look out for their new range of greeting cards and the exciting range of laser cut decorations. Peepshop also stocks products by Studio EMMI as seen below.
Book Design
Studio EMMI has designed the book Remake It: Home by Henrietta Thompson & Neal Whittington, published by Thames & Hudson. This is the indispensable, inspirational and practical guide to being resourceful by design in your home.
Great present, available to buy via Amazon for £10!
More spreads here.
Ideas That Matter Awards
Studio EMMI is a recipient of the 2009 Ideas that Matter awards. Sappi's Ideas that Matter programme awards grants worth US$1 million each year to graphic designers globally, enabling them to promote their chosen social, environmental or humanitarian causes.
We believe that the creative ideas of designers can have an impact far beyond the design world. Ideas can mobilise the world for the better. We used our grant for design and print of the Catalyst Inspiring Arts Ideas for Teachers campaign by Children & the Arts. Read more here.
Illustrations by Lucy Vigrass.
Logo design
Studio EMMI has designed the logo for the Office of the Quartet Representative Tony Blair, in collaboration with Lucienne Roberts+. Tony Blair, the ex-British Prime Minister, is the current representative for the Quartet – the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations – a group involved in mediating the peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read more here.
Thinking: Objects – Contemporary Approaches to Product Design by Tim Parsons, published by AVA Publishing. More here
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The London based Finnish Institute's mission is to identify issues emerging
in contemporary society and to facilitate social change. More here
Exhibition design for William Blake's Exhibition 1809. More here
11.02.11
Common Interest: Documents
is out!
Available to buy from selected bookshops across the UK, Amazon and Studio EMMI shop.
16.09.10
Common Interest: Documents, a book by Studio EMMI, written by Emmi Salonen and published by Index Book, will be out in November. Watch out for a newsletter dedicated to the book nearer the time. Available to pre-order here.
13.10.10
Selected A: Graphic & New Media Design from Europe
by Index Books. Selected is not an award, but rather, as its name suggests, it is a "selection" of the best European design projects completed within year 2009 by graphic studios, designers and students from across Europe, including Studio EMMI. The projects are chosen by a team of renowned professionals from various fields in the visual communication and graphic design industries. Order the book here.
24.08.10
Los Logos: Compass, a reference book by Robert Klanten on contemporary logo design, featuring Studio EMMI's work. The book offers a definitive overview of current developments and advancements in logo design the creative discipline that shapes the identities of brands, companies, and individuals. Order the book here.
20.07.10
Great British Identity showcases a selection of the most outstanding corporate identity design projects carried out in the UK, together with their secrets and the personality behind each practise, including Studio EMMI. Order the book here.
29.06.09
An eye-catching and visually effective graphic does not necessarily have to be a big, bold design statement, as demonstrated by Mini Graphics: Maximum Impact in a Mini Format, a stunning presentation of quirky, innovative graphics in a mini format. Presenting examples of work created by leading studios, including Studio EMMI. Out now and available to buy via Amazon.
22.04.10
Disseny Hub Barcelona (DHUB) is a merger between a museum, a centre and a laboratory directed at promoting an understanding and proper use of the design world. DHUB CELEBRATE exhibition opens from 22 to 25 April 2010, curated by Ariadna Serrahima and Stephen Barrett. It features 35 design professionals around the world, including Studio EMMI. Read more here.
09.04.10
The submission period is now closed for Common Interest: Documents, a book collated and design by Studio EMMi, published by Index. You can read the list of the approved entries here. The book will be available to buy later on in the year.
16.03.10
1000 Ideas by 100 Graphic Designers, a new book by Matteo Cossu showcases work and gives practical design advice by Studio EMMI amongst others. Get your copy now!
12.03.10
Read Emmi Salonen's review of 'Bauhaus Women' on the current Grafik magazine. You can also see it here.
24.02.10
Studio EMMI products now available at the new Counter-Objects online design shop.
22.01.10
An independent publisher and gallery shop The Little Dröm Store has recently opened in Singapore. Stocking all things inspiring, they also sell the Studio Brochure #2, a showcase of Studio EMMI's work. Go and check them out if you're in Singapore!
16.12.09
The Aram Gallery, London, is currently showcasing the book Thinking: Objects, Contemporary Approaches to Product Design by Tim Parsons and a selection of products featured in it. The book is designed by Studio EMMI, published by AVA Academia.
03.12.09
Studio EMMI is designing and authoring a book Common Interest: Documents by Index Books. Download the CALL FOR ENTRIES here.
02.12.09
The illustration collective Peepshow has a new revamped shop up and running at Peepshop. Look out for their new range of greeting cards and the exciting range of laser cut decorations. Peepshop also stocks products by Studio EMMI as seen below.
01.12.09
This year, as part of our 'Common Good' scheme, we have designed The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts Seasons Greetings Cards. All of the unique images have been selected from drawings, paintings and collages created by children involved in Children & the Arts' projects. Click here to read more and buy your set.
20.11.09
Studio EMMI has won the Fedrigoni Showroom Awards 2009, with Take Note badge series on Woodstock paper. More to come soon!
3.11.09
The brilliant Adrian Shaughnessy has a new book out, 'Graphic Design: A User's Manual'. Published by Laurence King, the book offers students, novice designers and battle-toughened professionals alike an insiders guide to the complexities of current graphic design practice and thinking. Includes a showcase
of EMMI's Studio Brochure #2. The book and EMMI's Studio Brochure #2 were both featured in October issue
of Creative Review.
16.10.09
Made&Sold by FL@33 presents the most exciting self-initiated projects created by a new generation of graphic designers, illustrators and artists.
See some of Studio EMMI's badges, mugs and tapes throughout the book.
28.9.09
The Graphic Eye: Photographs by International Graphic Designers includes every type of photographic image, from macro details and funny moments, to found type, street scenes, rare objects, and monumental vistas. Stefan Bucher from 344 Design is the author and designer of this brilliant book that includes pictures from Emmi's travels.
23.9.09
Grafik has published a collection of the Letterform pieces, including Emmi's 'Simple Forward Slash'. Get your copy of Letterform Collected with October Issue of Grafik magazine.
16.9.09
See EMMI Studio Brochure
#2 in the American Print magazine's October issue, featuring the winners of
the Creativity + Commerce competition.
24.7.09
Studio EMMI is one of the Sappi Ideas That Matter winners. The programme awards grants to graphic designers globally, enabling them to promote their chosen social, environmental or humanitarian causes. EMMI will create a 'Catalyst Inspiring Arts Ideas for Teachers' campaign for The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts. The campaign will be illustrated by Lucy Vigrass. Read more at: www.sappi.com
23.7.09
Visual Language for Designers – a new book by Rockport showcases Studio EMMI's projects. Get your copy at: www.amazon.co.uk
16.6.09
"Quotation" No.3掲載のEMMIの作品について読む
Read about EMMI's work in the Issue 3 of "Quotation":
www.quotation.jp
3.6.09
William Blake's 1809 exhibition is at Tate Britain from 20 April to 4 October 2009, admission is free. Exhibition design by EMMI.
www.tate.org.uk
