Category: Design
10 flea market tips you didn’t know about and how they taught me business
Haggling

A show of hands. Who loves treasure hunts? Who loves good deals? Most people know about the obvious flea market rules such as bring cash, come early and do your research. These are things that will raise the odds of you finding something, but they’re not guarantees. The game has changed over the past ten years and thrifting is now

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The Min Morgon sessions
min morgon

During the first half of 2011, I will be presenting the decades 1950-2010 and its design on the Finnish morning show Min Morgon. I love these sessions and I hope people will get something out of it. The images and videos embedded here are of course the property of Cityportal and YLE but I hope that they understand the reason

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So what’s the next Big Thing?
Next big thing

I have been a scavenger all of my life, finding joy in picking up stuff from the street, dumpsters and flea markets. I started out as an all-eater but have since refined my taste to a bare minimum. Even though I can afford it, I have never had an urge to populate my home with new soulless things, much to

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What are the objects of your life?
Timeline

If you were to select five objects that have affected you in some way during your lifetime, what would they be? It could be a toy, car, household item, love letter or any object that has left a dent in your existence. 1. For me it would be my action figures acquired at age 8-12 which both got me in

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The Great Treasure Hunt
Thrifting

I’ve been hunting for finds for as long as I can remember, the only thing that has changed is my taste. Here I display all of my thrifting finds from now on. Here are some of my other finds from back in the days. And here is Designaddict’s take on the matter. I’m using the Thinglink tagging tool to give a

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