With a bit of extra time on my hands I’ve roamed through my vast collection of design objects and started selling some of it. I’m currently using Huuto.net but I’ll probably move onto Etsy in the following months. If there’s anything specific you’re looking for, drop me a note and I’ll see what I can do. There’s not only Finnish
Over the years I’ve become picky about what I buy when thrifting. It’s used to be that I picked up most things and just stored them or sold them for a small profit. These days I only buy things that I really want and find interesting, or things I can flip for five times the price or more. This means
The Finnish designer Ilmari Tapiovaara is famous for his well made chairs and boy did he like posing with them. The other day I came across yet another one in the digital archives of our national newspaper and this is the third one I’ve found. Do you know of any others? If so, please comment below.  
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
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
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
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
I’ve gone on treasure hunts for as long as I can remember, and I’ve decided to start revealing what I’ve found. Here are some of my other finds from back in the days. And here is Designaddict’s take on the matter. I’m using Thinglink’s tagging tool to give you a better overview of the objects and their histories. Try moving the
PALASET I first started collecting Palaset (Bits/Pieces) when I saw that Antti and Vuokko Nurmesniemi had built a system of shelves with them. They must at least had one hundred of them. The man behind the boxes is Ristomatti Ratia. He is the son of Armi Ratia, the founder of Marimekko. A plastic producing company in Finland, Treston Oy, struck a
