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.  
I’ve never been patriotic and I can’t say that I ever really felt my country to be my own. I grew up with different kinds of people, with various cultural backgrounds, using a different language compared to others around me. Still I always felt that I was accepted. The last couple of years there has been a change, a change
“Images have no value” Those are my words that sparked a heated discussion between my colleagues and I in a LA hotel lobby at 11pm a month ago. I said it to provoke the others to prove me wrong. In a world where digital content is sharable and free for the taking, with minor risk of getting caught, you will
Oh Anna, what a sad puppy I would be without you. A year has past since we married and what a grand year it has been. In my speech to you on our wedding day, I named three things that I value most in you – that you make me believe, that you broaden my horizon and that you make
I and my wife bought our first home together in Helsinki last year in August. I had previously been part of buying two other apartments but it was in my hometown of Vaasa where the situation is quite different from the overheated market of Helsinki. We had planned to move for close to a year and we were prepared with
Some people have been asking us about how we planned our 2009 cross America roadtrip and what to think about when driving from coast to coast, so here´s a few tips from us based on our experience. We got the idea for our roadtrip when planning a vacation to the US. Neither of us had ever been in America so
Most often when we think about public speeches by well known historical figures, we think about inspiring awe inducing masterpieces that make us see things in another light. All good and well there, but it is so much more fun when people step out of line and tell it like it is. My favorites below are of course not only
Me and my wife live on about 43 sqm or 460 sqf so we have to make the most of it. When we moved to Helsinki in the autumn last year we knew we’d have only half of our original living space and so we could only bring less than half of our stuff. The space is a classic 1920′s
I took to writing short reflections on gratitude via Twitter half a year ago. I’m using the hashtag #TodayIamgratefulfor and with them I try to show that it’s not the big things but the small moments that matter. Take a moment each night before you sleep and think about what the day brought you. It can be anything: what made
“You think you’re queer? I’m gonna tell you something – we’re all queer” – Ricky Roma in Glengarry Glen Ross. A quote from one of my favorite films got me thinking. If we were all to come out and tell others about our flaws and share our inner secrets, would we then be able to exist with each other on
