Heikki Ahtiala’s funny fellow will always have a special place in our heart. While researching for the book we found the English version of this poster (”To Finland with me”) in Washington and we where taken by it straight away. A year later a French collector who had this version in French contacted us. Needless […]
Heikki Ahtiala’s funny fellow will always have a special place in our heart. While researching for the book we found the English version of this poster (”To Finland with me”) in Washington and we where taken by it straight away. A year later a French collector who had this version contacted us. Needless to say […]
Finnish travel poster of the year in 2017! Surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from the past? Absolutely not. We live in a completely visual world where the picture is stronger than ever. That’s why the following question hit us: How would contemporary artists depict Finland of today? We could not let that […]
Finnish travel poster of the year 2018! In the words of the artist: I created my Finland travel poster as an assignment for a class and wanted to recreate the feelings of majesty and awe that I found in the rich colors of the wintry landcape and northern lights. Surely travel posters can’t simply remain […]
This poster was created for the Olympic games that were supposed to be held in 1940 (due to the war the games were postponed until 1952). This is the Swedish language version of the poster. Jorma Suhonen is one of Finland’s greatest poster masters and a legend in the Finnish advertisement industry. He was one […]
This poster was created for the Olympic games that were supposed to be held in 1940 (due to the war the games were postponed until 1952). Jorma Suhonen is one of Finland’s greatest poster masters and a legend in the Finnish advertising industry. He was one of the men behind the influential ad agency SEK. […]
Surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from the past? Absolutely not. We live in a completely visual world where the picture is stronger than ever. That’s why the following question hit us: How would contemporary artists depict Finland of today? We could not let that thought go, so since 2016 we continuously arrange […]
Finalist in the MyFinlandPoster contest 2018! The artist presents her art work: Through my Lapland-themed poster I wanted to illustrate how the rough beauty of Lapland catches you and you can feel strong and free. Mystical northern lights, moonlight shimmering on a snowbed and the ecstasy of a reindeer ride take you to a fairytale-like world. I […]
Participant in the MyFinlandPoster contest in 2017! In the words of the artist: In the Netherlands I wasn’t taught a lot about Finland. However, being married to an Estonian with Finnish roots, I have learned a lot more about Finland in the last couple of years. And one of the things is that Santa Claus […]
