Finalist in the ”Come to Satakunta” poster contest, 2016! 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 […]
This poster is a true rarity. It is a poster for the Finnish shipping company Helsingfors Ångfartygs Aktiebolags and their route to Germany. The original dates back to around 1890 and as far as we know there is only one copy saved to the afterworld. And we have that very one! This should by the […]
We believe this little fellow is the most travelled boy in the world. In the shop we already have a winter version of the same poster, but here he is about to conquer the world with his umbrella (better safe than sorry, aye?). And of course he chooses to travel by train, the best way […]
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 […]
The artist presents her poster: My father was originally from the Kainuu region and as a child I spent a large part of my vacations there, swimming and snowboarding and hanging out with my cousins. I’ve also done two bike trips in the area and thoroughly enjoyed cycling up and down the steep hills that […]
In the 1930s Finland started to realize what the tourists really wanted. They wanted something truly exotic: They wanted peace and nature. One of the people who actively contributed to spreading the message about Finland being a nature paradise was the Swedish graphic designer and artist Ingrid Högström-Bade (1908–1989). This poster were originally commissioned by […]
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 […]
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. […]
Finalist in the MyFinlandPoster contest 2018! 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, […]
Finalist in the MyFinlandPoster contest 2018! In the words of the artist: Since I’m from Lapland myself I just had to take part in the contest. I tried to capture the joy of skating from my childhood: the skating field with big lights hanging above and a blanket of snow all around me. The illustration […]
Oh, the glamor! This is exactly what Finland and Hanko (Hangö in Swedish) is all about – every day! Unfortunately the artist remains unknown. We only know it was created by the advertising agency Ilmo (no longer in business). But the poster deserves r-e-s-p-e-c-t! It communicates such a trendy image of Hanko that the French […]
In the words of the artist: My poster was made digitally and captures a group of reindeers who curiously observes a tent and it’s residents, who is unaware of the audience outside. I changed the usual perspective, so now you can see the Finnish nature from the animals point of view. They are probably as […]
The poster was commissioned by the Finnish State Railways. Artist Osmo K. Oksanen asked his daughter to pose in front of the family house drive way. There she was given Ms Oksanen’s make-up bag to hold and suddenly a little boy with a suitcase was created. Note the labels on the suitcase: Inari, Kuopio, Ivalo […]
