With its radical buildings by Eliel Saarinen and Alvar Aalto, the Finnish capital is one of Europe’s most fascinating, if ...

From polar night to midnight sun, the country’s deep connection with light and dark has inspired a century of pioneering lamp designs. A new generation is switching it up ...

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The main railway station is also designed in splendid Art Nouveau style. And of course, there's Alvar Aalto (1898-1976), Finland's best-known architect. It was around the middle of the 20th ...

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L: The Finlandia sign being installed during the pavilion’s construction in 1956. Photo Isa Andrenius, Courtesy of The National Archives of Finland. R: Daniele Canato from Vita Restauri painting ...

By Tom Delavan With its radical buildings by Eliel Saarinen and Alvar Aalto, the Finnish capital is one of Europe’s most fascinating, if lesser-sung, design capitals. By Michael Snyder The ...

When I lived as a student outside Florence, Italy, I was always on the lookout for great lunches that I could afford. We were fed dinner through my program (always pasta, always red sauce), but at ...

and stools by Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto, famed for his bent wood furniture. When Lisa Miller left a career designing children’s clothes in New York City for Westchester, she took the ...