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Grab bag of interesting elements, but doesn’t cohere
If you go to Helsinki’s Design Museum expecting an historical, thematic, or conceptual overview of Finnish design, you won’t find that. At least I didn’t. However, if you go with an open mind ready to experience interesting items unto themselves or as part of a specific…
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Date of experience: September 2019
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Delight for the eyes, a little short on explanation
The first thing that strikes you is simply how beautiful the objects are… then you realise these (most of these at least) are everyday things you may have in your own home. The museum leads you to take a new look at these objects – scissors, mugs, chairs, jugs – and consider the…
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Date of experience: November 2019
Must see in Helsinki!
Very cool museum to visit while visiting Helsinki! Interesting for kids and definitely very fun for adults and older people who maybe remember nokia 3310, whats now in museum!? :)
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Date of experience: November 2019
Compact museum
Design museum is very compact and regular exhibition is an interesting journey of Finnish design. Other floors have changing exhibitions which, at that time, were not very interesting to me. Museum has a nice cafe, though. Worth sitting down to get energy for exhibitions.
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Date of experience: June 2019
Incredibly disappointed
Were we missing something? Expected a celebration of Finnish design - brands, designers and products that design aficionados - and laypeople like us - would love to see. But there was little on display - 3 smallish rooms with an eclectic range, but little depth to it; the…
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Date of experience: September 2019
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