Finnish design and student works on display in ARTEK Tokyo
CONTEMPORARY COLLECTED is an exhibition concept by Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture Katrin Greiling, initiated in 2012. Originally focusing on design and every-day objects from Sweden, the fourth edition is now for the first time solely displaying Finnish design.
The collection brings together familiar Finnish everyday objects with works by students from Aalto University’s School of Arts, Design and Architecture, alongside pieces by emerging and established designers, crafters and photographers based in Finland. Rather than organizing the material according to chronology, authorship or status, the exhibition adopts a deliberately non-hierarchical approach, grouping objects by color. This creates unexpected juxtapositions between different periods, contexts and modes of production, allowing relationships and affinities to emerge across conventional categories. By placing the ordinary alongside the authored, the familiar alongside the unfamiliar, the exhibition invites visitors to reconsider how objects acquire meaning, value and cultural significance.
Contemporary Collected at ARTEK TOKYO, from 30 October to 17 November 2026
Address:
5-9-20 Jingumae
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
The exhibition is curated by Katrin Greiling, Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture.
Project assistant: Jaein Lee, MA Student of Interior Architecture
The exhibition includes works by:
Students from the Department of Architecture:
Klara Sjelvgren
Annika Tuovinen
Waltter Mahlberg
Eveliina Saarentaus
Henna Haarala
Eedla Serkela
Ellen Romi
Ossi Kilkki
SISTA
Students from the Department of Design:
Alois Auer
Elisa Roinisto
Helmi Mäntysaari
Petra Hanski
Shan Shan Lim
Enni Gröhn
Emerging and established designers:
Reeta Laine
Carlo Raymann
Aalto + Aalto
Studio Tolvanen
Studio Kukkapurro
Päivi Helander
Akiko Mori
Saara Renvall
Riikka Peltola
Company
Maija Annikki Savolainen
Hanna Anonen
Julia Lohman
Toshiyuki Iwai
Companies:
Verso Design
Vaarnii
Lahtiset
Lapuan Kankurit
Cover Story Paint
The exhibition is supported by:
Aalto University, Antalis Oy · Terreus, Artek Tokyo, Asko Foundation, Cover Story Paint, and The Finnish Institute in Japan
Parts of the exhibition display were produced by MA Interior Architecture students in Helsinki.
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