We drink a lot of milk in our household. Valio just launched a series of design milk cartons by eight famous designers. The new designs will be in stores in November. My personal favorites are the cat by Klaus Haapaniemi (my children will love this!), …

  This diy cardboard castle was originally built for a work project. It is made from old cardboard packages of different shapes and sizes and then covered with white tissue paper. Now I brought it home for kids to play with – and to test for durability. And maybe we will paint it if we…

Arabia, whose roots and home in Helsinki go back to 1873, drew inspiration from the Finnish capital being named the World Design Capital. The mug collection is based on Kaj Franck’s minimalist, and for its time, radical design of 1952. Miira Zukale, who graduated from the School of Art and Design in 2007, designed the decorations, reflecting the cheerful, cosy atmosphere of Arabia’s home town.

Today I fixed our Christmas calendar ready for December. I found this cardboard house from Dutch by design last year and it happens to have just perfectly 24 boxes. Originally, it came without numbers but today I made small numbers to each box wit…

  This diy cardboard castle was originally built for a work project. It is made from old cardboard packages of different shapes and sizes and then covered with white tissue paper. Now I brought it home for kids to play with – and to test for durability. And maybe we will paint it if we…