yann arthus-bertrand: maa ilmasta (earth from above) opens this friday in the square behind lasipalatsi here in helsinki. i saw them installing some big dolmen like structures the other day and i was wondering what they were for – now i know! english | finnish | swedish info

the wedding in madrid a few weeks back had two parts to the guests. the spanish part (about 60%) and the irish part (40%). the grooms father gave a speech during the afters that was in english with bits of spanish and irish aswell. at one stage he used a funny irish phrase to which…

current exhibitions on in korjaamo 9.6.-4.8. unelmia – dreams galleria 1: c-lab galleria 2: anteeksi – kalliolainen suunnittelukollektiivi vierailee töölössä looks interesting. c-lab have done lots of interesting stuff recently, including lots of things for “art night” last year. anteeksi did took part in the icff furniture exhibition in nyc last month and do lots…

i came back from ireland last monday afternoon and despite ireland being the “green isle” i was struck by how green everything was here in helsinki. in the 2,5 weeks i was away the entire courtyard went from almost barren trees to now being covered in a blanket of leaves. its raining very heavily now…