Pekka in Stockholm

29 August – 26 September 2012

The Finnish Institute in Stockholm warmly welcomes Pekka of Finland to Sweden.

The exhibition located at Snickarbacken 4, Stockholm shall be opened the 29th of August.

For more information regarding the exhibition in Stockholm contact Aino Kostiainen: +46 8 545 212 03 or aino.kostiainen(a)finlandsinstitutet.se. You are also welcome to visit us at www.facebook.com/finlandsinstitutet.

Pekka in Eindhoven

22 October – 30 October 2011

Pekka of Finland - Contemporary Illustration from the Land of Booze and Blondes
Dutch Design Week | Klokgebouw, Strijp-S, Eindhoven
Open every day between 11 am and 6 pm | Free entrance
www.ddw.nl

Presentation Lick My Typo

26.9.2011

Santtu Mustonen will present his work and Agent Pekka in Recyclart on 5 October. Santtu joined Pekka in late 2009 shortly after exhibiting his works at Illustrative09 in Berlin. It was while working as an industrial designer that he became interested in using 3D techniques to create illustrations. Santtu creates animated computer-generated illustrations which he refers to as slightly moving images. Santtu's recent projects include an interactive piece for Adobe as well as an outdoor campaign for Helsingin Sanomat, the largest daily newspaper in the Nordic countries.

Pekka does Pecha Kucha

22.9.2011

Sanna Mander will participate in the Pecha Kucha #19 in Recyclart on 27 September. Pecha Kucha, which is Japanese for the sound of conversation (bla bla), is a series of show-and-tell evenings for designers, architects, artists and creatives, started by Klein Dytham architecture in Tokyo in 2003 and now in 396 cities worldwide. The PechaKucha concept: each speaker has 6 minutes 40 sec. for a presentation in 20 images. Each image is on screen for only 20 seconds. No more, no less. 20 images x 20 seconds each. The presentations are a mix of speed dating, jam session and improvisation that keep the audience holding their breath. The Brussels edition is launched and organised by Alok Nandi, Architempo.

Sanna is one of Finland’s most prolific young illustrators. Her distinctive style can be seen on the pages of various publications in her home country and abroad. Sanna’s colorful, highly saturated works are inspired by garden parties and delightful disarray. Lately her output has sprawled beyond printed media and into interiors, tableware and textiles. As an illustrator and graphic designer she has won awards such as Cannes Young Creatives 2006 and Junior of the Year 2007 at the Finnish “Best of the Year” competition. Her recent work includes editorial illustrations for Casamica Magazine, a poster for the Pori Jazz 2011 festival and book covers for Australian publisher Scribe Publications.

At 20 :00 – free entrance
Recyclart, 25 rue des Ursulines, 1000 Brussels
Information & registration: http://pechakucha.architempo.net - 02 349 35 95
Part of Design September | www.designseptember.be

Grafia's Graphic Designer of the Year 2011 Agent Pekka

6.4.2011

The Association of professional graphic designers Grafia awards annually distinguished designers. The criteria are artistic quality, innovation, topicality, or long, successful career. The awarded designers are selected by their colleagues and they represent the most interesting genres of contemporary Finnish design. With confident expertise, Agent Pekka is successfully instilling a new culture of illustration in Finland. The influence of Agent Pekka on the world conquest of Finnish illustration cannot be ignored. The founder of the agency, Pablo Steffa, has a background as a designer, but has made the marketing and sales of his colleagues' expertise his task. Agent Pekka's illustrators are: Jesse Auersalo, Vincent Bakkum, Emil Bertell, Johannes Ekholm, Minni Havas, Eero Johannes, Inka Järvinen, Matti Kataja, Maija Louekari, Sac Magique, Sanna Mander, Santtu Mustonen, Rami Niemi, Lotta Nieminen, Pietari Posti, Janine Rewell, Miika Saksi, Ville Savimaa and Antti Uotila.

www.pekkafinland.fi  |  www.grafia.fi

More information:
Association of Professional Graphic Designers in Finland Grafia:
Katja Ojala, Communications Officer, katja.ojala@grafia.fi
tel. +358 9 601 942, +358 40 8473 875