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Future Furniture Finland
Learning journey
Finland and sustainability go hand in hand
Design is a state of mind in Finland and is seamlessly interwoven with everyday life. It is a way of life that includes timeless beauty, sustainability and a harmonious relationship with the natural world. Alvar Aalto, Finland’s most celebrated architect and designer, once said that “form must have content and that content must be linked to nature.”
Finland wants to be a carbon-neutral society by the year 2050. That is why the Finns also take the lead in the field of durable furniture and interior.
In the Paris agreements, 17 Sustainable Development Goals were defined, several of which are related to the sustainable design, production, recycling and consumption of products and services.
Sustainable design maximizes the use of sustainable, high-quality, low-impact, non-toxic, sustainably produced, recycled or upcycled materials and energy-efficient production processes. It also aims to minimize “throw away” consumption and culture.
Together with colleagues and experts, we take you to innovating companies during this learning process and get to know inspiring circular initiatives in furniture and interior.
We look for answers to questions such as:
How can you use new technologies to reduce the ecological footprint of your company?
How can you develop sustainable products and business models in furniture and interior?
How do you turn sustainability into a USP for your customers and your stakeholders?
How do you build a sustainable brand?
Programme
Register?
Participation € 2,500 *
Members of the Future Furniture network receive a discount of € 250, –
Early bird discount of € 250, – when booking before 1 May 2019
* As a Flemish SME, you receive up to 40% subsidy on the training part of this learning trajectory via the KMO-portefeuille. Our registration number for training is DV.O226136. More information about applying for an SME portfolio can be found here.
Included:
- Introduction and reflection session with workshops
Visit, presentations and speakers during the journey - Documentation, catering and accommodation
- Flights to and from Helsinki are NOT included and must be booked.
For whom?
During this journey you will go out with colleagues and experts from the furniture, interior and design sectors. We welcome marketers, entrepreneurs, designers, in short everyone who wants to learn how the furniture industry is preparing for the sustainable era.
More info
The Argonauts
Joost Thurman: joost@theargonauts.be
Xavier Speeleveld: xavier@theargonauts.be
Wood.be
Susanna Campogrande: susanna@wood.be
Lead Argonaut
Susanna Campogrande is innovation consultant and material expert at Wood.be and Design professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels (La Cambre). She works continuously around design with designers, industry and government and stood at the cradle of the first European material “innovatheek”. She is also interior architect at Arch & Types and product designer at Aller-Retour.
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