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The Craft & Ateliers in Helsinki Issue

ORBISCRAFT & ATELIERS IN HELSINKI
6 shops in the atlas.
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Craft & Ateliers in Helsinki

6 stores · curated ORBIS register

Lasipalatsi, Central Helsinki

Textile designer Johanna Gullichsen weaves geometric double-weave cottons used for bags, cushions and upholstery. Her retail store sits in the Lasipalatsi building on Mannerheimintie, with a studio and showroom on Korkeavuorenkatu.

Best for Woven geometric textiles and bags

⚒ Craft & Ateliers · FinlandORBIS register

Central Helsinki

Lokal is a gallery and shop opened by photographer Katja Hagelstam in 2012, showing rotating exhibitions of Finnish craft and design. It sells ceramics, glass, textiles and furniture by independent makers alongside its own Lokal Kollektion.

Best for Finnish craft, ceramics and small-maker design

⚒ Craft & Ateliers · FinlandORBIS register

Yrjönkatu 12, 00120 Helsinki, Finland / Helsinki / Finland

Clothing-fabric specialist founded 1988, natural-fibre silks, wools, linens and cottons; Sew DIY independently visited the Yrjönkatu 12 boutique.

Best for Natural-fibre silks, wools, linens and cottons for garment making.

⚒ Craft & Ateliers · FinlandORBIS register