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Come along to a sustainable purchasing journey
January 11, 2021. Written by Elise Tarvainen @ Elise Tarvainen
Considering our planet’s current state, it’s an imperative for both individuals and enterprices to shift to greener and more sustainable lifestyle. Companies need to show to their customers, employees and other stakeholders that they operate a responsible business when it comes to social, environmental and governance issues.
There is no better time than today to take actions towards sustanaible way of living. Every buying decision is a new opportunity to reduce negative and simultaniously to enhance positive environmental and social impacts by one’s own actions. Every purchase matters.
Design and Quality – you deserve it!
December 16, 2020. Written by Antti Olin @ Antti Olin
The past year has brought us to face a new normal in many ways. The interior and furniture solutions that surround us, play a major role in a working day experience.
MyFlow is a novel furniture family that creates a unified look into an environment. Energy, soft shapes and forms as the source of inspiration, MyFlow brings joy to any working day. So, when we finally get back to the office, let’s do it with style and quality!
Responsibility is actions
November 6, 2020. Written by Kaisa Vuori @ Kaisa Vuori
Our northern surroundings have shaped us. They have made us into creative and practical team players. We have courage to do things differently. We take responsibility for each other and the environment. To us, sustainable development comes naturally and responsible operations mean actions. We believe in design, individuality, craftmanship and quality. We build environments that offer safe and comfortable places for us to grow up, study, work and thrive.
#workingfromhome
October 12, 2020. Written by Elise Tarvainen @ Elise Tarvainen
Working from home has become a lifeline for many businesses and our perception of office has expanded to any place in which a professional person conducts business. When favoring remote work, both the employers and employees need to pay attention to physical, cognitive as well as to social and organizational matters.
Also, the ergonomic choices in home offices are just as important as if you were working in an employer’s office.
Antimicrobial efficacy on furniture contact surfaces
September 28, 2020. Written by Joonas Vikström @ Joonas Vikström
Several studies indicate that ISKU+ antimicrobial furniture increase antimicrobial efficacy on surfaces. Antimicrobial contact surfaces are proven to relate to significantly reduced microbe amounts and to plummeted short-term absenteeism.
All in all, antimicrobial indoor spaces are less contaminated helping us fight the infections in shared spaces.
Learning design elements in the times of crisis
August 31, 2020. Written by Elise Tarvainen @ Elise Tarvainen
Educators and school providers are now vigorously looking for new practices to meet all the addressed expectations shaded by Covid-19. “Marie Kondo-ing” the curriculum, building bonds and enhancing interaction is now more important than ever. Also, the learning environments need to be re-imagined to accommodate the required safety protocols in the school buildings that haven’t changed since March 2020.
Hybrid learning is a requirement of the new normal
August 17, 2020. Written by Tiina Malste.
All of a sudden last spring, mostly unwillingly and unprepared, we got caught up in the whirlpools of hybrid pedagogy, being in need to combine face-to-face instruction with online activities. Many of our pedagogical experts and students are highly competent in the face-to-face component of the hybrid but less practiced with being physically apart from each other.
How indoor hygiene and furniture can be tied together?
August 3, 2020. Written by Joonas Vikström @ Joonas Vikström
The importance of hand washing and cleaning the essential contact surfaces has never been so obvious as it has become along the year 2020. Those practices can be considered as the key corner stones of indoor hygiene. If one still wonders why, the simple answer can be found from the human nature and the compulsive urge to touch your face.
The modes of working are transforming rapidly and permanently – are we ready?
June 29, 2020. Written by Elise Tarvainen @ Elise Tarvainen
The last few months have brought us together to find a solution to a shared challenge of finding new ways and spaces to work. The core question is, how can we foster interaction and team collaboration without being physically too close to each other?