Top Finnish design from the 1950s, carefully thought-out lighting, colours and soft flooring for a friendly and cozy atmosphere, and beautiful windows bringing natural light and the city outside into the rooms. The Hanken building in Helsinki was created by a dream team, says Päivi Helander, an Olof Ottelin researcher and one of the guides when Hanken participated in Helsinki Design Week.

Early on Friday morning, 15 May, the Finnish authorities issued a warning message stating that a drone might be moving in the Uusimaa region, and people were advised to stay indoors. The danger was called off after seven o’clock in the morning.

"Nya Hanken präglas av enkel saklighet", stod det på första sidan i Hufvudstadsbladet för exakt 70 år sedan, den 5 december 1952. HBL hade då besökt Arkadiagatan 22 i Helsingfors där man som bäst höll på att flytta in möbler i Hankens nya hus. Nu kan du läsa originalartikeln i sin helhet på vår webb! Av innehållet slås man av hur annorlunda vardagen tedde sig på Hanken på den tiden.

"The new Hanken is characterised by simplicity" was the headline on the front page of Hufvudstadsbladet (HBL) exactly 70 years ago, on 5 December 1952. HBL had then visited Arkadiankatu 22 in Helsinki, where furniture was being moved into the brand new Hanken building. You can now read the whole article (in Swedish) on our website by clicking on Swedish in the upper right corner. Based on the article, one is struck by how different everyday life was at Hanken at that time.