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Zero Waste Bistro Four days of food and design

May 21, 2018

zero waste bistro

join us for four days of food and design at #wanteddesign manhattan on 19-22 may. the finnish cultural institute in new york has invited chefs from the helsinki-based restaurant nolla to bring their zero waste food philosophy to new york. co-curated by designers harri koskinen and linda bergroth, the pop-up bistro builds on themes of circular economy, new material innovations and sustainable design.

here you can book your tickets for our daily brunch and lunch sessions, featuring a mouth-watering zero waste tasting menu, and a thought-provoking design experience. on monday and tuesday we’ll also be serving breakfast, which is a quicker way of experiencing the zero waste bistro. here’s a list of all tasting sessions. make sure to book ahead as seating is very limited.

saturday 19 may
brunch 11am-12:30pm
lunch 2pm-3:30pm

sunday 20 may
brunch 11am-12:30pm
lunch 2pm-3:30pm

monday 21 may
breakfast 10:30am-11:30am
lunch 1pm-2:30pm

tuesday 22 may
breakfast 10:30am-11:30am
lunch 1pm-2:30pm

in addition to the tasting sessions, zero waste bistro features a series of talks and workshops:

saturday 19 may
4:30pm from the fields, from the forests, from the sea
workshop on edible building materials, with parson’s healthy material lab

sunday 20 may
4:30pm magic of numbers
talk on zero waste fashion, with timo rissanen and yeohlee teng

monday 21 may
3:30pm refuce, reduce and reuse. recipe for running a zero waste restaurant.
with carlos henriques, luka balac, albert franch sunyer and pauliina siniauer.

Osio clock by jussi takkinen. NYIGF 2012.

Sep 6, 2012

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Jussi Takkinen, a furniture and lighting designer who splits his time between personal and freelance projects and design work for Harri Koskinen, needed a new clock. When faced with the decision of finding one to buy that met his standards or designing his own, he opted for the latter. The question now was what form the clock would take. Around that time, Takkinen noticed “a pile of newspapers on the floor which formed a series of steps.” According to him “the sunlight happened to fall onto the newspapers creating a striking series of shadows on the different steps that gave [him] the idea for Osio.”

Like am updated, geometric wall-hanging sundial, Osio (Finnish for sections or steps) bridges ancient methods or telling time with contemporary design. The white bone china clock face has no numbers. Instead, it’s divided into 12 sections of varying heights, one for each hour. When sunlight hits the clock the shadows fall across the sections to give the time. The hands are simply a back up methods for nighttime and cloudy days.

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Kupu photoelectric smoke alarm. Harri koskinen.

Jun 22, 2012

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Designed by Finnish designer Harri Koskinen for Jalo Helsinki, Kupu is a beautiful, stylish and easy to use photoelectric smoke alarm. It is very easy to install due to its 3M tape and does not require screws or power drills. The external casing serves a a test button, rather than traditional smoke alarms that feature obnoxiously small push buttons. Lastly, Kupu is lightweight and has a 5 year battery. It was awarded the Red Dot Design Award 2011.