Working Together Helsinki’s freelancers are flourishing in 2012 thanks to a new variety of “third place” venues, mostly cafés that support working. These are neither home nor traditional office, but offer a more casual environment which can flow easily from socialising to working. With that kind of flexibility these spaces don’t become dead zones after hours and on weekends. In the summer they spill outside onto terraces or into the park thanks to WiFi. By making it easier for freelancers to meet up, cross-fertilisation and collaboration have increased in 2012, not only between residents of Helsinki but also those who stop by for a visit. For that reason, it’s important to concentrate these spaces in the heart of the city.

Working Together

Helsinki’s freelancers are flourishing in 2012 thanks to a new variety of “third place” venues, mostly cafés that support working. These are neither home nor traditional office, but offer a more casual environment which can flow easily from socialising to working. With that kind of flexibility these spaces don’t become dead zones after hours and on weekends. In the summer they spill outside onto terraces or into the park thanks to WiFi.

By making it easier for freelancers to meet up, cross-fertilisation and collaboration have increased in 2012, not only between residents of Helsinki but also those who stop by for a visit. For that reason, it’s important to concentrate these spaces in the heart of the city.

Working Together Helsinki’s freelancers are flourishing in 2012 thanks to a new variety of “third place” venues, mostly cafés that support working. These are neither home nor traditional office, but offer a more casual environment which can flow easily from socialising to working. With that kind of flexibility these spaces don’t become dead zones after hours and on weekends. In the summer they spill outside onto terraces or into the park thanks to WiFi. By making it easier for freelancers to meet up, cross-fertilisation and collaboration have increased in 2012, not only between residents of Helsinki but also those who stop by for a visit. For that reason, it’s important to concentrate these spaces in the heart of the city.

Working Together

Helsinki’s freelancers are flourishing in 2012 thanks to a new variety of “third place” venues, mostly cafés that support working. These are neither home nor traditional office, but offer a more casual environment which can flow easily from socialising to working. With that kind of flexibility these spaces don’t become dead zones after hours and on weekends. In the summer they spill outside onto terraces or into the park thanks to WiFi.

By making it easier for freelancers to meet up, cross-fertilisation and collaboration have increased in 2012, not only between residents of Helsinki but also those who stop by for a visit. For that reason, it’s important to concentrate these spaces in the heart of the city.

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Hello from Helsinki 2012!

This site features a collection of postcards from the future with clues to an open and happier Helsinki.

As a collaboration between Sitra and OK Do, Clues to Open Helsinki project suggests strategic changes that might make Helsinki the best World Design Capital to date. In doing so it redefines the role of design in the contemporary city.