Although they received many compliments from the rest of the world, visitors of the Finnish Designer of the Year 2010 exhibition didn’t notify them at all. Mmm. Through www.underware.nl short messages could be send by anyone, which were directly shown at the exhibition.

Finnish Design Awards exhibition 2010 with Sami + Liza + you + Timo + Kirsi + Kia + Aino + Arni + Sauli + Münchener Premium.

14 Jan 2010 will have a small spot in history as Sami’s mythical moment. During the opening of the Finnish Design Awards exhibition in Helsinki, Sami received the award for Finnish Graphic Designer of the Year 2010. Which made him happy, see the smile on his face. The opening was attended by a nice crowd, the beer was quickly gone. After consuming the alcohol rumours went like ‘Sami is Miss Underware Scandinavia’, which probably should be taken with a pinch of salt.

This exhibition gives an overview of contemporary Finnish design in versatile fields. The exhibition started its journey in Helsinki (Jan-Feb 2010), and in April it continues globetrotting to Oslo (Norway) and further.

Meanwhile this movie will give you a flashback to Helsinki’s exhibition space. Être poursuivi!

Very cosy exhibition at a beautiful spot in Helsinki. The location used to be a large army bakery 200 years ago. The corridor was used for drying biscuits. Now you can see Is Not magazine, some posters like Metropolis, Dolly’s party and much more.

We’re all okay. Kind of. Featuring all speakers of a design conference. And yes, all of them are okay. Short movie made for a bNo-presentation in 2007. In Dutch, but simplicity doesn’t need subtitles.

A ilusão dos Underware – exhibition at ESAD, Porto. (05.2006–03.2007)

In the city centre of Den Haag (Holland) a cultural epicentre is located at De Illusie, a house which is squatted for more than fifteen years. The building generates concerts, exhibitions, performances, lectures, parties and all kind of cultural events. Next to that, more than 25 people live in the house, and many artists have their atelier on the ground floor. As the building is not an official institution, it’s easy and quick for many people to organise (and visit) events. From a Byzantine choir to the naked drummer, anything can happen. The occupants vary from photographers, musicians, owner of a record label, artists or flamenco dancers to metal engineers and anybody in between.

This exhibition belongs to a book which notifies the last 15 years of De Illusie. Next to a random partial selection of pictures covering this period, individual typographic interpretations of every occupant of the house have been made by Underware. And yes, we also have our studio in this building.

The exhibition ‘A ilusão dos Underware’ is organized by Sérgio Correia.

What to do if you’re asked for the graveyard session on a conference (TypeCon 2004)? Sunday morning, extremely early. Let’s wake everybody up with a short introduction, which was made the night before in our hotel room.