12/12/2022 0 Comments Soho notes to bear![]() ![]() It was fantastic, just the synergy with everything, arriving and being made up. I also love historical design figures like Mariano Fortuny. I love Hamish Bowles, he’s the European editor-at-large for the American Vogue. Style to me means power, it’s liberty-it’s a call to march to the beat of your own drum. Style is really about confidence, it’s about not giving a f**k what people think. There are quite a few photos from that time, perhaps one day I’ll find one and see myself in the background somewhere. I’ll never forget the night I finally got in. A lot of 80s designers knew her and loved her. The door person then was Dianne Brill, goddess of New York City’s night life. I don’t remember the exact location, New York City kind of blended altogether for me during that time. My favorite club at the time was called The World. The night clubbing scene is where I really found myself come alive as a creative, and discovered a new side of me. It was really scary but also invigorating and exciting. There were porno theaters on 42nd street, beggars chasing you. I arrived from a small town upbringing in Finland, I had never seen anything like this. I felt like I landed in some sort of dystopian hell. Tell us about your experience of New York City in the 80s. I’m very Finnish, very introverted, so I respect and admire the boldness of this new generation of creatives. We must make beautiful things for the world to be more beautiful.Īs an artist, I’m very inspired by the youth of today. It makes me happy when students make beautiful things. I don’t think I’m a “preacher teacher,” I just want to help my students do the best in what it is they do. Some people like teaching, some don’t, but for me teaching is a calling. It has this cool vibe to it.Īs someone who’s been designing incredible work for years, what is it like now to teach the next generation? All the big underground clubs in Berlin book Detroit DJs. I’ve been running the program for the past two years.ĭetroit is a city that’s highly regarded in Berlin, namely for its music scene and its techno influences in Berlin clubs. My job was really to establish and develop the program in a city that’s booming for design, fashion and music. I jumped at the chance and flew out there. They had just opened a new Fashion Accessories School in Detroit and needed someone to run it. I was approached by the College for Creative Studies. You’ve lived in Finland, New York City, Florence and spent a lot of time in Berlin. Tell us what brought you to Detroit.Ī couple years ago, I was living in Florence-I still have my place there-and was very happy working on my designs. ![]()
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