
Carrying on the tradition of the past years, Tunto will again be taking part in the international imm cologne 2010 design fair in Cologne, Germany, from the 19th to the 24th of January, 2010.
Traditionally, the new furniture and design year starts at imm cologne. This year, imm cologne will again reveal which trends will be the hot items this year. Through inspired presentations, the exhibition halls are transformed into an experience of future furniture. At imm cologne you will find the complete spectrum of what international furniture and interior design has to offer collected in a single place.
At the fair, Tunto will showcase new products, such as the new, eagerly-awaited LED2 lamp. We’re proud to announce that our LED1 and LED2 lamps have been picked out for the imm hitguide department, which showcases the most interesting products of the event.
Come and visit Tunto at the fair in hall 11.1, stand E-031/D030.
Dear friend of Tunto

We’re glad to announce that Tunto has just recently won the international Good Design Award for New Product Design with our LED1 lamp.
The Good Design Award is conferred annually by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design together with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. Good Design was founded in Chicago in 1950 by architects Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, and Edgar Kaufmann Jr. It bestows international recognition upon the world’s most prominent designers and manufacturers for advancing new, visionary, and innovative product concepts, invention and originality, and for stretching the envelope beyond what is considered ordinary product and consumer design.
We’re really proud of this award, thank you!
2009 was great, 2010 will be even better
We enjoyed a successful year in 2009. Our LED1 lamp won the prestigious red dot design award in product design, plus was nominated for the international Deutsche Designpreis award.
As for 2010, the Good Design Award was a great start. This year looks very promising for Tunto, with new products launching and our designs receiving ever-growing international praise. Our goal, which is to evolve into an internationally recognized design brand and manufacturer, is being realized as we speak. Now we are trying to grow even better and wiser in product design and production, expand our distribution channels and spread the Tunto message to the people in the form of our unique products.
Tunto is proud to participate:
The main exhibition for Finnish Design Month opens in Madrid
Helsinki Madrid FinDesign, which is a presentation of Finnish design, will open at the
beginning of November in Madrid at the Contemporary Art Center in Matadero. The varied and interactive exhibition will have over several hundred
products from Finnish companies and designers representing many different design areas and viewpoints. The
exhibition will be open until January.

CTRL Exhibition and SKATOPIA Launch; You can find the Tunto Swings, too. The exhibition duration: Oct 31st, 2009 to Nov 20th, 2009
Now you can buy our Swings in Shanghai: http://thesource.cn/

Germany
Nov 11, 09:41 AM by Mikko Kärkkäinen
Mikko visited Germany (19-25.10.2009) to promote the new LED-light. The trip was a succes thanks to our precious agent, Leila Hämäläinen.
DESIGN MARKETS
Sep 4, 10:22 AM by Mikko Kärkkäinen
Sat 5/9 – Sun 6/9 at 11.00 – 17.00
KAAPELITEHDAS
The two-day Design Market is the biggest design outlet sale (alennus-/varastomyynti) in Finland gathering together dozens of vendors and thousands of shoppers. Domestic and international design brands clean out their warehouses in the spacious Merikaapeli hall of the Cable Factory.
Cash only!
The vendors this year include:
Marimekko, My o My, Vivero, Jasmin Santanen Paris, Skanno, CTRL, Myssy, Lumi Accessories, Tiia Vanhatapio, Vallila Interior, Arelalizza, titiMadam, Globe Hope, Asuna, Chao & Eero Jewel, Costo, Goodis, Makia Clothing, Forme, Sanna ja Paul, Fokus Fabrik, Everyday design, Tonfisk Design, St.Vacant footwear, Liike6, Pioni Design & Dunder Design, Design Rita, Studio 4 Design, Tunto Design, Keha (Vallila), Deco House, Sanna Rinne, Osuuskunta optimaali, Klo Design, Showroom Finland, Vitidesign, Kiertokulku, Kipikude Ay, Secto Design, Humbugi, MUM`s, Verso Design, EBBA, Punainen Norsu, Linda Toye, Kotonadesign, Kauniste Finland, Pulu Design, Kevätsiivous-wearable graphics, Hankala, Mi-Klot, EloQ, Noolan, Kakara, Susdesign, SECCO Finland, Miranda Lingerie, Terraviiva, Cilla Clothes/She Rocks, Lumidesign, Helena’s Felt Yard, Piriste, Luovi, Kola Design, Seenat, Windy, Peikonpoika and SuperYellow.
LED LAMP VIDEO
Aug 10, 11:32 AM by Mikko Kärkkäinen
Check out the the video clip of Led1 from this link!
This is a link
RED DOT AWARD 2009
Aug 10, 11:09 AM by Mikko Kärkkäinen
On stage receiving the Red Dot Best of the best 2009 price.


Sini & Mikko after the gala dinner and ready to party all night long

Tokyo interior and lifestyle fair 2009
Tunto recently participated in the annual Tokyo Interior and Lifestyle Fair, held in Tokyo on 3-5 June 2009.
Our new LED lamp was a huge success at the fair. We got a lot of attention and praise, including an interview for the Japanese television.
We believe that Tokyo and Japan are the best places in the world for the new LED lamp. LED combines traditional woodwork and new technology; these are just the things that are best combined in Japan. Plus, this combination is exactly what makes our new lamp so interesting.
A huge thank you to our agent Mr. Atsushi Hoshi and his staff!
Included are a few photos from Tokyo and from the high-class department store Isetan, where our products can be found.



Tunto’s new LED lamp nominated for prestigious German design award
The LED lamp, designed by the Finnish design company Tunto, has been nominated for the Deutsche Designpreis design award. The award is one of the most coveted and prestigous design awards in the world, and can only be awarded to unique products that represent the best of the best in product design.
Companies or designers cannot enter for the award by themselves. Deutsche Designpreis is an invitational competition, to which the entrants are nominated by the Ministries and Senators for Trade & Industry of the German States or by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. Another precondition for entry is that the product must have already been awarded a national or international prize. No other Design Award sets its entrants such strict criteria, thus making the award one of the most highly regarded design awards in the world.
The Deutsche Designpreis is given for outstanding achievements in the fields of product and communication design, and to a personality in the design sector. The jury is made up of representatives from industry, the universities, the design world and the media.
*More information about the Deutsche Designpreis competition:
This is a link
www.designpreis.de
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