THE OPERATION SAUNABUS > 08.04.2003 ARRIVED IN MILAN

>The Operation Saunabus is a steaming design exhibition on the road. At the same time it is a sauna in the bus, where you can sleep and cook on the way to the destination.

The exhibition consists of Finnish everyday objects for mobile living and sauna culture by designers of the University of Art and Design of Helsinki. The objects - soaps and water kiulus, foldable seats, towels and glasses among others are designed as part of the Saunabus and used by the passengers on the way.

The group of 8 young designers have deconstructed and customized an old bus metamorphosing it into a unique mobile home, which has a strong but fresh and unconventional Finnish identity. The whole group of designers will travel to the fair with the bus and exhibit their individual design works there.

>The Operation Saunabus is an initiative of The University of Art and Design of Helsinki and of the professor Timo Salli from the department of the Applied Art and Design. The building of the Saunabus was tutored by the industrial designer Heikki Tolonen, the specialist on designing custom made vehicles. The graphic identity and photographic documentation of the Saunabus was designed and produced by the graphic designer Sasha Huber. The purpose of the Operation is to give a chance for the young designers to exhibit and to create contacts in the international design field.

The first destination of the Saunabus: Milan Furniture Fair, Superstudio 13, 9th-14th of April, 2003.

>Contact: Professor Timo Salli
Department of the Applied Art & Design
University of Art & Design Helsinki
Hämeentie 135 C, FIN-00560 Helsinki
Telephone +358-9-7563 0349
timo.salli@uiah.fi
www.uiah.fi

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Helsinki Finland 08.04.2003

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Designed by Sasha Huber

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Photograph by Christian Yakowlef

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Photograph by Christian Yakowlef